Now THIS is autocross...

[Steve1968LS2]

I know some road race guys scoff at autocross and act like they are all the Goodguys peanut, but a real autocross course can be pretty fast and certainly challenging.

Went to the Porsche Club El Toro event and had some fun.. it was a great day and did did a lot of tuning, eventually Doug at Global West came to the conclusion we need more front bar to help ditch the push. Turn in was great as was corner exit.

Course was about 1.5 miles long and we were hitting between 80 and 90 mph in spots. We ended up getting around 12-14 runs.. which was a lot. I was beat by the time I drove home.

BP got an extra workout since I let wheelman Bill Chin drive here since his Camaro had an oiling issue.

The video is better if you go to youtube and full screen it..

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[coolwelder62]

Steve,Thank's for posting.The ride along was great.:thumbsup:

[Mover]

Great vid! Here in the sticks they set up a big course like that and man its fun. I slid sideways through the finish the last event and still smiling ear to ear even though I got a DNF. :thumbsup:

[Ron in SoCal]

F'n love that!

[Rick D]

I haven't had that much fun by myself in well, never mide about. WOW that was fun. Thanks Steve for the ride. You know if you could find a way to charge us for that ride you could have a very nice side business.

[The WidowMaker]

nice!!

interesting on the front bar. i always thought a larger front bar would increase the push.

[Steve1968LS2]

nice!!

interesting on the front bar. i always thought a larger front bar would increase the push.

It depends.. Think of a bell curve.. push can happen on either side of the curve.. too much bar can push.. too little can push..

Smarter people than myself can explain it.. We kept adding bump.. when it maxed it was decided we needed more bar and then we will turn down the bump and start again until it's right. The phrase I heard was "the car tells us what it wants".. in this case we think it's saying "more bar"

This whole exercise began when we decided to remove the rear bar and build a car based on compliance.. it's certainly taking some getting used to and some work.. remember that roll, to a point, isn't bad. :)

[Steve1968LS2]

I haven't had that much fun by myself in well, never mide about. WOW that was fun. Thanks Steve for the ride. You know if you could find a way to charge us for that ride you could have a very nice side business.

No problem.. if you're ever around we hate to let a seat go to waste!

[Autokraft]

Man Steve I want your job :hail: Pure sweetness! :thumbsup:

[Streetking]

Now that is a autocross.. I do alot of road racing and track days, but would love to take a shot at a event like that. I hate autocrosses that are a sea of pylons.

[6D9]

Holy crap that thing rips!!!!

[fleetus macmullitz]

I know some road race guys scoff at autocross and act like they are all the Goodguys peanut, but a real autocross course can be pretty fast and certainly challenging.



http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/Funnies/5179_94185318738_92038838738_1897349_8076440_n.jpg

That was no peaunt. :D

[89 RS]

That was awesome, thanks for sharing Steve.:thumbsup:

[Stuart Adams]

Car sounds good.

[tones2SS]

Wow, that was awesome.
Bad Penny is one bad machine for sure. Car sounds great and is very quick!:wow: :thumbsup:

[Vegas69]

Yep, that looked like a blast.:thumbsup:

[white79bu]

That is BADASS!!! I wish my SCCA club could do something like that. But we have 99% front wheel drive low horsepower cars that are awesome on a short course.
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[LowchevyII]

wow, steve, that was awesome. love the "ride along". Great to watch, especially being the auto-x was longer than i'm used to seeing at good guys events. Penny seemed pretty dialed. :thumbsup:

[Steve1968LS2]

wow, steve, that was awesome. love the "ride along". Great to watch, especially being the auto-x was longer than i'm used to seeing at good guys events. Penny seemed pretty dialed. :thumbsup:

Sort of.. in the 180s you can hear the front tires washing out and "screaming" about going sideways. I think the new bar (followed by a re-dialing in the shocks) will solve that problem. Like I said, corner exit and entry is great.. it's the tight stuff we're working on without going the route of relying on oversteer to point the car. It's a process for sure.

[Rybar]

Damn that thing sounds good, looked like a fun track for sure

[TheJDMan]

Now THAT is what I call Autocross!