2011 MD/NOVA Auto-X Thread
Yeah I hope this year I can take 1st place in X2. 2nd didn't cut it last year. I will be about 1 sec behind the subies this year.
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Man.....my car is LOUD!!! Skip to the 1:50 range. Crazy that you can barely hear the turbo miata in front of me (which was fairly loud).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wbiG-Oh3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wbiG-Oh3M
They are only $35 for 5 runs.But if you go on the PM, they have "fun runs", where you can just drive around the course for $1/run.
This last time, nobody stayed for the fun runs, so the guys from NCC let me do fun laps for free. I was able to do about 7 more and my wife did about 3 more.
Pretty fun!
you mean these?
Broke my C-clamp trying to get the stock ones off last night. Gonna try a ball joint remover this weekend.

Broke my C-clamp trying to get the stock ones off last night. Gonna try a ball joint remover this weekend.
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Yes those!!!! They are back ordered from ARP themselves
tried to get them from Z1 and a couple local places noone had them in the right size. So Hills ordered direct from ARP through Z1 for me. supposed to ship out on the 14th as of yesterday still nothing. Im gonna call today to get an update.
tried to get them from Z1 and a couple local places noone had them in the right size. So Hills ordered direct from ARP through Z1 for me. supposed to ship out on the 14th as of yesterday still nothing. Im gonna call today to get an update.
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I didnt then... it was only supposed to be a 10 day wait and I had to wait on my tires and a couple other parts anyway so it wasnt a big deal. they are already paid for now so ill see what they say today before i make any desicions or try to cancel the order and go elsewhere.
They were all supposed to get installed on saturday but hills is gonna get me in whenever they come in if they arent here. I have to work the next 3 or 4 weekends so I cant race for another month
SOo im not stressing too bad. i just miss driving the car.
They were all supposed to get installed on saturday but hills is gonna get me in whenever they come in if they arent here. I have to work the next 3 or 4 weekends so I cant race for another month
SOo im not stressing too bad. i just miss driving the car.
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PCA Chesapeake has found a new venue for their events. They will be using one of the very large BWI lots. No idea how they pulled it off, but the lot is large....and seems to be concrete. This would be a rare opportunity to run on concrete....which is much more grippey/abrasive than asphalt. More info to come.
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Tomorrow looks like it will be miserable. Only good thing is I run in the last heat in the afternoon. Most of the snow should be done by 8-9am. With temps getting to 40ish....it should dry out by then. I am going to chance it an run hoosiers. Most of the top dogs have dropped out with the impending weather. Hope to get into the top 15 pax (even with the ridiculous spec evo pax I will be uner (BSP)). If it were anything other than SCCA I wouldn't go, but I can turn down a chance to run on one of the big courses.
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You guys should have come out today.....holy hell. Lee Piccione (sp?) designed the course.....he usually does a lot of the national courses. I am pretty sure I had the fastest raw time of all the non carts/caterhams. The car was great and the course was ridiculously long.....my fast raw time was 76.03s. I'll have some video for you in a bit.....
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