aragami78

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Well I had a blast, everyone out there was totaly awsome and the nicest people and talked me through evrything and just made me feel totaly welcome out there. I cant wait to get out there again on July 31 and already have ideas on where to improve myself and car. With that being said lol I didnt do all that great but couldve done ALOT worse lol.

Even with my poor times I was happy with all my runs because the car did what I told it to. I didnt have any spinouts but on my 4th and last run I had a DNF with a time of 64.456, all I can say is I had a brain fart lol, passed a slolom cone on wrong side sigh lol. My 4 times were...

1st run---68.405
2nd run---65.850 +1 cone
3rd run---63.999
4th run---64.456 +DNF

I placed 86 out of 88 with a 03 Z06 and a junior kart behind me with a PAX time of 54.911 witch was 14.185 seconds behind the 1st place Evo. No excuses but out of all the CARS I had the skinniest and highest profile tires, Im still going to run these for a few more outtings tho before I throw on my 14x7 enkei 92's but I am going to try taking off the rear swaybar for the July 31 event at Lone Star Park. Im also going to try and tune my carb a little bit better, I think im still running a bit rich.

All in all I would call today a success, I learned alot about my car and my own skills and where I need to improve mainly myself for my next outting. Heres a list of the PAX time results ^^ Im comp stupid so dont know a better way to show lol

Link to final results
http://autocross.com/tr/2011_4_final.htm

TRSCCA
Pax Time Results, #4 - 7-10-11 Event #4 - Sun 07-10-2011
Timed Entries: 88
Pax Pos. Pos. Class # Driver Car Model Total Factor Pax Time Diff. From 1st
1 1 BSP 80 Wagner, Jon Evolution 47.412 *0.859 40.726 0.000 0.000
2 2 BSP 180 Foley, Jeremy Evolution 47.730 *0.859 41.000 0.274 0.274
3 1 STX 96 Maxcy, Brad 1998 BMW 328is 50.519 *0.824 41.627 0.627 0.901
4 1 CSP 198 Robbins, Chris 2006 Mazda MX-5 48.699 *0.858 41.783 0.156 1.057
5 2 CSP 98 McCall, Jason 2006 Mazda MX-5 48.705 *0.858 41.788 0.005 1.062
6 1 CS 22 Baker, Kenneth 2008 Mazda RX-8 50.237 *0.833 41.847 0.059 1.121
7 1 XSS 197 Wortham, Mark 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 49.053 *0.857 42.038 0.191 1.312
8 1 SM 195 Bergin, Tim 2004 Subaru WRX STi 48.408 *0.869 42.066 0.028 1.340
9 1 STU 111 Orgeron, Ken BMW M3 50.313 *0.838 42.162 0.096 1.436
10 2 STX 197 Ledbetter, Christopher 1997 BMW 328iS 51.181 *0.824 42.173 0.011 1.447
11 3 STX 7 Buchanan, Brian 1997 BMW 328is 51.334 *0.824 42.299 0.126 1.573
12 1 STS 181 Eberlein, Steve 1991 Mazda Miata 51.436 *0.823 42.331 0.032 1.605
13 1 SS 52 Jones, David 2006 Chevrolet Z06 49.608 *0.857 42.514 0.183 1.788
14 2 XSTR 33 Jan, Jerrett 1993 Mazda Miata 50.923 *0.836 42.571 0.057 1.845
15 4 STX 193 Fair, Terry 2011 Ford Mustang GT 51.825 *0.824 42.703 0.132 1.977
16 1 TCS 14 Slater, Jeff 2007 Mazda Miata 51.424 *0.833 42.836 0.133 2.110
17 1 STR 33 McShane, Mike Miata 51.327 *0.836 42.909 0.073 2.183
18 2 STR 148 Schaadt, Jeff Miata 51.362 *0.836 42.938 0.029 2.212
19 1 WSTX 96 Maxcy, Jennifer 1998 BMW 328is 52.136 *0.824 42.960 0.022 2.234
20 2 SM 95 Lin, Henry 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 49.443 *0.869 42.966 0.006 2.240
21 3 XFM 135 Kramar, Gary 2007 Zink F440 47.535 *0.904 42.971 0.005 2.245
22 2 WSTX 19 Fair, Amy 2011 Ford Mustang GT 52.189 *0.824 43.003 0.032 2.277
23 4 XFM 189 Piper, Greg 1983 KBS Mark 4 47.670 *0.904 43.093 0.090 2.367
24 2 SS 4 Cram, Charles 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 50.321 *0.857 43.125 0.032 2.399
25 2 STS 193 Bellamy, Neal 1992 Mazda Miata 52.699 *0.823 43.371 0.246 2.645
26 3 STR 74 Oneill, Sean Miata 51.913 *0.836 43.399 0.028 2.673
27 2 TBS 31 Jones, Robert Honda S2k 51.748 *0.839 43.416 0.017 2.690
28 5 STX 93 Costas, Paul 2011 Ford Mustang GT 53.017 *0.824 43.686 0.270 2.960
29 1 NSTS 96 Stokes, Keane CRX 53.346 *0.823 43.903 0.217 3.177
30 3 TGS 53 Bailey, Robert 2004 Dodge SRT-4 54.384 *0.809 43.996 0.093 3.270
31 1 FM 13 Penner, Phillip Zinc 48.688 *0.904 44.014 0.018 3.288
32 3 STS 81 Adams, Phil 1990 Mazda Miata 53.521 *0.823 44.047 0.033 3.321
33 4 STR 48 Dorman, Tim Miata 52.847 *0.836 44.180 0.133 3.454
34 3 WSTR 48 Schaadt, Jean Miata 52.948 *0.836 44.264 0.084 3.538
35 4 STS 196 Osborne, Phil 1988 Honda CRX Si 53.928 *0.823 44.382 0.118 3.656
36 3 SS 26 Jones, Clement 2008 Chevrolet Corvette 51.794 *0.857 44.387 0.005 3.661
37 4 WCSP 98 McCall, MeLinda Miata 51.892 *0.858 44.523 0.136 3.797
38 4 TGS 7 Stewart, Jimmie 2009 Honda Civic Si 55.118 *0.809 44.590 0.067 3.864
39 6 STX 6 Payne, Blanton 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 54.235 *0.824 44.689 0.099 3.963
40 1 HS 49 LaFlamme, Glen Mini 56.504 *0.791 44.694 0.005 3.968
41 2 HS 32 Cheslock, Ray 2010 Mini cooper 56.508 *0.791 44.697 0.003 3.971
42 5 STS 93 Neff, Bob 1992 Mazda Miata 54.350 *0.823 44.730 0.033 4.004
43 1 STSL 81 Eberlein, Sharon 1991 Mazda 54.457 *0.823 44.818 0.088 4.092
44 2 FM 133 Kurtz, Paul 1989 Red Devil 49.586 *0.904 44.825 0.007 4.099
45 5 TGS 12 DelRio, Walter 2009 Honda Civic Si 55.529 *0.809 44.923 0.098 4.197
46 2 STU 95 Brazeau, Chuck 1995 BMW M3 53.826 *0.838 45.106 0.183 4.380
47 2 NST 44 AAron, Brandon 55.011 *0.820 45.109 0.003 4.383
48 5 XBM 199 Saunders, Tommy 1997 Legrand Mk 25 Dragon SR1 47.116 *0.958 45.137 0.028 4.411
49 1 ES 61 Covington, Doug 1994 Mazda Miata 54.724 *0.825 45.147 0.010 4.421
50 2 ES 21 Stolz, Lorin Mazda Miata 54.755 *0.825 45.172 0.025 4.446
51 3 ES 88 Harrison, Mick 1994 Mazda Miata 54.841 *0.825 45.243 0.071 4.517
52 1 DSP 1 Fleming, Charles 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt Sport 53.662 *0.844 45.290 0.047 4.564
53 4 ES 68 Mauro, Sam Miata 54.919 *0.825 45.308 0.018 4.582
54 1 ST 73 Mehl, Danny BMW 325 55.378 *0.820 45.410 0.102 4.684
55 1 CP 24 Brantley, Josh 1997 Chevrolet Camaro 53.066 *0.860 45.636 0.226 4.910
56 5 WSTX 97 Ledbetter, Sherrie 1997 BMW 328iS 55.600 *0.824 45.814 0.178 5.088
57 1 SSM 66 Franco, Andy 2006 Chevrolet Corvette 52.521 *0.875 45.955 0.141 5.229
58 1 BS 81 Maschmann, Lee S2000 55.107 *0.839 46.234 0.279 5.508
59 3 HS 7 Parker, Chris 2011 Mini Cooper 58.565 *0.791 46.324 0.090 5.598
60 3 NBSP 85 Vaughan, Thomas Solstice 54.448 *0.859 46.770 0.446 6.044
61 6 TCS 16 Collins, Hal 2001 Mazda Miata 56.193 *0.833 46.808 0.038 6.082
62 4 NFS 51 Foote, Garett 2011 Ford Mustang GT 56.650 *0.827 46.849 0.041 6.123
63 5 ES 3 Gillett, Mark 1993 Mazda Miata 57.225 *0.825 47.210 0.361 6.484
64 5 NST 2 Zaltsberg, Dmitry Nissan Sentra 57.651 *0.820 47.273 0.063 6.547
65 1 GS 11 Ochocki, Robert Genesis Coupe 58.609 *0.809 47.414 0.141 6.688
66 6 NDS 9 Campbell, Tyler Subaru WRX 58.036 *0.817 47.415 0.001 6.689
67 7 NCSP 8 Salwisz, Alex 2000 BMW M Roadster 55.394 *0.858 47.528 0.113 6.802
68 2 DSP 37 Farr, William 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier 56.854 *0.844 47.984 0.456 7.258
69 1 AS 62 Harris, Jim 2002 Chevrolet Corvette 57.085 *0.841 48.008 0.024 7.282
70 6 STS 99 Johnson, Katelyn 1988 Honda CRX 58.536 *0.823 48.175 0.167 7.449
71 1 EM 117 Rosenberg, Russ 2007 Brunton Automotive SuperStalker 52.989 *0.910 48.220 0.045 7.494
72 8 NBS 81 D'Arcy, Tom 57.606 *0.839 48.331 0.111 7.605
73 2 CS 19 Bunch, Jim 2004 Mazda Mazdaspeed MX-5 58.496 *0.833 48.727 0.396 8.001
74 2 CP 7 Brantley, Steven 1996 Pontiac Trans Am WS6/R 57.321 *0.860 49.296 0.569 8.570
75 9 NSSM 111 Glowicz, Daniel Corvette 56.399 *0.875 49.349 0.053 8.623
76 10 NBS 44 Flack, Brad Soltice 58.869 *0.839 49.391 0.042 8.665
77 3 CS 1 Gagnon, Mark 2000 Porsche Boxter 59.896 *0.833 49.893 0.502 9.167
78 11 NCP 1 Brousard, Eric Camaro 58.186 *0.860 50.040 0.147 9.314
79 12 NFS 82 Casey, Shawn 2011 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 60.868 *0.827 50.337 0.297 9.611
80 13 NDS 18 Cornwell, Jon 2011 Mini Cooper S 61.874 *0.817 50.551 0.214 9.825
81 4 SS 84 Wilson, Les 2003 Chevrolet Z06 60.343 *0.857 51.714 1.163 10.988
82 14 NES 188 Harrison, Katlyn 1994 Mazda Miata 62.945 *0.825 51.929 0.215 11.203
83 15 NSSM 11 Glowicz, Norman Corvette 60.658 *0.875 53.075 1.146 12.349
84 1 FJB 24 Haag, Ashley Kart 64.643 *0.826 53.395 0.320 12.669
85 4 HS 2 Parker, Tammy 2011 Mini Cooper 67.651 *0.791 53.511 0.116 12.785
86 16 NCSP 42 Lyons, Randy 1983 Mazda RX-7 63.999 *0.858 54.911 1.400 14.185
87 1 SSL 84 Wilson, Victoria 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 65.058 *0.857 55.754 0.843 15.028
88 2 FJB 124 Jones, Colton Junior Kart 107.000 *0.826 88.382 32.628 47.656

Kentetsu

Congrats! Glad to hear things went well, and that you had a good time.

Did you get any video?



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aragami78

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Oh I had a Great time, but sadly no I didnt get to take video. Tech guy said the mounting I had for my little hd cam wasnt secure enough so it had to come out and my lil cuz just came with me so no one to take the vid, but someone said they had video of my car and would send it to me^^ It really is a different world out there, no where else can I think of you can leave 1000's of dollars in tools just sitting there and noone touches them, all I can say is just everyone out there were awsome people.

I was told today I did rather well for the setup I had with the OE tire size, this course is the slickest out of the places they run and my heat was the last. It was a sealed asphalt lot and the temps when I ran were about 120's ( temp gun aimed at ground).

Ill see if I can find the layout, I printed it out, it had alot of fast sweepers and 3 slolom sections and some real tight corners right after the sloloms lol.

oh yeah 185/70/13's negotiator hp's were the tires I was running lol

mazdaspeedrex

Glad you had fun, that's what it's all about. You do have some stiff competition in CSP with Jason McCall and Chris Robbins. Chris was .5 seconds out of trophies at the Lincoln National Tour. I was 22 seconds back from him in last place. That's the best times from 2 courses added together. It sounds like you have some ideas to improve yourself and the car. Good luck and don't worry about how you compare to the better national drivers. They spend a lot more money than we do.

aragami78

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Thanx mazdaspeedrex, yeah when I pulled up and saw everyone trailering in race tires and some trailering in cars that I wasn't gonna get to high in the ranks but didn't expect to my first time out. But its in my blood now, I'm thinking about it now and how to pick out the key cones out of the hundreds lol and where I want to put my car on the course to make the next turn easier/faster with less brakeing : ) Can't wait to get out there again.

duffman692002

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Prolly won't run but it's been years since I've been to one and sounds like a good way to spend a sunday. LSP isn't far from me.

LizardFC

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Congrats on your first race! You passed what I call "the first test." Usually, people will have one of two experiences at their first autocross. Most will come out, nail a few cones, get a few DNF's, meet a lot of cool car nuts, and have a blast. Those are the ones that come back again and again. Then there's the minority that come out, DNF or mow down some cones, get really frustrated and/or embarrassed, and never show their face again. Sadly a couple of the people I've invited have been in that category! Glad to see you were in the majority.

CSP is a really tough class to excel at in our cars thanks to the first gen Miata. It's lighter, more powerful, and just an all-around good platform for dodging cones. And there's usually a large wolf pack of them with a lot of mods and some pretty talented drivers (see: old farts)

My advice is to change as little as possible about your car for at least the first season. It's much easier to improve as a driver that way. You'll become better faster, rather than just faster. When you finally hit the point where your times aren't significantly improving, then you can start working on the car. For now, just keep it running as well as you can and make sure the tires and suspension stay in good working condition. My two cents.

aragami78

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Thanks LizardFC, Yeah It does look like a tough class to excel in but im gonna work hard and do my best. Ive always had the thought of " I didnt fail, I just found one more way not to do it kinda" lol, and at least I know it CAN be done and our old cars can climb to the top with the right setup/skillz thanks to Kentetsu's success . I kinda just feel like I owe it to my car, she takes me to work 6 days a week and gets me home without a hiccup, so this is gonna be her playday, it prolly sounds crazy but I swear it felt like she perked up a bit out there on the course lol.

Yeah thats exactly what im going to do, leave the car as is with the exception of the rear swaybar for my next outting, its gonna come off. I had alot of the older guys running out there come over to check out my car and tell my there stories of when they were running there 1st gens out there back in the day lol. Gave me alot of good advice and removing that seemed to come out of everyone of there mouths.

Im gonna do my best to get outside video of the car next time, its hard cause none of my freinds are up early enough to come out. But im deffinately gonna find a better in car mount and ill at least have that for next time. Thanks for all the encouragement you guys

Randy
Belle (My 83 lol)

aragami78

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Hey Hey duffman692002, you should deffinately come out, it would totaly kick *** to have a little RX7Club.com support out there im sure that alone would add like 10 hp

And sorry I droped the ball on those taillights But money has been a little tight with gas prices skyrocketing and work being a little slow at the shop. But it has picked up and if you still have or even still want to get rid of them ill bring the extra cash with me if you wanna show up and bring em out

Randy

aragami78

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Hey mazdaspeedrex I just noticed you live in Omaha, Nebraska, I took the RX-7 up there April for my sisters wedding. Beautifull place but the roads were awfull at least around my sisters house lol, I do plan on going back up there tho. We should meet up next time or something or help me time my trip so I can hit an Auto-X up there and see how yall run

Randy

Kentetsu

Randy, there's really only two reasons to consider removing the rear swaybar:

1. If the car has a tendency for the back end to try to pass the front end (oversteer)
2. If the inside rear wheel spins excessively when applying power at the exit of a turn.

If you aren't having either of those issues, then leave it on for the added stability. And if you decide you do want to try running without it, then simply disconnect one of the end links, rather than the entire bar, so it can easily be hooked up again if you don't like it.

aragami78

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Thats a good point, I didnt oversteer excesively at the event and traction seemed to be there at the exit so I probably should hold off on it untill im driving fast enough to take it off. Would it be legal/safe to try takeing one end link out at an event inbetween runs? I can pop those out pretty quick.

It Actually felt pretty good the way it was at the speed I was going, on my 3 run I was taping the brake less and ust lifting off in 2nd and the nose was turning in just right.

LizardFC

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I might try running without my rear sway bar for the next race. I do have a problem with the inside tire spinning as I throttle out of a turn. Even on slicks with a LSD I still saw some smoke from one wheel in the pics from the last race.

If you want a good and somewhat inexpensive external camera for autocross, I suggest a GoPro Hero. I've used it for a number of races and I see them on a lot of the other cars too. As long as your paint or glass is clean, the suction mount will not come loose no matter how many G's you pull. Mine even stayed on my bike when I crashed it up at the Dragon. They're awesome little cameras and the newer ones shoot in HD.

aragami78

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Sweet, ill keep my eye out for one

Heres a pic I took of Belle out at TMS, looks like I caught Chris Robbins MX-5 in the back ground lol.

LizardFC

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Nice! You ran with the sunroof in? Easy way to shed 20 pounds

Since you're on street tires, have you considered running STS?

aragami78

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I had it out right before my heat but it was insanely hot and I ran around high noon maybe 1ish. I was baaaaking lol chose to go a bit more with comfort, it made a huge diff not having the sun beating on me.

I think my ignition, suspension mods put me in CSP. I have an MSD waste spark setup, re-speed camber plates, tokiko blue hp shocks/struts(re-speed), racing beat springs, striped emissions, no cat, racing beat pre silencer, no name freebie muffler, poly bushings/links all around. But I could be wrong, ill have to look and check on STS, thanks^^

duffman692002

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Haha, only NOS stickers add horsepower. Now worries on the lights, i can prolly bring them out. Heck, I'm starting to consider running myself.

AJ

aragami78

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That would kick *** to see another one running up there

Cool, ill deffinately let ya know beforehand so ya dont bring them for nothing.

Heres a link to the course map they put up for the july 31 event, looks like it might be a pretty quick course with smooth asphalt

http://texasscca.org/LinkClick.aspx?...PU%3d&tabid=82

duffman692002

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Thanks for the link. Been looking over the forms and the only hong I'm slightly worries about is the noise limit, lol. That andthe helmet thing, haven't got one.

aragami78

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They have alot of loaner helmets, and there where some pretty loud cars out there, what do you have on it exhaust wise?

LizardFC

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I think all of those mods are STS-legal but you'd have to check the rulebook to be sure.

As far as noise goes, I don't know what the limit is at your sites but I run a header>magnaflow>2.5" pipe to side exit and I haven't been DNF'd over it yet. Unless you're running open header, I wouldn't worry too much.

mazdaspeedrex

The emissions and lack of cat bump it to CSP. I have the same problem plus dual weber dcd carbs. If you want to plan a trip around an autocross check out nrscca.org for our calander. The only problem is almost all of our events are in Lincoln about 50 miles from Omaha. It would be great to race with you though.

aragami78

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Well if im drivin 7-800 miles to Nebraska whats another 100 mile round trip

Was a slow day at work so brought my car in the shop to look over cause its leaning more to the driver side. Got run off the road before the auto-x event and pushed my wheel back to almost touching the fender.

Heres a pic of the control arm lol


Well got new one on b4 event and aligned it numbers were good with no major adjustments. Drove straight with no pulls but height tweaked a bit lower on driver side. Found out why today, right behind the crossmember the driver sub frame is tweaked. Sooooo im gonna take it to a frame an alighnment shop to get her all squared up next Teusday, hopefully it wont hurt my pocket book to much .

aragami78

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Found a video of the July 10 run at Texas Motor Speedway, this is the same heat I ran in 3rd but no video of my car on track yet. You can see my gold RX-7 in the line up waiting to go tho lol

http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/gallery/...3_hw8wR84-A-LB

aragami78

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Heres a couple shots I found of my RX-7 with the novice coordinator telling me how things work in the grid and giving me some tips and 1 on the track with my lil cuz Dylon riding with me





Its pretty sweet finding pics of your car on a site you didnt know existed lol