Medford, Getting closer Options

[Randal]

So how many 914's are going to be running the AutoX at Medford?

And is Britain going to give us a course diagram before the event?

I think it should be published on the Where2Race website for all of the World to see. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

[Randal]

Woo, just got home.

It was nice meeting Grant's Dad at the event who shared stories about "his" 914's which "disappeared" at some point. I got busy with car issues and didn't get to finish the conversation, but hopefully he'll be back at the Medford track again. He seemed pretty keen to get involved.

Anyway I did brake a engine mount on my last autox run, which was actually going quite well until it broke, then couldn't select the gears I needed. The sport mount rubber was completely ripped out of it's housing!

On an earlier run 222 was within .200 of Britain's winning time, so ended up second in that part of the event.

I got to say that JP did great for driving a new car with a seat that couldn't be adjusted. Also maybe the mount was already partially broken so he had trouble selecting gears as well. He did take over 7 seconds off his starting time in the morning, ending up running a 54 second (and change) run. Very impressive by any standard.

Oh and a big Thanks to Mark for borrowing a Sport Mount and getting it on 222, during the lunch break, so we were able to run the enduro, which is 5 complete laps on the outside of the course.

About as much fun as you can have in under four minutes. Just a great venue.

On the Enduro I started with very cold tires so had to take it easy at first, especially at turn 1 where you're hauling and a (high speed) mistake would be unpleasant. Ended up dropping a second a lap, until I got down to a 45 which everyone said was good.

I'll have to check Dave Kidderman's and Britain's times from last year to see how I did, but the car was working better than "ever" before and as the tires got hotter you could progressively attack the course. Had to use 3rd at three different places on the course and shifting, after the fix was smooth - really perfect.

Yea that was Gary ripping around the course.

They will post the times at some point so we can check the splits.

222 ended up at the front of the enduro, but not sure by how much.

All in all got 10 laps, half on the autox course and half on the enduro (some of which are the same), so learned a bunch. With hot tires you can really do some fast stuff in places where it doesn't look like you can go fast.

Lots of room for improvement IMHO.

[grantsfo]

Woo, just got home.

It was nice meeting Grant's Dad at the event who shared stories about "his" 914's which "disappeared" at some point. I got busy with car issues and didn't get to finish the conversation, but hopefully he'll be back at the Medford track again. He seemed pretty keen to get involved.

LOL! He loves razzing me for trading the 1.7 914 in on the newer 76 VW Scirroco. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) But dang I drove the 914 for 2 years and it had been rear ended and wasnt quite right ever since. He only had one 914 and it was very well aged 1.7 with 170,000 miles on original motor and tranny when he gave it to me as a HS graduation present - great car but it was showing its miles. I found low mile Scirocco for my commute over highway 17. I thought it would be more reliable than the 914 and not leak as much water in winter commutes. It caught on fire on my way to work due to an electrical fire. LOL!