Solo Autocross is staring up next month here in Central Florida
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Anyways, supposedly a mid to late March ETA for the first shipment. If you're familiar with how the Hankook supply chain works, you'll probably want to order early if you run a popular size.
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My auotX is in the rear view mirror with the first one out of the way. After reading all about the Copper S not rotating and all that is needed from a big rear bar to 60lb of air in the rear tires etc I thought I would out smart every one and run a higher tread index on the rear which happened to be a pair of Hankoks that I had laying around with the RE71-Rs on the front. I had previously installed a 25mm Hotchkiss bar the rear and it was set in the middle. I must say the my theory worked real good----so good the the car was almost impossible to do anything other than a straight line I dropped the rears to 32b ------many people comments that they had never seen a Copper with such a happy tail. It was a hand full----more like a rally car in the dirt. At end of the day I ended up 3rd in class of 11which must have been sheer luck. I will assure you that next time out I will have a set of RE71-Rs on the rear and that should be good for 1-2 seconds per----maybe even better. I did learn car control just trying desperately to keep the tail behind me. One of the instructors comments was" how do you drive this thing"----my response was: very carefully. The turn around at the far end of the course was a grand slide---drift style----it was fun when you got it right. Live and learn!!!!!
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I went to the brookesville points event the next day. The old guard thought the tire plan and resulting spins were hilarious.
Hopefully we can make it to the same event some time soon. I am missing the next few in Brookesville due to other commitments but I will be in Tavares wth Martin on February 12.
Hopefully we can make it to the same event some time soon. I am missing the next few in Brookesville due to other commitments but I will be in Tavares wth Martin on February 12.
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I will be at the Feb 5 event with 71-R's all around, no more hilarious performances---got to get down to business it sure is nice to get that first one out of the way!!!!! See you at one of the events---I will be at MSCC at Tavares on Feb12 barring rain, see you there---look for the Blue c/w white top Copper S. What class are you running ojannen?
Last edited by sherman89; 01-28-2017 at 04:56 AM.
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I will be in Tavares this Sunday and we will see how that goes, if I stay I will for now go to the DS class. My problem is my stock springs are 14 years old and have 151,000 miles and I am having a difficult time finding new stock S springs.
Last edited by sherman89; 02-08-2017 at 04:09 AM.
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I signed up for Autocross school, after 20 runs the street tires will be done-----saving my RE-71-R's for competition. I need to find at least 2-3 seconds and hopefully the national level instructors can get the nut behind the wheel tightened up to the level he needs to be at to be competitive.
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I did the autocross school and did 20 runs and I did opt to stay on the 71-R's, and the school was woeth every dime. How to cram 5 AX weekends into one day. The school was a great place to find out where that ragged line is by stepping over several times and paying the fee. The single biggest thing of all I learned was when to unwind the wheel to go faster.