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 Mar 24 2010, 07:33 PM
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newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 24-March 10 Member No.: 10,056  |
Hey all,
The name's Ken and I just got my 98 Trans Am a little almost 2 months ago and had my first AutoX event last weekend. I'm racing with the NCCBMWCCA crew as my buddy who got me into it runs a M Coupe. He's a pretty good driver and placed 4th in the event out of 115. I absolutely fell in love with AutoX and will be setting my car up for doing so. Anyways, I wanted to introduce myself and share a couple pics from the event. The links below are to a couple vids my wife took. I just made a in car camera mount that'll be handy at my next event April 17 in Waldorf Md. I look forward to talking with everyone and researching how best to setup my car. So far I have some power mods and a strut tower brace. I'm picking up some ZR1 17x9.5's from someone this weekend for $150! I'm gonna put some 265/40R17 Dunlop Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec's on them for this season. They should run decent for this year and next...maybe. Whenever I'm made of money I'll get some track slicks...but for the money these Dunlops have a great reputation. I need to start looking into more suspension stuff...but I might hold off on that this year and get used to the car more first. I do want some racing seats to keep me from sliding all over the place, and am eyeballing 6litereater's seats on his site. I'd like to get a 5 point harness with them, but need to see if I can do that without having a roll cage. Research, research, research. That's why I'm here! (IMG:http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/ShadowVLX/Trans%20Am/10.jpg) (IMG:http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/ShadowVLX/Trans%20Am/4.jpg) (IMG:http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/ShadowVLX/Trans%20Am/6.jpg) (IMG:http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/ShadowVLX/Trans%20Am/9.jpg) Here's a pic of the camera mount I made. Some all thread through some square tubing I had. Electrical tape for friction against the camera to keep from turning. I need a couple U bolts to bolt the square tubing to the headrest bars and then I'll just strap the seat back tight so it doesn't vibrate. Not a bad setup for basically being free! (IMG:http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/ShadowVLX/Trans%20Am/7c7a388e.jpg) Links to Video...yes I carried WAY too much speed into that last sweep..haha...i'm learning! http://s589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/S...nt=DSCF0371.flv http://s589.photobucket.com/albums/ss340/S...nt=DSCF0372.flv This post has been edited by 98_TA_EMLC: Mar 24 2010, 09:15 PM |
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Mar 25 2010, 12:08 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 934 Joined: 7-March 06 Member No.: 1,113 |
Welcome to FRRAX..Pretty car. There are some excellent AX folks here, including National and regional champs.
No offense, but it bothers me to see a piece of boxed steel sticking out into the cockpit (your camera mount). I know AX is inherently safer than RR but still stuff happens. I would hate to see you impailed on that thing. You might want to rethink that. Maybe a suction cup mount to the dash or roof? I have seen both. In any event, a big ass pad of some sort on the end (tennis ball maybe?) Safety first. Other than that...have a blast!!! bock |
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Mar 25 2010, 02:01 AM
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newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 24-March 10 Member No.: 10,056 |
actually I never thought of that in case of a crash. tennis ball will be a must...but I may just end up forking out $100 for 6litereater's setup. Does anyone know if that includes the pivot arms or just the bar?
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Mar 25 2010, 01:13 PM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 36 Joined: 15-September 08 Member No.: 2,298 |
Welcome, it becomes an obsession real quick. I started autoxing again last year after not doing so for about 10 years and went from stock SS camaro to sorting out my car in ESP this year. But it's a blast for sure. I would get the 275 star specs if your set on those. Or run the kumho xs. Both excellent street tires for autox. I'm running V710's this year.
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Mar 26 2010, 01:47 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 264 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 1,870 |
not sure if you can get the star specs in that size, I went to Kuhmo XS for my street tires, and hoosier A6's for the track. good start so far on your car, just be careful when you mod your car so it stays in ESP, I think the strut tower brace is going to throw you out though. First mod on the suspension you should do it get a set of Koni adjustables. Welcome to the site, you'll get tons of good advice here. +1 on the tennis ball. A guy in our club has a piece of PVC connected to both seats for his camera.
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Mar 26 2010, 06:15 PM
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newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 24-March 10 Member No.: 10,056 |
Yeah...I'm not sure what ESP is....the STB can come off real quick though
The Star Specs only come in a 265/40-17. For the same price I can get the XS in a 285/40-17. I'd love to buy some A6's...but would completely destroy my budget. |
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Mar 26 2010, 08:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 384 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Birmingham, AL Member No.: 176 |
QUOTE (98_TA_EMLC @ Mar 26 2010, 01:15 PM)  Yeah...I'm not sure what ESP is....the STB can come off real quick though The Star Specs only come in a 265/40-17. For the same price I can get the XS in a 285/40-17. I'd love to buy some A6's...but would completely destroy my budget. I thought the purpose of this site was to destroy your budget (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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