[Shotimes] First AutoX!

[Paul L Fisher]

With my setup, 45 front and 40 rear is ideal. I can oversteer if I really try.

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 166K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley 
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus 
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
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11/19/1999
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Ignition Cables

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Quoting Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net>:

> The advice to add air to the rear tires is wrong.  If what 
> you want to do is get the back end to come around, you need 
> to have the rear tires lower than the front.
> 
> If you have typical street tires, start with about 44 psi in 
> the front and 36 in the back.  See what happens.
> 
> When going into a tight corner, with FWD you have two 
> options if the car won't turn, you can get on the gas and 
> see if the front can pull the car around, but this works 
> better on high speed corners than autox corners.
> 
> The better solution is to left foot brake and stab the brake 
>   pretty hard.  This unloads the rear, loads the front.  The 
> front will bite better, and the rear may come around.  It is 
> a skill that takes a bit of practice, but on really tight 
> corners, I can get my 89 to rotate almost like a RWD with a 
> "hand brake" turn.
> 
> There is a good article on autocrossing the SHO coming out 
> in the new issue of the SHO Club magazine that will mail to 
> members in a couple of weeks.
> 
> Don Mallinson
> 
> Michael Humbert wrote:
> 
> > Hello all.  Just figured Id chime in and talk about my first autox
> > experience.  It was an event set up by the sports car club at my
> school,
> > and goddamn did they make it a tight course.  My speedo got up to a
> > whopping 40 mph (or so says my passenger), and that was on the only
> > straightaway of the course.  I was somewhat disappointed with my
> > performance.  It was tough to take the 90 degree turns, and I
> actually
> > ran over some cones the one time because I gunned it out of one such
> > turn a bit too early.  Front wheel drive is certainly unforgiving in
> > terms of power sliding, which is almost impossible to do (any
> > suggestions on this?).  I did very well on the slalom part of the
> > course, but I definitely need some suspension upgrades to tighten it
> up.
> > Its a shame I dont have the money to actually proceed with this
> > thought!  It was some good fun though.the first time Ive spun my
> tires
> > at any time other than street races or to show off the power of a SHO
> to
> > my surprised college friends.   I hope I still have tread left after
> my
> > last run because I just went to town with the gas!  That was awesome
> > though, definitely got a good laugh, though I was upstaged by a
> turbo
> > MR2 that did a 360.  Cant wait for the next one (anyone know of any
> > SCCA events in the Albany, NY area?)!
> > 
> > Mike Humbert
> > 90 titanium SHO w/ 157k
> > Troy, NY
> > 
> > Exterior:
> > http://www.rpi.edu/~humbem/pictures/sho.jpg
> > 
> > Interior:
> > http://www.rpi.edu/~humbem/pictures/SHO%20interior.jpg
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