Congrats Magic! Now your job is to beat them every time.

Scott
90SM

 

Hey thanks for the congrat!! If anyone is bored you can see my three runs over on Youtube. And yes I did get a cone or two. Here are the links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at-9dvLUtuY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2rA6Xfdrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y5ghxby2g


And we also got rained out so I can thank the rain too.

 

Congrats, and thanks for sharing the vids as well, Kerry? At least that is what I thought I heard... Continued success to you!

 

I had the last two months off due to conflicting summer events at our autocross site (only one is available and no track open).

Update to post #57 for season results so far.

I was out of practice and didn't drive as well as I would have liked.
Hopefully I can learn from my errors. I basically did well on the first half of the course but went too hard into a turn at halfway and got off balance after that and lost about 1/2 second that would have helped to gain me about 4 spots overall. I was 1.5 seconds behind the leader. Half that difference I think I could make up but didn't.

Next event is three weeks so hopefully I will apply more skill.
I did run the course in street tires and did it in about 2.6 seconds slower during fun runs.

 

Solidly mid-pack in my home region, 6th out of 13 two weekends ago. But I did beat one WRX I've had my eyes on. But modded STIs and Evos suck

 

Managed 2nd out of 8 in SM today, 16th out of 97 entries, losing to 300+ hp STI by .5 secs...

I never bothered to change the sway bar settings but next time I'll do it before hand. Too busy going to Lime Rock yesterday to find time.....

 

Thanks for the Measurements, and there a tad longer than i thought but works out. Where you have the 4.75 (it works out to the 380 lbs for the setting i like for my slightly heavier car.) the Megans only have just under 3". This is what i was expecting that has been throwing people off on these shocks. As for the Supertrapps here is an old shot (dec 2002)of them. Since then i added a Stock MC Trailer Hitch and just about every thing in the sig.

 

hey while looking for the old pics i did find an underside shot. also from dec 2002

 

4th outta 8, same event as s-driver. Only one clean run, but the cone-yness was sloppy driving, not close driving. Wasn't happy with tire pressures either, still figuring them out. And I'm faaaairly certain my shocks are shot. :P

 

Something a bit more Recent. 7-8-07.

 

Impressive exhaust.
How about a set of matching custom Supertrapp "69" numbers?


Bet it sounds good too.

 

well if you have to know

Supertrapp

sound bite was from the 2003 Dragon Exhaust Shootout.
Sequence is Short rev, 3000 sustained, 6000 sustained.
Measured 118 db. so to fully enjoy turn the volume up to max.

Oh and yes i was the loudest at the Shootout

 

Thanks Mugami. Sounds vaguely familiar.

What is the rest of your exhaust system like? Cat(s)? Header? Pipe diameter? How many discs are you using in each trapp?

I'm using a Stahl system, with 3" cat. I replaced the Dynomax mufflers that come with this system for two Supertrapps. I've settled in on 6 discs each. Any less is notably quieter, but strangles the engine under high load. Any more gets loud enough to attract way too much attention to drive back and forth to work. I had the Magnaflow cat-back for 4.5 years. The current setup gives more power seat-of-the-pants (not just mine), droans less in cruise mode at 60mph, and has tons more burble. Except it's more of a crackle. Very hard edge to the sound, and much louder compared to the mellow Magnaflow burble. It's addictive.

Scott
90SM

 

Mugami, while you're at it (Scott's questions) - who makes that wing? Thank you.

 

rest of the system is stock. using the 2.25" split piping. I'm using a 4 x 4 set up for Autox and around town for increased torq. When i go drag racing i just loosen the nuts to let them rattle for increased top end. then close them back up for going home.

the Wing is the APR racing Low Drag wing made for the Hatch. I modded the mounts to fit better on the MINI

 

Thanks much for the reply.

 

I went looking for the wing on the web site.. The one i got is no longer shown. this is the Aluminum center wing with optional side plates. the Clip mounting bracket are whats no longer there. I bought this a couple years ago used for 50.00. Painted the wing Flat black as well. Also I took the measurement off the wing and its only 45" wide where the website shows them at 55". The wing originally was to Fit an old Honda Hatchback.

 

Added some more events.

Scott
90SM

 

Update made to post #57.

Not a bad day overall but I missed the chance to break into the top 3.
I had the chance.

I was about 0.35 seconds behind the leaders. Poised to strike but unable to exert the needed level of skill.

10 drivers in SM class this time. 4 runs each. I got the fastest 4 raw times in my class for the day but it was still way behind. I barely broke into the top 10 on PAX (for the first time this season out of three events).

The other cars (in order) in SM:
Honda Civic
Mini Cooper S
Subaru STi
Dodge Neon R/T
Subaru WRX
Nissan 240 SX
Scion tC
Mitsubishi Evo
Mitsubishi Evo 8

SM2 class had 13 drivers (8 miata, Honda S2000, BMW M3, MR2) and only one (240Z) beat me by 0.05 seconds

 

Updated post #48 - change of pace kind of day, but fun.

Scott
90SM

 

Yehaa!

1st out 3 entries in class (SM), revenge on the sti from last event.....

11th out of 88 drivers... sway bar set to softest setting

34.931 (+1)
32.633
32.684 sway bar in middle, not much change
32.952 air pressure drop, still not much change
33.651 back to softest setting, over drove it , wrong route on slalom

Weird thing is my sti friend had a second driver and he ran the car in a different class (BSP).

 

ok tring to get a good update and put in format like Minihune and scott

Date ........in class ..... in Raw ......... in pax..
3/18/07... 1 of 3........ 18 of 75........ 32 of 75
3/25/07 ...1 of 3........ 23 of 71........ 29 of 71
4/15/07 Tornado warnings moved to 8/5/07 as make up
5/13/07 ...2 of 4......... 9 of 51 ........16 of 51
5/27/07 ...3 of 7 ........12 of 63 ........23 of 63
6/17/07 ...1 of 5......... 5 of 44 .........11 of 44 (rain day on Street tires)
7/8/07 .....4 of 5 ........22 of 74........ 37 of 74 (to sick to change tires (yeah i know excuses excuses)
7/29/07 ...2 of 6 ........18 of 70 ........24 of 70 (only Heat to run in the Rain that day)
8/5/07..... 1 of 2 ........ 5 of 20 ........ 7 of 20 (only beaten by 3 formula cars and a Vette)
8/12/07.... 2 of 5........ 9 of 35........ unknown

 

After a successful Day#1 wasting a C5 Corvette in (Canadian class) A-Super Stock, Day#2 at Slalom@Slemon was a disaster for '06 MCS Competition Edition #62 when the engine torque exhibited under a hard right turn under heavy acceleration prevented a smooth shift from 1st gear into 2nd. My times were off by, I figure, 2-3 seconds per run (I ran an 88.1 sec but should have been in the high 85s/low 86s).

My advice? Get an engine torque damper like the LOTF, TSW, etc etc... and take on the E36 M3s...

 

Added results from another event. That's two in a row co-driving other cars. I think I'm about ready to get back in my own.

I also got to drive a SM EVO as an instructor on Saturday at one of our two annual drivers' schools. Wicked fast car (on boost), but this one had an evil secret. One of the wheel speed sensors had failed and the ABS wasn't functioning. I asked the owner before the run if it had ABS, and he said "yes". The brakes felt really good in the first couple brief applications, so I came smoking into a garage and hammered the brakes at the last second like I would in my car. That's when "smoking" took on a whole new meaning. Locked up all four and left four nice long black stripes. My first thought was that the ABS had turned loose of the brakes, but right after that it became obvious that wasn't the case.

If you haven't done it before, competing in a strange car is a good way to challenge yourself. Most cars don't transition as well as ours, and forcing yourself to plan further ahead and adapt is good discipline. In this week's case, no ABS in the STS car on a course with 4 critical braking zones was an added challenge. I haven't taken a run without it in 5 years.

Plus if feels good when you beat the car owner by over 3 seconds on your first run.

Scott
90SM

 

Ok im going for FTD this time. No more MR. Nice MINI Driver



ok well not really but it shore as heck would be fun