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05-07-2000, 10:27 PM | #1 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 1043
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Vehicle:2000 2.5 RS Coupe Sedona Red |
Ran 1st Solo II today
I ran my '00 RS in my first Solo II today at Hollywood Park. The last time I ran one of these, we just called them Autocrosses. I ran a '63 MG and later, a '66 Mustang 289, yeah, I'm an old guy, though not a grandfather. Anyway, the RS was lots of fun, bone stock, with 42/36 air in the RE92s. The car sild the tail more than I expected, from 3000 miles of street driving. It was a tight course, about 1 mile long, 2ng gear all the way. I improved 2 seconds from 1st to 3rd lap (cone free). I experimented by dropping the fronts down to 40 psi on the last lap and got my best time. The car wasn't power limited as I thought it might be. My last car was a '90 Talon turbo awd, that somehow I never got around to autocrossing. Did run Willow Springs school once though. Anyway, it was a great day, even if I was 20 sec. behind the preped Miata that was the best time I saw. I beat a nice A4, but got beat by a Contour and an Intrigue (!) Fun Though.
Did anyone get a photo of red RS #631? My email is [email protected] if you got any. Thanks.
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05-07-2000, 10:54 PM | #2 |
Tri-State Track Instructor
Moderator Member#: 197
Join Date: Aug 1999
Chapter/Region:
Tri-State
Location: Kenilworth, NJ, Caroga Lk, NY
Vehicle:'14 Touareg TDI '14 BRZ http://48hrs.info |
I ran my first on sat @ camden. Good to see Microsurf and Matt C and Boxerman.
Needless to say, I'm hooked. I did pretty well considering I have an '88 XT6 bone stock. Anyway thanks to everyone who said to do it. -mike |
05-08-2000, 05:36 AM | #3 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 135
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: NJ
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I was going to ask you guys how it went down there in Camden? I see they haven't posted the results yet. Normally they are up pretty quickly for the SJR events.
For the addicted, there is a North Jersey event at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ this Saturday. |
05-08-2000, 07:21 AM | #4 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 153
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Austin, TX
Vehicle:'07 Mazda CX-7, '91 BMW 535i & '06 Ninja 650R |
Mmmmm 289 Mustang.
I autocrossed my '65 mustang a couple times before I realized that it totally sucked. Four wheel drum brakes don't make for very much fun on a race track. But the automatic wasn't too bad. I found that I could do the entire course with it locked in first. It has pretty tall highway gears in the rear end. I still have it and have had evil thoughts of chopping it up and turning it into a CP car. But I'll probably just restore it and sell it for a huge profit. The RS is a lot of fun, and pretty comptitive. Race tires wil help a lot of course, but you already knew that. Travis (still working on my left foot braking) |
05-08-2000, 07:36 AM | #5 |
Tri-State Track Instructor
Moderator Member#: 197
Join Date: Aug 1999
Chapter/Region:
Tri-State
Location: Kenilworth, NJ, Caroga Lk, NY
Vehicle:'14 Touareg TDI '14 BRZ http://48hrs.info |
must get more auto-x time in... Too bad I'm going to MI next weekend or I'd be down @ Englishtown (it's like 20 minutes from my house).
I'm totally addicted. -mike |
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