 need help - NWR, AXing a rental cadillac at NWR this weekend |
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 Jun 22 2007, 08:53 PM
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Ok so compliments of the U.S. Army, I get a 2-month stay in the cloudy and rainy state of Washington. I do get a few days off here and there and it just so happens that I got 3 days off this weekend so I can attend the events in Packwood, WA. I don't know the area or their rules, nor do I have my car here, so I rented a car (tried for a Charger and got upgraded to a Cadillac DTS... hey it's a V8 RWD!) and will do my best to get there and fit in. Is anyone on this site from NWR and going this weekend that I could meet up with?
Also I'm assuming a DTS is F-stock, right? Anyone have advice for AXing a Cadillac? Thanks in advance, Andre |
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Jun 22 2007, 09:56 PM
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QUOTE (atakacs @ Jun 22 2007, 03:53 PM)  Ok so compliments of the U.S. Army, I get a 2-month stay in the cloudy and rainy state of Washington. I do get a few days off here and there and it just so happens that I got 3 days off this weekend so I can attend the events in Packwood, WA. I don't know the area or their rules, nor do I have my car here, so I rented a car (tried for a Charger and got upgraded to a Cadillac DTS... hey it's a V8 RWD!) and will do my best to get there and fit in. Is anyone on this site from NWR and going this weekend that I could meet up with? Also I'm assuming a DTS is F-stock, right? Anyone have advice for AXing a Cadillac? Thanks in advance, Andre Should be FS, yes. Don't know much about the DTS, but I hear the CTS-V is very neutral-handling at autocross speeds. I'd probably start with about 45# F 40# R tire pressures and see how it goes from there. Don't jerk the thing around, you are likely to go into either limp mode (gas) or ice mode (brakes). Also, I think these things are fly-by-wire, so the throttle will be a little sluggish. You can expect as much as a 1/2 second lag between opening the throttle and that Northstar actually doing anything. Does it have traction control? Cool. You may be able to use that to it's advantage. Also, you can probably drive in a little deeper than you thought due to the ABS. Let us know how it goes. I'll ask Roger (the REal) Johnson if he knows anything about the Packwood site. He used to live there. |
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atakacs need help - NWR Jun 22 2007, 08:53 PM
Ojustracing Hey that thing doesnt have Onstar does it?
John Jun 23 2007, 03:57 AM
atakacs QUOTE (Ojustracing @ Jun 22 2007, 11:57 P... Jun 23 2007, 11:05 AM Ojustracing I've got a good story about Onstar during the ... Jun 23 2007, 02:36 PM BrianChevy I believe that you can pull the fuse to shut off t... Jun 23 2007, 07:17 PM roadracetransam The DTS is FWD. The STS, CTS, XLR, SRX are RWD. ... Jun 24 2007, 07:30 AM atakacs blah... I did horrible. I ran a best of 70.x seco... Jul 2 2007, 10:22 PM atakacs Update:
I ran my first pro-solo out here and then... Jul 16 2007, 08:23 PM TrackAddict That's great! I'm glad to hear that y... Jul 20 2007, 06:43 PM atakacs QUOTE (TrackAddict @ Jul 20 2007, 02:43 P... Jul 21 2007, 06:47 PM slowTA QUOTE (atakacs @ Jul 21 2007, 02:47 PM) (... Jul 22 2007, 12:19 AM atakacs Trackaddict,
I went with your advice and tore up ... Jul 23 2007, 03:49 AM |
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