JayR
09-07-2009, 05:32 PM
We went to an autocross for the Buick's first outing and had a blast! The combination of the Hotchkis TVS system, Bilsteins, Lee quick-ratio steering box, Baer Brakes, and BF/Goodrich KDWs made for a killer set up that stayed under control even when the track was wet. Oh, and the Rushforth Wheels did quite well too! Held air and turned round and round and everything!
The weather sucked yesterday so the whole course was soaked during the first half of the AM session I was in but as a novice, I got to work a corner for the first half while other guys slid around drying up the track. The course was a little over a half mile long with a big left hand sweeper at the halfway point that headed us back up to the timing tower.
When my group came up, I had the oldest and biggest car there and I'm sure people were wondering because there was only one other P-T car there but on my 2nd lap, the announcer exclaimed how noteworthy it was to have 2 clean laps down considering the Buick's size! After that, people started coming up one after another laying on the ground to see what was going on underneath.
Having been to a ton of autocross events with friends and riding shotgun was my motivation to build the Buick the way I did and now I get to finally reap some rewards! Much more to come!
So, before anyone hangs a "This thread is worthless" banner on my thread, here's a few pictures with action shots courtesy of Melanie who braved the cold morning weather standing in the apex of a corner on a windy airstrip! Thanks Babe!
One of these kids is doing his own thing!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0949-1.jpg
This looked like the odds on favorite by a longshot when the course was soaked but she wound up in the second session when things dried up and two Corvettes nipped her. A nasty C3 and a C5 Z06 that had her covered by 2 seconds.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0951-1.jpg
Eat your heart out, Boris Said!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0952-1.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0954-1.jpg
The weather sucked yesterday so the whole course was soaked during the first half of the AM session I was in but as a novice, I got to work a corner for the first half while other guys slid around drying up the track. The course was a little over a half mile long with a big left hand sweeper at the halfway point that headed us back up to the timing tower.
When my group came up, I had the oldest and biggest car there and I'm sure people were wondering because there was only one other P-T car there but on my 2nd lap, the announcer exclaimed how noteworthy it was to have 2 clean laps down considering the Buick's size! After that, people started coming up one after another laying on the ground to see what was going on underneath.
Having been to a ton of autocross events with friends and riding shotgun was my motivation to build the Buick the way I did and now I get to finally reap some rewards! Much more to come!
So, before anyone hangs a "This thread is worthless" banner on my thread, here's a few pictures with action shots courtesy of Melanie who braved the cold morning weather standing in the apex of a corner on a windy airstrip! Thanks Babe!
One of these kids is doing his own thing!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0949-1.jpg
This looked like the odds on favorite by a longshot when the course was soaked but she wound up in the second session when things dried up and two Corvettes nipped her. A nasty C3 and a C5 Z06 that had her covered by 2 seconds.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0951-1.jpg
Eat your heart out, Boris Said!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0952-1.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh175/RushforthWheels/100_0954-1.jpg