AutoX on Xida/225 rs3
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I just have to think those "worked over" turbo cars were either WAYYYY under prepped or driven by total newbs. At the Atlanta tour a few weeks ago the fastest street tired Miata (STS) ran a 40.603 on day one and a 38.763 on day 2. While a CSP Miata on Hoosiers went 38.804 and 36.421. You add some form of FI to Darby's CSP car and it's not going to slow down.
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I just have to think those "worked over" turbo cars were either WAYYYY under prepped or driven by total newbs. At the Atlanta tour a few weeks ago the fastest street tired Miata (STS) ran a 40.603 on day one and a 38.763 on day 2. While a CSP Miata on Hoosiers went 38.804 and 36.421. You add some form of FI to Darby's CSP car and it's not going to slow down.
Also they guy driving my friends car, who set FTD, is a national caliber driver, instructor at atuox, and road courses, and a miata owner. He is the kind of driver that will take an FTD car jump in and improve FTD by 3~4 seconds.
Also the birkems and sevens were having issues that day.
Friends car in white
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This guy has been driving for ages. He stepped down from a lotus to run a miata. I know what i'm talking about.
Also they guy driving my friends car, who set FTD, is a national caliber driver, instructor at atuox, and road courses, and a miata owner. He is the kind of driver that will take an FTD car jump in and improve FTD by 3~4 seconds.
Also the birkems and sevens were having issues that day.
Friends car in white
Also they guy driving my friends car, who set FTD, is a national caliber driver, instructor at atuox, and road courses, and a miata owner. He is the kind of driver that will take an FTD car jump in and improve FTD by 3~4 seconds.
Also the birkems and sevens were having issues that day.
Friends car in white
#26
You guys are all really getting far too butthurt about this FTD. It was a local event, not a national, or provincial event. Alot of the front runners where not there. Regardless I just wanted to post the video for fun not to say "these coilovers and tires will make anything look slow."
The people that i did beat worth mentioning is a
EK hatch with a type r swap, gutted, coilovers, 170whp, 225 nt01's driven by a good friend, and former formula ford driver.
My arch Nemesis a s2000 on 245 R1R's and coilovers. The guy has been autoxing for many years and also a damn good driver.
So can we all calm down?
The people that i did beat worth mentioning is a
EK hatch with a type r swap, gutted, coilovers, 170whp, 225 nt01's driven by a good friend, and former formula ford driver.
My arch Nemesis a s2000 on 245 R1R's and coilovers. The guy has been autoxing for many years and also a damn good driver.
So can we all calm down?
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You guys are all really getting far too butthurt about this FTD. It was a local event, not a national, or provincial event. Alot of the front runners where not there. Regardless I just wanted to post the video for fun not to say "these coilovers and tires will make anything look slow."
#35
Secondly if your mother is in fact dead marcy I am very sorry for my statement. Seems that even in the realm of miataturbo.net their are boundaries, and I crossed one.
And yes Brain i was starting to get pissed of cause the thread was really starting to stray off topic. Kinda like very turbo vs super argument in threads that have nothing to do with it.
Back on topic though, the temperatures have finally picked up here and my RS3's are finally gripping like they should. Car has gone from being pretty loose to gripping like its on rails. With the tires working well, the Xida's just felt even better. Mid corner the car just doesn't get upset by anything. Will have more feedback when i go to a double header autox next week.
Its a old military airfield with 3 intersecting runways.
Coarse will be high speed (45-80 MPH)
Surface is rough and bumpy
Should be a very good test for this setup and I will report back with video of how it behaves.
#36
Glad to see the Xidas are working out for you as well as the RS3s. At the Mineral Wells Pro Solo I was doing much better on my Star Specs on my s2k than everyone else was on their RS3s due to the cooler temps. I wish there was an easy choice solution for the s2k as far as suspension is concerned. There are so many view points of Motons/Penskes/JRZs or Koni/Tein/KW V3s. Some think the $4k suspension is necessary for National level competition while others are taking podium finishes on revalved Konis Yellows. I don't know what to get...
#39
Glad to see the Xidas are working out for you as well as the RS3s. At the Mineral Wells Pro Solo I was doing much better on my Star Specs on my s2k than everyone else was on their RS3s due to the cooler temps. I wish there was an easy choice solution for the s2k as far as suspension is concerned. There are so many view points of Motons/Penskes/JRZs or Koni/Tein/KW V3s. Some think the $4k suspension is necessary for National level competition while others are taking podium finishes on revalved Konis Yellows. I don't know what to get...
What would have been even faster would be rain-valved Ps along with some buddies to help him quick-change when it started raining. Brand P tends to have a narrower but more precise and repeatable adjustment range. Not sure about the Xidas…how broad is their adjustment range? The Konis on the Z06 had around a 3 or 4:1 range.
#40
OP, do you have a rear sway in place? I ask because it's a little bitty looser than my car is. I'm on 750/450 around revalved yellows. Could be the extra 50# front spring bias my car has. On a longer course (Tour/Pro) you may find more speed with less rear action. We did at the NJ Pro this past weekend.