[Shotimes] advice on autocross handling

[Dave Kegel]

Joseph,

This will sound like a dumb question, but are SURE it's oversteering too
much?  There have been guys who have tried all sorts of things to get the
SHO to oversteer for Auto-X, going as far as disconnecting the front sway
bar entirely.  I honestly can't see how your car could be so bad.  Maybe
it's something that just needs getting used to?

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: August 11, 2003 5:52 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] advice on autocross handling


> I am asking for advice on setting up my 91 for an upcoming autocross.
> PLEASE don't give glib responses, I really want substantial advice.  (You
> know who you are.)  I pose you a multi-dimensional problem.  Please
respond
> to the whole thing.
>
> As some of you read in the recent "Annie" thread, I went Solo II
> autocrossing in this car on 8/3 and found the rear end was WAY too loose.
> The configuration then was:  Eibachs front, Cargo Coils rear, 24/26 bars
> (rubber front, Delrin rear), Goodrich R1 comp tires (45 front, 40 rear),
> Quaiffe, SHOnut bias plugs, stock brakes, REAR strut-tower brace (not
> front).  My sense about this setup was that the rear end was (between the
> Delrin SFB bushings and rear STB) way too firm.
>
> At the same location, same club, on Sept. 13, we're having another go at
> Solo II.  There are two key possible differences to be aware of:
>
> -- IF AND ONLY IF I am able to convince my hyper-conservative 16-year-old
> (same one who went to Driver's Edge) to give it a go, I would like to get
> him out there for some "driver education" in my 91.  Parents of teenagers,
> you know what I mean.  I will not push him, but I will want him to have
the
> experience of pushing himself and (not necessarily to the same degree) the
> car.  He would need a mildly conservative setup, I think.
>
> -- Our club seems to run hot and cold.  If the president (Rick) is out of
> town, everybody relaxes and the course is higher speed, using fewer cones
> and a much more open, high-speed layout.  If Rick is in town, he uses
every
> cone the club owns, and sets up a tight, lower-speed, technical course (to
> suit his Civic RSi, it's been said more than once).  We don't know which
EM
> will be in charge of the upcoming event.
>
> My son Patrick would run as a novice (obviously) with me in the passenger
> seat, and he would run much more for learning than for anything else.  IF
I
> can get him to run, "successful" runs for him would supersede any interest
> in my own runs.
>
> Aside from switching to rubber or ASB bushings in the rear, do you have
any
> other advice on setting up this car or preparing my son for the event?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joseph van Oss
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