jackmott
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People will always spend as much money and effort as they have at the pointy end. At least you could opt not to swap tires between runs and still compete with Daddio....if you somehow had the talent.
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Autocross- SCCA EV-X Class vs. SS
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People will always spend as much money and effort as they have at the pointy end. At least you could opt not to swap tires between runs and still compete with Daddio....if you somehow had the talent.
Rodney!
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I have beat him before, and will do it again... eventually.
I am lucky to have him as a friend, and value his opinion. I was bouncing setup ideas off him Sunday, and i feel like I am going in the right direction. He has not driven a M3P yet, and I tried to get him in my car, but logistics were not on our side the past few events.
I am guessing he will prob drive it after Nats week is done. I will report here on what his thoughts of it are.
Fyi, two events in a row (boston and jersey) I was 3 sec of Salerno in his personal 2022 GT4. Granted my car does not have shocks or a bar, but even still that is a friggin eternity.
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You cut a 265-35-19 tire on stock suspension?
Full bump at turn-in?
What's your wheel offset and did you also run a spacer?
Dang, I guess we gotta stop recommending tires that wide (or wider) to people on stock suspension.
Rodney!
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Correct, car is stock save for 19x9 +30 (+35 w/ 5mm spacer) & 265/35-19 RT 660. The tire was skinned on the very outer edge from the fender lip. Had to be from a bump while turning.
I also ripped apart a mudflap and no cones were hit. Had to be a different bump.
Not sure if it should not be recommended, but if your lots have bumps, it should be a warning at least.
I care less about the classes. I think it's pretty awesome they give us EV-X, which seems to have a quite reasonable set of allowed mods that fix the deficits of the Model 3 platform at least without breaking the car as a usable daily driver.
What annoys me is that the EV pax is .835 (vs .830 for SS), and the fact it moved from .826 to .835 between 2021 and 2022. That's well after they are worried about software updates suddenly making massive changes. I would really love to know what events they used to set this PAX- given I never see the EV's be this dominant in raw time against SS cars. I'm guessing one way it ends up like this if any wet times are counted. I'll run right next to SS cars in the dry, and then beat them by 3 seconds in the wet. Don't envy anyone trying to create PAX either, but I would love to know how it's set to find these events where EV's are setting the highest raw times for streetable cars.
If we all think the car should be an AS car when completely stock, there's no way some camber and springs moves you from a .821 to a .835 PAX.
@Rodney! - If you're so focused on Hoosiers, why not run in SSR?
What annoys me is that the EV pax is .835 (vs .830 for SS), and the fact it moved from .826 to .835 between 2021 and 2022. That's well after they are worried about software updates suddenly making massive changes. I would really love to know what events they used to set this PAX- given I never see the EV's be this dominant in raw time against SS cars. I'm guessing one way it ends up like this if any wet times are counted. I'll run right next to SS cars in the dry, and then beat them by 3 seconds in the wet. Don't envy anyone trying to create PAX either, but I would love to know how it's set to find these events where EV's are setting the highest raw times for streetable cars.
If we all think the car should be an AS car when completely stock, there's no way some camber and springs moves you from a .821 to a .835 PAX.
@Rodney! - If you're so focused on Hoosiers, why not run in SSR?
Avoiding a potential PTSD from going through a set of Hoosiers at every event?
Haha, nice. Can you do the imperial march next? I guess my early '19 doesn't have the speakers necessary to do this?
Rodney!
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That really is awesome... I wish there was a way to reverse the update, as I would do that in a heartbeat!
I did a hill climb run with that on . sad they removed it, corner workers were cracking up!
actually got a red flag on that because a car up the hill had 'issues'...pulled over and they asked for a 50/50 bar before sending me back down
SK360
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I played Taylor Swift every run. Course workers were always entertained and said they appreciated being able to hear me coming.
Thanks Government for making course workers less safe.
Thanks Government for making course workers less safe.
model 3 isn't allowed in SSR. Roadster is thou..
Ahh, thanks. I hadn't dug in and thought any SS car could run SSR.
Me too, oops, I did Mary hill running SSM…fortunately that was one I didn’t win since I was only on 255 A7 & without camber they kinda suck
Rodney!
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Damn! I thought mine were bad, but that pic takes the cake!!! Mine are still usable.
Going to go research re71rs now...
All 275+ wide 18 and 19" sizes on tirerack are backordered.
I got this reply from TR today:
I should probably take it immediately and just buy the last set of Yoks, even though they are kinda narrow for 10.5 wheels.
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