New to Auto-x

Hi there
I'm really new to racing anyone have any tips to help me do better in auto-x, i have an 87 rx-7 it handles really well but i need some help learning how to drive the thing better, i guess i must be doing ok i'm not last place hahahah.

One tip that has helped me drasticly, keep looking forward. Start out in your daily driving by looking as far up the road as you can, not at whats right in front of you. When you get used to this it will be habbit, it will help you plan your line a little more. Also heel toe shifting will help get you out of those sharp turns, if you havent gotten that down thats something else to work on. Also ask around to other people who are running good times, usually a lot of them have good tips they use and will be more than happy to help out the new person. Hope i could help!

thanks alot
ya that head toe shifting I bought a book to expline
(dont mine the spelling its relly bad hehehe) the finer points on it and i practice my shifting and the line i would take throung corners but that looking ahead i'll try that tonight on my way to work hehe i got some nice corners that i can try it out
thanks again

first off, welcome to the world of AutoX and other forms of solo racing.

work a lot on your 1-2 shift, most autoX's can be run in 2nd gear. and with a flat torque curve like your FC has, you'll be in even power from 4000 -8500 rpm.

the big thing is seat time, get as much as you can.

the way i got heel toe shifting down is for about a week i did it on every turn when i was riding through town, no matter what i was doing, no matter if i was turning past a cop car, i just heel toed it, usually i just did it into a low gear but its just the practice. after a while youll just be like WAIT I GOT IT!

I heel-toe every down shift that requires braking... every turn...

With my old motor and transmission, I had too cause my tranny had terrible syncros and wouldn't let you downshift without a hell of a lot of rev matching. Now with the new motor, It's habbit to heel-toe constantly.

Since my car has a slight vacuum leak it likes to die when you come to a stop, so I'm constantly tapping the gas as with my foot on the brake to keep it running.

Nobody else can drive the car, they don't know how to keep it running. :lol:

Hey at least you never have to worry about anyone stealing it!

hey you guys are great

:smooch: i am wondering if there is anything else that you can tell me

Just remember that autocross is about 80% driver and about 20% car.

Spend a lot of time on fine tuning your suspension, power isnt everything on an auto-x course, your never going to be going full speed in 5th gear so get your suspension tuned up to where your comfortable with it.

Also remember the first few times you go out there, your gonna probably do horrible. Just dont worry about doing great runs the first few times. Oh and also find someone who is pretty experienced and get them to walk the course with you a couple times, once you get used to what to look for when you walk the course it makes running the course easier....

and if you have a horrible run you can do what one guy did. do donuts in the middle of the course and mow down most of the cones...bastard lol

80 driver... 20 car?


nooo....

it's 70% driver 20% car 5% tires and 5% CRAZY MOJO!



don't do doughnuts on course... you'll be politly asked to never return.

but autocrossers are a friendly group, usually willing to share info.

sticky tires will take more time off for the money you spend...

crazy Mojo huh??? where the hell do i get that?

you guys are the best

I have met a guy who is willing to teach me how to do this thing, he has also asked me out :naughty: he says i'm the best cuz I laugh my ass off when he puts a little g load in the car, I like to work on the car with him and I understand what he is saying when he talks about cars
aparently what he has been looking for for along time in a girlfriend


I think its great

hey maybe you guys should try to make it to canada for some AUTO-X this summer we have a pretty good program out here!!!!!!!

mmm...girls with nice cars are hot....i met my girl at a local meet up one weekend lol i was like mmm....girls with nice cars....mmmm hot...

sorry i just woke up

ya i just got up tooo
coffee good homer not happy with out coffee

girls with hot cars hey not hot girls with cars? :naughty:

not hot girls with cars = hot girls with cars lol, its magical really, you like cars, your hot!

really now i guess thats why some really ugly girls go to racing i really dont need to tell you about weeble woman at our race group .

Honestly, after hearing the name, i think i do have to hear a little about weeble woman lol

ok let see well she looks like a weeble she has little to nothing on top and BAM there is her ass and my lord if it's got a third leg she will hit on it, I'm a bigger girl myself but i dont dress with stuff hanging out but this girl wears bootie shorts and halter tops all season :screwy: nothing like turning around and getting a face full of butt cheak peaking out :eek2: I dont know about you but I go there to race not try to avoid the weeble woman. :bananadie

i think if i were you i would put racing second and avoiding the weeble woman first lol

lol thanks for the advice really i dont know what she is thinking but besides that
i hope you dont have your own weeble woman where you are if you do i feel so sorry for you lol

actually i just moved from statesboro, georgia and there are sooooooooo many trashy redneck women walking around with like tube tops and you dont know if they have any pants on because their gut hangs to their feet!

keep your head under your hood and dont look around for the love of god dont smile at them there could be a shot gun wedding in your future.

there are few college hotties here in AZ, who drive their parent georgous cars. AZ is by far the best state for hottie's who drive equally hot cars!

agreed!

i need to move to az! I know here in south carolina and in georgia the hot girls only seem to drive suv's which i dont understand why a college person needs an suv. But thats just me.

you guys should try living in canada the women know how to treat their men and we have nice cars we only have to put them away when the snow flies but in the nice summer days nuthing beats a cruz in you car tunes upi and windows down

California is hot chick capital of the world. Still, I wish more girls autocrossed.

i dont think i could ever live in canada, its too cold, also i dont think i would know what to do if i saw snow, i think i saw it in a picture once isnt it that white fluffy cold stuff that falls on the ground?

i've heard that it's like frozen "rain"

though... being from arizona... that's when water falls from the sky right?

:P

snow is the best thing in the world!!!! alright this is what if you do, when it does "snow" (in nothern az anyways) you find a big ass parking lot... like a costco lot will do, and u get in the midde. since im a front wheel drive car i put my car in reverse, but then u crank the wheel to one side, and hit the gas!!! round, and round u go. it is also good stuff to practice difting, i have to use my e-brake though

crazy ugly coyotie is right you know :grinyes: its not that cold up here and it just makes summer better your all bundled up during the winter once it starts to get nice we peel off the layers and pull out the cars it could be +4 out and we are in shorts and tank tops with the top down just cuz we can :sunglasse

Say I had an automatic in my car...can I still be competitive in auto-x?

competetive is very vague and is determined by your class and location.

I have seen some very fast drivers in automatics, you'll definitely want to turn overdrive off though.

Yes, you can. The differences between different drivers are usually whole seconds. An auto may slow you down maybe less than 1/10th of a second. If you lose, dont blame your car.

it depends on how you mean "competative"

I found walking the course helps a lot. I get to the site early and walk a few times. Then during the lunch break, my buddy and I walk it 2 more times. Then we go out and lay rubber through out the course :D

just be careful that you don't walk it too much... if you get the course in your head at low (walking speeds) it WILL mess you up on your runs. and always remember to walk the line that you want to drive.

just be careful that you don't walk it too much... if you get the course in your head at low (walking speeds) it WILL mess you up on your runs. and always remember to walk the line that you want to drive.

Good points. I also look behind me while walking, so see if I can help find a nice line to follow. Don't worry about me going slow, I drive a Mustang, it's not going to go (time wise) fast (except on the straights! lol). Even w/ some VictoRacers, wheelspin is a HUGE problem w/ my car, and a greater problem w/ my buddies 86 GT (he makes 478rwtq! eek!) All in good fun though!

actually i just moved from statesboro, georgia and there are sooooooooo many trashy redneck women walking around with like tube tops and you dont know if they have any pants on because their gut hangs to their feet!

Dagum, ya mean yah dun like dem fine women at waly world? well heck dern, spit ya tobbaco and call meh sherly.

lol

i live in a redneck town, its great. :iceslolan