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08-26-2002, 10:13 AM
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Originally posted by CivicSiRacer
My suggestion and you will laugh is turn on your A/C (oh roll down your windows - incase they need to extract you from your car - it's easier with the windows down).
I've been teaching all my autocross students this and their times drop by alot
My suggestion and you will laugh is turn on your A/C (oh roll down your windows - incase they need to extract you from your car - it's easier with the windows down).
I've been teaching all my autocross students this and their times drop by alot
08-26-2002, 10:18 AM
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Originally posted by XScarAudio
please explain why? b/c your cars slower and easier to control while learning?
please explain why? b/c your cars slower and easier to control while learning?
Turning on the A/C take some power away from your foot, which means you are going slower, but right now you are worried about being smoother. Being smooth makes you faster. Once you have the smoothness down then you can go faster.
One of my students I had was kamakazi. Stabbing at the gas, stabbing at the brakes, see-sawing he steering wheel back and forth. My head was being slammed around in his Eclipse. His time was about a 50.xxx.
Then I took over I drove around the course smooth enough that I said "notice you didn't have to hang on" and he blinked at me. My time was a 38.xxx.
I had him drive with the A/C and his time dropped to a 45.xxx but he was still stabbing at the brakes and gas. But since he has less hp he had to drive more conservatively.
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08-26-2002, 10:19 AM
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Originally posted by CivicSiRacer
My suggestion and you will laugh is turn on your A/C (oh roll down your windows - incase they need to extract you from your car - it's easier with the windows down).
I've been teaching all my autocross students this and their times drop by alot
My suggestion and you will laugh is turn on your A/C (oh roll down your windows - incase they need to extract you from your car - it's easier with the windows down).
I've been teaching all my autocross students this and their times drop by alot
Originally posted by DakarM
I'm with civicsiracer.
slow down and be more smooth! most newbies think more gas more speed = faster times.
I'm with civicsiracer.
slow down and be more smooth! most newbies think more gas more speed = faster times.
Hey thnx for the tip CivicSiRacer. Next time I'll rolll the window down, turn the AC on, see how far apart the slalom cones are, and turn earlier, which I was told to earlier anyways by this one guy. But I forgot everything once I got out there
Too Much stuff to remember for a n00b
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08-26-2002, 10:25 AM
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Originally posted by exnbp
Yeah the thing was it was actually freezing out there
Yeah, I noticed that, the first 2 runs I had were mashing and gasin. The last and best timed run I lowered my time by 2 seconds with smoother turns
Hey thnx for the tip CivicSiRacer. Next time I'll rolll the window down, turn the AC on, see how far apart the slalom cones are, and turn earlier, which I was told to earlier anyways by this one guy. But I forgot everything once I got out there
Too Much stuff to remember for a n00bh:
Yeah the thing was it was actually freezing out there
Yeah, I noticed that, the first 2 runs I had were mashing and gasin. The last and best timed run I lowered my time by 2 seconds with smoother turns
Hey thnx for the tip CivicSiRacer. Next time I'll rolll the window down, turn the AC on, see how far apart the slalom cones are, and turn earlier, which I was told to earlier anyways by this one guy. But I forgot everything once I got out there
Too Much stuff to remember for a n00bh:
If you dont mind I'm moving this to the Autocross forum.
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08-26-2002, 10:35 AM
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Originally posted by exnbp
Sounds good , btw any suggestions for tires for a broke college kid ?
Sounds good
, btw any suggestions for tires for a broke college kid ?
What class are you in?
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08-27-2002, 02:46 AM
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Originally posted by exnbp
NOvice class, my cars too slow :fawk:
NOvice class, my cars too slow :fawk:
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