[Shotimes] OT: Ebay discount coupons

[Ron Porter]

Plus, for me, a road course suspension setup (except for race rubber) is
closer to a good street setup, whereas a good auto-x setup needs to have the
car pivot at lower speeds, which to me is not an ideal street setup. I have
no problem running -2+ degrees camber on the street to suit my (future) race
rubber, and/or it's not that tough to mark the strut towers to change the
camber for street or track.

I did an auto-x MANY years ago (before most of you were born!!), then the
next time was at the '95 SHO Convention. It's fun to do occasionally (like
drag racing), but I don't think 'm interested enough to want to be
competitive. If the Fiero was still competitive in it, I was gonna consider
it, but that apparently is no longer the case.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Nunnally [mailto:marknunnally@joimail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:38 PM
To: Ron Porter; 'Donald Mallinson'; SHOtimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT: Ebay discount coupons

>I "think" I'm sorta back to ground zero, unless the EMRA, NASA, or Satcar
is
>what I'm looking for.

>Solo 1 has a top speed limit, 50 or 60 mph, depends on the track, but 
>supposed to be never above about 60 or so.  If the Solo 1 is run on a 
>real race track, then cones, chicanes etc should be used to keep speeds 
>lower than possible on the raw track.

I think the Satcar/EMRA TT events are what you are looking for.  There is no
speed limit/cones/chicane, it's just full course boogy.

Not to knock auto-x (it's not my cup of tea) but while both require car
control, rythm, etc...the high speed track stuff brings in the "who's gonna
lift for the high speed break your neck corner" factor, which to me is way
more fun.  In my (limited) experience, the slow and medium speed corners are
mostly equal between cars (you find this out with other cars in the hot lap
sessions), it's the foot on the floor triple digit sweepers where you are
pulling max or close to max lateral grip, and it's the guy who doesn't lift
or lifts the least who's quicker.  Now to me, that's what gets the heart
rate up and what's really really fun!

mark