Hi guys,
I'm doing some research on how many Honda owners do autoX and track events (road courses), and I was hoping you could help me out. I'm trying to get a gauge on the following:

What is the year and model of your car?

How many days per year do you AutoX?

How many days per year do you drive on a road course (again, this is days...some clubs run multi-day events, so list roughly how many actual days you are on the track per year)?

Who organizes the events that you attend (SCCA, NASA, PCA, etc.)?

What is the biggest problem you typically encounter at the track? (engine overheats, brakes don't hold up, seat moves around, etc.)

Thanks guys. I think some interesting findings could come out of this...I really appreciate the help. :D

 

2000 Acura Integra Type R.

1 or 2 autox (just used for new parts testing)

6+ depending on budget/schedule.

NASA.

Boil the crap out of my brake fluid. Every time. It's like clockwork.

 

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What is the year and model of your car?

How many days per year do you AutoX?

How many days per year do you drive on a road course (again, this is days...some clubs run multi-day events, so list roughly how many actual days you are on the track per year)?

Who organizes the events that you attend (SCCA, NASA, PCA, etc.)?

What is the biggest problem you typically encounter at the track? (engine overheats, brakes don't hold up, seat moves around, etc.)

Thanks guys. I think some interesting findings could come out of this...I really appreciate the help. :D
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89 and 00 civic si's

about 30 days a year of auto-x probably. Just a guess. I've done I think 20 events this year already but I've kinda lost count.

2-3 days on road courses this year

only been to SCCA, Mazda Rev It Up and private track days this year.

no unusual problems. Alignment off, fuel starvation, ride height experimentation problems.

 

1999 Honda Civic Si

Auto X - 6-12 times per year just at a local one that's held every month or every other month just for fun.

HPDE's - Only been to two so far this year. Car parts own me. It will be up to H3 status one day I promise.

NASA, Getting into Car Guys.

Brakes fade and vibration without fail (Need to re-upgrade). Front alignment always killed from my not-so-solid steering rack mount. Stock seat (sucks *** and I'm no small guy). Must...reduce...lap...times. Which require more money for more parts which means less money for track time. Will it ever end?

 

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argh... i still have no idea why you guys have these problems...


oh, i only autocross now. i can't handle a crash on the big tracks, either financially or physically.

 

autocross yo!

1994 acura integra RS

by the time the year is over, prolly ~25 events.

SCCA and BTCC (boone trail corvette club)

never had any mechanical problems aside from wear items like clutch mast/slave cylinders and brake MC crappin' out on me.

 

Thanks for the input guys...keep it coming!

 

93 Honda del Sol Si
20 events this year
SCCA-( HPDE soon )
Brake fade (need to upgrade)

 

98 Honda Prelude
10-13 Auto-x per year local events.
3-5 Track events.

Biggest probelm encountered on track including auto-x is less that grippy Azenis tire compared to R compounds.

 

99 Honda prelude
2 to 3 Auto-X / year
8 to 13, Track events(days) / year

NASA, and general open track days.

 

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98 Honda Prelude SH


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This year, I've been to 15 auto-x events (National and local), 2 more to go, have been an instructor at 1 auto-x school, and will be an instructor again next week. So a total of 19 auto-x events this year.

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None so far this year. In the past years, I averaged about 2 track days per year.


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National - SCCA; local - Cal Club and SDR


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Oil starve, early fuel cut at 6500 rpm typicially at quick transitions such as slaloms.

 

1990 accord
20+ autox events
4 track days
brake fluid and tire walls

 

1989 CRX Si
10+ auto-x days
HPDEs next year, 0 this year
SCCA
The driver sucks

 

94 GSR, about 20 autox, mostly SCCA
8-10 track days, mostly with BMW club

Brakes wear quickly on track and pads that don't fade or boil brake fluid are expensive and rotors are often warped badly after 2 track days

 

2000 Honda Prelude

7-12

0

Metro Washington Sports Car Council, Metro Washington BMW Club of America, WDCR-SCCA
[EDIT] I don't know if an auto-x course is counted as a track, but my biggest problem is my lack of skill. Other than that, I just leave more rubber there than what I came with.

 

In the spirit of full disclosure, who are you and why do you want to know? Just curious, really....

Casey, who really isn't paranoid.... I think....

 

-'99 Civic Si

-zero

-lately, around 6 per year, maybe

-Car Guys, NASA

-I get tired, because I stay up late drinking beer and watching strippers.

 

99 Civic Si

6 to 12+ autox per year (more last year than this year, I've been slacking)

0 to 2 road course

ITR** an ITR club that I ran the Talladega GP, 2 day

I don't experience any mechanical problems (brakes were smokin' at Talladega after 45 minutes, and they still gripped as good as lap 1). I'm still tuning the car, so my alignment is the only problem: setting neg camber at the track and successfully reversing it will be my goal next year.

 

Hey Jeff, why is this Honda specific, especially when you drive a *cough cough* 350Z?

 

What is the year and model of your car?
- 90 CRX Si

How many days per year do you AutoX?
- 20 plus

How many days per year do you drive on a road course
- 3-4 this year

Who organizes the events that you attend (SCCA, NASA, PCA, etc.)?
- Covair Club, BSR, PSCC

What is the biggest problem you typically encounter at the track? (engine overheats, brakes don't hold up, seat moves around, etc.)
- w/ 0ver 160K on the stock engine, it consumes a bit of oil... went to 20-50 this year and it seemed to reduce the consumption
- brakes overheat since the pad-disk ratio is a bit unfavorable to the disk... hoping to have ducting in place for the next track day.
... also learned the proper technique to bleeding (thanks HT members), so I do this when necessary at the track.


Hope this helps.

 

What is the year and model of your car?
- 93 Civic Si

How many days per year do you AutoX?
- 17 plus

How many days per year do you drive on a road course
- None this year

Who organizes the events that you attend (SCCA, NASA, PCA, etc.)?
- SCCA

 

89 prelude

I go to all the local events and a very few outside the region. Something like 15 events all year.

0 on track

SCCA

No mechanical troubles. The car is solid as a rock. No other troubles either really

 

How many different message boards are you surveying?

 

When I had a honda civic
I ran every month for 4 years so over 50 events
5 or 6 HDPE's that I can remember

 

2001 ITR

2 autocrosses

7/8 track days - speedtrials, track day unlimited, clubsi, itr expo.

i need brake ducts, that's my only consistent problem on the track.

Chris - who had smoking brakes on sunday, again