Only my second event in the Mini this year. Course was awful. Spent most of the event trying to get solo storm to work. It seemed to go okay for the second run, but bungled my 4th run, which was my fastest. I have no idea really its inner workings so it’s very difficult to…
R56HS has now become QL Motorsport! Due to changes in priorities and cars, I have shifted the blog to become a more driver-focused site. I will still be driving the Mini for nearly half the autocross events, but have shifted the focus more to the Evo, prepping the car for autocross and track, and continuously…
I’m doing this rather retrospectively as I adjust some of the formatting of the journal. I was still in full swing autocross mode with the Mini during this time, but that started to wind down and the seat time had started paying dividends to driving other cars, including the Evo. Some set up changes below:…
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…
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