Added Tanabe FSB, new tires, and cranked up the shocks. Car is now much more neutral. Tanabe FSB added more push, particularly in tight corners. Car still feels unstable though in slaloms, but overall way better. At the end of the season I increased the front camber from -2.7 to -3.3, which helped mid-corner grip…
Needed two just beat two guys today to lock in 20th, managed to do so by the skin of my teeth. Instead of drastically improving, I’ve stepped down in ranking every year so far. However, the region spiked in competition this year, with many newcomers and fast drivers. Looking at the relative scores (top 6…
Looking good for two track days and 24 autoxes, not to mention the most mileage I’ve put on an oil so far – really happy with the wear. Keep in mind for Red Line oils, the first few flushes are actually known to pull off a little more copper than usual before settling down. Looking…
7th Points event of the season for STL region. I need to really start picking it up, or I really won’t make Top 20 Index this year. Fortunately for me, this course was all momentum – finally! And with that, my best event of all time! I managed 12th in index, which I’ve done before,…
Decided to bring the Mini this time around to the BSCC event – However, I think in the future I will start running the Evo more at these events. The Evo is definitely more suited to the style of courses they put on, which is fast, open, and simple. They lack the technical element that…
Took the Evo out for some more testing at CCSCC. Started off the bat with the shocks set to 5 clicks all around, rear bar on middle setting, and tires at 36psi all around. It is a hair on the loose side but not too bad for now, and softened the rear to 7 clicks…
For today’s event, codrove with TS, local novice chair and evo school instructor. Had a few reasons for this. Obviously, he’s a very good instructor in our region that regularly teaches at evo schools. Any instruction he would have for me would be very valuable. I also wanted to see how he would fair in…
Another event with my fastest run being my first. On hot days, this seems to be common with my setup, even on the old tires before, where the car cooperated decently on the first run, then fell off after. The car feels very different, and starts pushing more as the runs go on. I sprayed…
Decided to take the Evo out today for the BSCC event, and turned out to be a good event for it. Course was a lot more open and favored big grip and big power, which the Evo has both of. Car is feeling pretty good where I have it, but the body roll up front…
What a fast year 2015 turned out to be — can’t believe how quickly time flew. Funnily enough, for the second year in a row I got in 33 events, though this time via dual driving, and managed to get a few more runs in as well. Big year of changes too — Evo 2015:…
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