Re: Shindig Autocross Results
Is a syclone not very good for autox? It must be at least fun, right?
Loaded question there. It can be good for autoX....with a good setup. Our trucks have massive understeer and its very easy to plow the tires and go nowhere in turns.
My truck sports stock suspension. It's been lowered with the torsions up front, 2" blocks in rear with a 1" sway bar. Monomax shocks in all 4 corners. It leans like a mofo in corners....fast, slow, doesnt matter. I also have Sumitomo HTR street tires that are well over 6 years old now. When driving a course, I can actually feel the truck being maxed out on its suspension/tires. In short, my current setup SUCKS.
Very soon here, I will be doing some testing with swapping out to just coilover shocks first and laying down some times, then going full out and doing the tubular a-arms to follow. The hope is to see a progression in handling and better response from the truck. Down the road I also plan to install a 4 point harness to keep me better planted in the seat. Right now my seltbelt has an issue with slacking and I end up sliding around and put to much effort into bracing (off the door, center console and steering wheel) which is seriously screwing my driving. Brake upgrade is also on the short term list of upgrades. I planned to do LS1s, but Ive been hearing talk of Caddy CTS caliper swaps.
For shindig, I'll be the first to admit I was doing some shitty driving. My first run started with me doing a 180* spin due to a cold brake lockup. :rant: I also basically had people doing ride alongs and I know on a few runs I was being way to aggressive on the course just to make sure it was fun (AWD sliding between cones is fun right?) and less focused on driving the course correct.
As far as it being fun? Tons. You basically get to drive like a nutcase in a controlled environment.
