Figured I'd start a new thread for updates with the car's new direction. This was my old thread, now that I've been able to hang around the forums and ask questions, read through threads, and educate myself a bit more on suspension componants I feel like I have a much clearer direction of where I want to take this car.
For the short term, everything I do to this car will be directed towards Autocross. I may still try an HPDE but thats a slim chance right now for a number of reasons. My original plans were spoiled when I relocated out of state for work and found out my wife was pregnant at the same time. Between the healthcare bills and moving expenses our savings took a big hit and along with that so did my opportunity to start this year off at any track. Where I've relocated to, I found out just lost its Autocross venue due to a number of non SCCA/NASA car clubs coming out and allowing "anyone and everyone" on the track people started drifting and jumping curbs. Now the owners have removed automotive events all together and limited the track to only karting events. Any track days or autocross I attend are going to be 2.5-3 hours away minimum.
Anyways, time for the good stuff.
I'm registering for a NASA-X event down in St. Louis on July 19th with GatewayAutox.com. This will be a baseline event for the car since it hasn't been out on the new setup. If I understand the rules correctly, my car will be running in the NXB class. I was 1 point shy of needing to be classed up to NXA. I'm not sure how I'll like NASA vs SCCA but I can say my car fits better into classes in NASA atleast competitvely. Because of my FRPP World Challenge Splitter and a few other suspension mods I have a hard time understanding where I need to go in SCCA and I don't want to be in CAM-C.
The car will be undergoing suspension changes soon. I'm ripping out the H&R Supers Sports, Koni dampers, and Steeda HD strut mounts for a set of ST XTA Coilovers. Then hopefully before winter I can get some Brembo or StopTech brakes on the car (Front & Rear). I'm not sure what else to do with my suspension at this point. Between the C/O's, PHB, UCA, LCA w/ Relos, there's a few stiffening componants I could grab and maybe some upgraded sway bars. I don't think a-arms are with the dollar at this point. Thoughts welcome, or no one can post at all. Its whatever. I just plan to update this thread with pics and videos as things progress. I chose this forum to do it because it seems to have the best corner carving participation.
For the short term, everything I do to this car will be directed towards Autocross. I may still try an HPDE but thats a slim chance right now for a number of reasons. My original plans were spoiled when I relocated out of state for work and found out my wife was pregnant at the same time. Between the healthcare bills and moving expenses our savings took a big hit and along with that so did my opportunity to start this year off at any track. Where I've relocated to, I found out just lost its Autocross venue due to a number of non SCCA/NASA car clubs coming out and allowing "anyone and everyone" on the track people started drifting and jumping curbs. Now the owners have removed automotive events all together and limited the track to only karting events. Any track days or autocross I attend are going to be 2.5-3 hours away minimum.
Anyways, time for the good stuff.
I'm registering for a NASA-X event down in St. Louis on July 19th with GatewayAutox.com. This will be a baseline event for the car since it hasn't been out on the new setup. If I understand the rules correctly, my car will be running in the NXB class. I was 1 point shy of needing to be classed up to NXA. I'm not sure how I'll like NASA vs SCCA but I can say my car fits better into classes in NASA atleast competitvely. Because of my FRPP World Challenge Splitter and a few other suspension mods I have a hard time understanding where I need to go in SCCA and I don't want to be in CAM-C.
The car will be undergoing suspension changes soon. I'm ripping out the H&R Supers Sports, Koni dampers, and Steeda HD strut mounts for a set of ST XTA Coilovers. Then hopefully before winter I can get some Brembo or StopTech brakes on the car (Front & Rear). I'm not sure what else to do with my suspension at this point. Between the C/O's, PHB, UCA, LCA w/ Relos, there's a few stiffening componants I could grab and maybe some upgraded sway bars. I don't think a-arms are with the dollar at this point. Thoughts welcome, or no one can post at all. Its whatever. I just plan to update this thread with pics and videos as things progress. I chose this forum to do it because it seems to have the best corner carving participation.
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