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| turboman808 |
 May 21 2006, 06:28 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,718 Joined: 31-January 06 From: North Jersey Member No.: 5,505 Region Association: North East States  |
Saw a few club members and lots of 914s. Got to admit I was happy it was a very slow course.
First 3 runs I drifted all over the place and took out lots of cones. Kinda fun but I guess the idea is not to hit the cones. I just had to accept I cannot just mash the gas coming out of the corners. Works on the civic really well not so good in the 914. Well at least not when I don't know how to throttle steer. 2 914s did some really nice throttle steer going through the last few turns to the finish. I tried to imitate as best I could. Final 4 or was it 5 runs I just took it a bit easier. Car has power!!! To my surprise my times got better and better until I finaly ran a 52.2. Car has alot more in it but I was pleased with what I had accoplished for the day. Can't say I was to please with how they had this place run. It went really fast but you couldn't get a chance to see other peoples times and talked to others between runs. If they would have run it in just 2 groups instead of 4 it might have given more time to figure out what you could improve and check tires and such. That being said I have no idea how others did. The lunch truck was a nice touch though. |
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| turboman808 |
May 21 2006, 07:15 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,718 Joined: 31-January 06 From: North Jersey Member No.: 5,505 Region Association: North East States |
Oh I did take a few pictures.
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| JPB |
May 21 2006, 07:39 PM
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The Crimson Rocket smiles in your general direction. Group: Members Posts: 2,927 Joined: 12-November 05 From: Tapmahamock, Va. Member No.: 5,107 |
Cool, hope your hooked. I hope to do the same sometime soon.
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| Andyrew |
May 21 2006, 11:12 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California 
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Tell us about your car!
I havent seen you post anything about it... |
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| turboman808 |
May 22 2006, 11:48 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,718 Joined: 31-January 06 From: North Jersey Member No.: 5,505 Region Association: North East States |
It's got a 2.7 motors putting out 240hp and I forget the torque. Has modern fuel injection with haltech engine management. I am still not sure what tranny it has I thought a 915 then I see something about a 916 tranny. Has 930 4 caliper brakes all around which I would really like to try out soon.
I'm working on the interior right now. Got some parts from engman and renspeed and prdered some cow hide to get started. Yarin took some shots yesterday. He posted the link in another message. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=52290 It's the blue 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I seriously got to finish the interior this week. |
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| anthony |
May 22 2006, 01:37 PM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218  |
Cool! For me autocross is more about me learning to drive my car at the limit. Often it's hard to compare times across the board since everybody has a different car, some people are on race tires, etc.
Mostly I've been autocrossing the 911 lately because in a way it's so fun to drive. It's much more of a handful to drive but rewarding when you nail it. I've also autocrossed my stock 914 2.0L and it's more of a "full gas, full brake, and steer" sort of car. Still fun in it's own right. With less power it's much more important to nail the lines and carry speed through the turns. |
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