Autocross and Road Course Racing - SCCA autocross houston regional event #11

Yeah! I went to my first autocross event to watch my bud race...end it racing too. I ran 4 times, hit 1 cone @ the first time.
Subaru team record was 54 second. my best shot wt my stock civic is 71 sec clean.
I was in class STX <<<someone xplain to class letter for me plz!
What should I upgrade to get better in autocrossing?
thanks guys1

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suspension, suspension, suspension:D

no body roll FTW!!!!!!

thank god! I'm glad you went. did you have fun? tell me what you have done to your car and I'll tell you what class you should really be in.

ORIGINAL: POLYTHING

What should I upgrade to get better in autocrossing?


Driver skill. Lots of practice. Help from your instructors. Novice school if they offer it in your region.

STX stands for Street Touring Xtreme which u most def. should not have been in, esp. if ur stock. if u dont have any performance/suspension mods then make sure u register in the right class next time. as far as mods, well it dosnt really matter tooo much. if u want, u could just keep racing in stock class and do well in there. most ppl would go with suspension mods and light performance mods(i/h/e) and that would stick u in STS class. little more competitive than stock...might also want to get smaller wheels and grippier tires. if i were u i'd just get some wheels/tires legal for stock class and stay in there till i got alot better and learned more. then later on once ur better, get a better suspension setup and move to STS. but thats just wut i'd do...

thank you!
Autocross is AWESOME!
I will do some suspension upgrade when spring comes (scholarship and grants from school come in)
I dont want to use he yellow wheels and tires to autocross. Can i use the steelies? with 14inch tires? I have a set of four sitting in my garage!
The registering guys put me in STX. my first time so i did not know what the hell was that. Next time I ll be in STS!!!

technically since it was ur first time, u could have been put in Novice class. what mods do u have?

I have WS2 exhaust, NGK plantium sparkplugs, 9mm sp wires, cheap ass intake THAT's ALL...I dont know what to do next..

you're in STS. Register for that next time if there's no Novice class.

buy some Falken Azenis for your steelies.

hey msx.
thank you very much. for what?
I found out about autocross via your signature! thank you bro! I found an event near my home (67 miles) lol.
Falken Azenis is tires for autox?i googled it, damn nice tires. yes i saw some of those earlier @ the event!

+1 on mxs. the azenis rt-615's are the #1 rated autox tire out there. very very good race tires and for pretty cheap. look at some of the tires at the next event, the majority will prolly be azenis lol. www.vulcantire.com has very good prices, cheapest i've found...if u find any cheaper, leme kno cuz im getting a set for next season.

i see.
how long do they last? I will use up my old daily driving tires first then the azenis will come! yeah!!!
how often do you race rubber duckie? add me in aim, mine is polything

hey poly where did you get those rims?

check ebay..they still have it...as the matter of fact, hold on
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220014293684
there you go. i got it for 300 shipped. cheapest price around.

looks like fun dude nice pics

ORIGINAL: POLYTHING

hey msx.
thank you very much. for what?
I found out about autocross via your signature! thank you bro! I found an event near my home (67 miles) lol.
Falken Azenis is tires for autox?i googled it, damn nice tires. yes i saw some of those earlier @ the event!
don't call me "bro", I'm not a guy.

the Azenis RT-215 are actually a slightly better tire but they are discontinued now. Look around and see if you can find a set though. Some sellers still have them on eBay. I got mine slightly used, $100 for 5 tires. I used them for about 16 events this year and they still have tread left. but I ONLY used them at events, I carried them in my trunk and changed tires when I got there

I was building my car for autoX, but now unfortunately my car spools at 5K and completely changes characteristics, I'd have such a hard time not blowing cones lol.

ORIGINAL: mxs

don't call me "bro", I'm not a guy.

how about "sis":D?

ORIGINAL: mxs

ORIGINAL: POLYTHING

hey msx.
thank you very much. for what?
I found out about autocross via your signature! thank you bro! I found an event near my home (67 miles) lol.
Falken Azenis is tires for autox?i googled it, damn nice tires. yes i saw some of those earlier @ the event!
don't call me "bro", I'm not a guy.

I knew that was going to happen, lol:D

yeah they stuck me in stx when i had the civic...i think that is the default if you have i/h/e and whatever else done...

my bad, civicexracer told me last night...tires tires tires! I wanna burn them and slide with the cones!!
thank you very one for helping me!

haha STX....STS next time. I saw some 06 volkswagon with turbo and a new KIA chasing cones too.

ORIGINAL: Fiirkan


ORIGINAL: mxs

ORIGINAL: POLYTHING

hey msx.
thank you very much. for what?
I found out about autocross via your signature! thank you bro! I found an event near my home (67 miles) lol.
Falken Azenis is tires for autox?i googled it, damn nice tires. yes i saw some of those earlier @ the event!
don't call me "bro", I'm not a guy.

I knew that was going to happen, lol:D

i was thinkin the same thing

Poly you are so lucky. I know that was loads of fun. Can't wait to get started on some autocross myself. :D

grrrr

^^ grrr what??

ORIGINAL: BurryTheSpeedo

yeah they stuck me in stx when i had the civic...i think that is the default if you have i/h/e and whatever else done...

it's not though, probably should have been STS unless you have a high flow cat, new calipers, LSD, or a couple other not-quite-so-basic things. Here's a basic guide to classes, you can download the whole rule book if you're unsure. http://www.moutons.org/sccasolo/

I thought the only difference between STS and STX is engine output?

Anyways, if I was you, ditch the intake and put the stock one on without the lower resinator and run H-Stock.;)

that's the biggest difference, there are a couple other minor things, most of which I listed above.

+1 for H-stock, at least for a little while. and you'll learn more if you're not changing your setup constantly

well if u want to autoX...mxs has one of the best,if not the best,suspension on the froum!....suspesion FTW!!!!!

I forgot to point out before, and I probably should, that figuring out your class is the responsibility of the driver, NOT the registrar. If you're thinking of doing one of these events, determine your class before you get there. See the link I posted above.

ORIGINAL: mxs

I forgot to point out before, and I probably should, that figuring out your class is the responsibility of the driver, NOT the registrar. If you're thinking of doing one of these events, determine your class before you get there. See the link I posted above.


that's a lot of reading...









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EDIT: Seriously though, that list is pretty vague