Link.. http://home.earthlink.net/~tailwags/Cam_3_03_A.rm

Thanks to everyone for a good time... This was the 1st time I really drove the car hard since the turbo install.

The sound you hear is the car revving from 3000 to 7500 in 2nd gear, not first. Listen for the BOV, you should hear it.

The "bouncing" is the wheel hop that I must do something about... Anyone?

Sean

 

hmmm.

What kind of format is the video in?

I can't seem to play it....then again, I have a Mac.

aj

 

Real media

 

Ahh....sweet video

too much power for me.

aj

 

 

wheel hop... get stiffer mounts

traction... lower the boost or get some sticky m'fn autox tires

 

Do you have a LSD?

aj

 

Yes- USDM type R tranny

Stiffer mounts? (heh heh, you said 'stiff mounts') I don't know what you are reffereing to. I have 250#F/275#R, full urathane, sway bars, and adj shocks. And urathane motor mounts. I could get the z-10 kit, but it's $$$.

Sean

 

It's all the freeekin' power your puttin' out man!

I found I had the same problem in driving a Type R the weekend before... lots of wheel hop. Not my car, but I do know that it was very well set up for cornering. I'd be afraid to dial the wheel hop out for fear of loosing streetability and loosing some of the softness you need upfront. I'm speaking purely from theory not from practice... so their may yet be a way to have it all.

Just my 2 cents

 

i spoke with you a little about suspension travel and such at the event. i think your wheel hop may stem from unsufficient travel as well. get that fixed first and see if it helps.

remember how i said i _had_ urethane suspension bushings but put stock stuff back in? the reason i did it was because the urethane had worn out in 1 season and there was a lot of slop in the bushings. i had some pretty severe wheel hop when that happened, so you might want to check that out too.

nate

 

i hate that real player crap....do you work for them or something, cause the only people that make these crap format videos are out to make money sorry, but i HATE installing real, because well...its real crap.

 

One more inflamitory post and you're outta here.....

 

actually i was stating that real....the company and video format are mostly garbage and i didnt want to install software to watch a cool vid....also trying to say that i prefer a more standard format, as you can see above. there are people who dont even know what rm is. So back off me mod, you seem to track my posts as if all i do is **** people off.

 

This is the wrong forum to discuss that issue..... If you dont like it, dont watch the video

How is that your problem?

haha! You made posts in two threads in the forum that i moderate and you think i'm tracking your posts? Please, i have better things to do with my time. One more outlash and you're outta here. *click*

Now back on topic please........

 

Nice modding......................... not

 

I watch this forum intensly because it is a great forum. I'm always learning new stuff, and I'm a huge autocrosser in the North Texas region. But you've really been a bit rough on this fellow; he's new and still learning the ropes of true competition. Attitudes like this will only alienate the folks who legitimatley want to take up competitive racing.

If you were met with this attitude at an autocross, would you likely attend a 2nd event? Probably not...

David

 

haha! I try pretty damn hard with novices that come out to autocross. Most of them are open to new ideas and genuinely want to learn.

Now if someone came to the event with the attitude that they didnt want to learn, said the rules were crap and hated scca, then i'm going to expect that he will not return.

 

I was their this past weekend I was the guy with the 90 black civic with the skinny 13's sliding all over the place. I ran right after you did. I had no ideal that you were turbo though. Nice video and nice driving by the way. I also have wheel hop which is probably from these polyurethane bushing. I'm in the process of trying to get stock mounts to cut down on these vibrations and wheel hop.

 

maybe we should have a threadlocking council create a resolution that in the event all diplomatic means are exhausted to remove bad posts/posters rj has, at his discretion, the right to lock said thread or removed said poster.

can i be the first on this security, er, threadlocking council?

nate-who figured this thread is lost, why even try to get back on topic??

 

I think a little more practice and some 15" rims and you will be in business. I saw 2 of your runs, you need to brake a little later and more aggresive. Couple of things and you'll be real competitive I bet. Nice video skillz, it looks pretty cool.


[Modified by 2001silvergsr, 10:19 PM 3/17/2003]

 

Cool vid! I wish I could have shown up to this event too, but my wife would only let me go to one or the other So I picked the event on Sunday in NEPA.

 

Yeah thats next on the do list, suspension, rims, and tires of course. And then minor stuff like strut bars and etc.... Oh yeah and some driving skills.

 

http://www.autocross.com/evolution/

 

braking is the last thing any racer learns to do good. i've watched my own progression from the coast-brake method to the too-late-lock-'em-brake method to the current mostly-good-occasional-screw-up-brake method. it's freakin tough to get the car slowed enough at the right time without over/under doing it. learning to lfb has helped greatly, but i think it's because the learning process forced me to concentrate on braking more and become more sensitive to the limit. ultimately, seat time is your greatest ally in learning when, where, and how much aggression you need with the brakes. in the mean time, braking too much is less costly then braking too little.

nate

 

Yeah braking is difficult... timing is everything, and that only comes from seat time. One of the best lessons I had in braking was riding along with a, actually the guy, in an S2000. His braking was so aggressive, and precise, it continues to be my reference point for how to do it.

GAS ON, BRAKE on... if you can help it, no coasting.

Also thanks for the stuff about urethane bushings. I'm considering overhauling my front suspension and was seriously considering using ure... it's still my daily driver afterall.