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03specVchik · 03-10-2003, 08:13 AM

here are the pix from the autoX at knights' stadium in SC (near charlotte) from this past weekend...

sykikchimp and MANY other 240s were out there this weekend cone dogding. got some videos of 240s, spec-vs, and some Zs that showed up (one that was actually a track model!).

e n J o y.

Dousan_PG · 03-10-2003, 08:49 AM

blue240coupe's wing is HUGE!!!!!

nasty body kit in general. but what's under the hood? heh..

*sykikchimp* · 03-10-2003, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dousan36
blue240coupe's wing is HUGE!!!!!

nasty body kit in general. but what's under the hood? heh..

Nothin.. he has a KA24E that he spray painted the valve cover silver. He didn't even take off the cover to paint it. there is silver paint on his breather hose. LOL

He also had one of those fake intercooler intakes.. LOL total ricer.

Dousan_PG · 03-10-2003, 08:55 AM

roflmao
and i thought there was hope..haha
i was giving him benefit of the doubt..oh well!

03specVchik · 03-10-2003, 09:04 AM

...and to complete his ensemble, he had a 50shot of nos! rofl.

*sykikchimp* · 03-10-2003, 09:06 AM

I will say that he had a Place racing intake, and an S&S header.. so he was attempting, and he SAID he was getting a turbo for his KA24E.. but I had talked to this guy at LMS in August, and he said he wasn't going to turbo, because he didn't lkike turbos.

So.. I say RICE..

Bbandit · 03-11-2003, 02:31 PM

mmm.. looks like fun! cant wait.. 2 more weeks till the next autox

whats y'all times? pretty good?

*sykikchimp* · 03-11-2003, 02:43 PM

you can see the results here:

http://www.ccrsolo2.org/modules.php?...howpage&pid=17

it was my first Auto-x, this is me:
17 NSTS Charles Parsons NISSAN 240SX 0 0:40.607

Bbandit · 03-11-2003, 03:43 PM

looks like a short course..
here, we have a ~100 sec course and lotsa straights.. so yes.. v8s dominate! LOL

*sykikchimp* · 03-11-2003, 03:52 PM

wow.. I know of several road courses that aren't that long. lol

Zemus · 03-12-2003, 10:30 AM

God, very nice, not only is their pics their are clips to, im dling most of them right now, owwn, and i agree with the icky body kit, ew

Saul240 · 03-12-2003, 03:16 PM

nice pics, not that many 240's????

*sykikchimp* · 03-12-2003, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Saul240
nice pics, not that many 240's????

naw.. just 11 or 12 that I counted.. {/sarcasm} lol I didn't take pics of all of them.

NIPPLEPINCH · 03-14-2003, 05:53 AM

The black car with the red rims is my car.

*sykikchimp* · 03-14-2003, 08:00 AM

sweet! how'd you do? those wheels look awesome.

nrcooled · 03-17-2003, 06:53 AM

Charles I am looking to go to my first auto-x here pretty soon so I have some questions:

1. How different is it from road racing
2. How did the 240 respond to the tight corners and such

AKADriver · 03-17-2003, 07:52 AM

My impressions of autcrossing... mind you I did that first before hitting the track:

There is no rest between corners, every corner leads right into another. You more or less have to be set up for the last corner before you even leave the starting gate.

I autocrossed my GTI, which is heavier than the S13 and heavily biased towards understeer, and I did alright my first time out... My time was 2nd or 3rd from last, but I think I was the only novice there, and my car was on crappy all-season tires.

*sykikchimp* · 03-17-2003, 11:20 AM

It's only slightly different from RR.. same essentials are necessary:

look UP
be smooth
memorize the track

when you get there, after sign up, everyone will be out walking the track. just walk on over to the start line, and start walking. Imagine your driving your car, and try to imagine turn in, and apex points.

the main difference is sometimes when autoxing, you will not use all the track thats available because it will slow you down. setting up for the next apex quickly is key.

also VERY important to get fast times: FEWER steering inputs = Fastest way around course.

for example.. we had a section that was a slalom.. simply three cones in a row that you had to navigate around.. you could either enter right or left. so it would proceed: right, left, right, or left, right, left.. in this particular situation, the end of the slalom was a left turn. SO.. because of the left turn, optimal entrance into the slalom was LEFT.. because we would only turn the wheel twice instead of three times. once right, then once left.. if you enter right, you have to turn left, then right, then left agian.

remember, the person that goes fastest, had his steering wheel straight the most.

03-10-2003, 08:13 AM	#1
03specVchik Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: in front of my computer...always Posts: 16 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	autoX pix--NC/SC 3/9/03 here are the pix from the autoX at knights' stadium in SC (near charlotte) from this past weekend... sykikchimp and MANY other 240s were out there this weekend cone dogding. got some videos of 240s, spec-vs, and some Zs that showed up (one that was actually a track model!). e n J o y.

03-10-2003, 08:49 AM	#2
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 45 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	blue240coupe's wing is HUGE!!!!! nasty body kit in general. but what's under the hood? heh.. __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

03-10-2003, 08:55 AM	#4
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 45 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	roflmao and i thought there was hope..haha i was giving him benefit of the doubt..oh well! __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

03-10-2003, 09:06 AM	#6
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 43 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I will say that he had a Place racing intake, and an S&S header.. so he was attempting, and he SAID he was getting a turbo for his KA24E.. but I had talked to this guy at LMS in August, and he said he wasn't going to turbo, because he didn't lkike turbos. So.. I say RICE.. __________________

03-11-2003, 02:31 PM	#7
Bbandit Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Texas and now Jakarta Age: 42 Posts: 2,674 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Bbandit Feedback Score: 0 reviews	mmm.. looks like fun! cant wait.. 2 more weeks till the next autox whats y'all times? pretty good? __________________ ==>>TGL GARAGE<<==.. RIP! S13 coupe KA-T @ 0.5 Bar = SOLD! A31 Cefiro + SR = Current

03-10-2003, 09:04 AM	#5
03specVchik Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: in front of my computer...always Posts: 16 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	...and to complete his ensemble, he had a 50shot of nos! rofl.

03-11-2003, 02:43 PM	#8
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 43 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	you can see the results here: http://www.ccrsolo2.org/modules.php?...howpage&pid=17 it was my first Auto-x, this is me: 17 NSTS Charles Parsons NISSAN 240SX 0 0:40.607 __________________

03-11-2003, 03:43 PM	#9
Bbandit Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Texas and now Jakarta Age: 42 Posts: 2,674 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Bbandit Feedback Score: 0 reviews	looks like a short course.. here, we have a ~100 sec course and lotsa straights.. so yes.. v8s dominate! LOL __________________ ==>>TGL GARAGE<<==.. RIP! S13 coupe KA-T @ 0.5 Bar = SOLD! A31 Cefiro + SR = Current

03-11-2003, 03:52 PM	#10
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 43 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow.. I know of several road courses that aren't that long. lol __________________

03-12-2003, 10:30 AM	#11
Zemus Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minneapols Age: 39 Posts: 2,268 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Zemus Feedback Score: 0 reviews	God, very nice, not only is their pics their are clips to, im dling most of them right now, owwn, and i agree with the icky body kit, ew __________________ \|Ziptied.com\|Hybrid Z\|D-Town Forum\|Clubfr.net\|

03-12-2003, 03:16 PM	#12
Saul240 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Diego Age: 37 Posts: 276 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nice pics, not that many 240's????

03-14-2003, 05:53 AM	#14
NIPPLEPINCH Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SC Posts: 1 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The black car with the red rims is my car.

03-14-2003, 08:00 AM	#15
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 43 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sweet! how'd you do? those wheels look awesome. __________________

03-17-2003, 06:53 AM	#16
nrcooled Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Turn 8 'bout to get rolled by a SC'd ITR Age: 45 Posts: 1,849 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Charles I am looking to go to my first auto-x here pretty soon so I have some questions: 1. How different is it from road racing 2. How did the 240 respond to the tight corners and such __________________ '91 hatch w/ SR Sold; '03 Evo Sold 401 HP; '03 MS Protege sold; '00 Evo 6.5 TME Sold 300HP

03-17-2003, 07:52 AM	#17
AKADriver Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 42 Posts: 3,475 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	My impressions of autcrossing... mind you I did that first before hitting the track: There is no rest between corners, every corner leads right into another. You more or less have to be set up for the last corner before you even leave the starting gate. I autocrossed my GTI, which is heavier than the S13 and heavily biased towards understeer, and I did alright my first time out... My time was 2nd or 3rd from last, but I think I was the only novice there, and my car was on crappy all-season tires.

03-17-2003, 11:20 AM	#18
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 43 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It's only slightly different from RR.. same essentials are necessary: look UP be smooth memorize the track when you get there, after sign up, everyone will be out walking the track. just walk on over to the start line, and start walking. Imagine your driving your car, and try to imagine turn in, and apex points. the main difference is sometimes when autoxing, you will not use all the track thats available because it will slow you down. setting up for the next apex quickly is key. also VERY important to get fast times: FEWER steering inputs = Fastest way around course. for example.. we had a section that was a slalom.. simply three cones in a row that you had to navigate around.. you could either enter right or left. so it would proceed: right, left, right, or left, right, left.. in this particular situation, the end of the slalom was a left turn. SO.. because of the left turn, optimal entrance into the slalom was LEFT.. because we would only turn the wheel twice instead of three times. once right, then once left.. if you enter right, you have to turn left, then right, then left agian. remember, the person that goes fastest, had his steering wheel straight the most. __________________