Gearing up - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

Well I'm a little behind on getting to the first events of the year. But May9th and 10th will be my first outing for the 2015 autocross season. With the purchase of a new house in December of last year, it opened the door to getting a open car trailer since I have the room to store it. Repainted it and threw some new tires on it so it's ready to roll. Then came the decision to make it look like I have done this before and ordered some magnetic letters/numbers so I can do away with the painters tape (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Tax season came up which put some money in my pocket and decided to pick up a TrueTrac.

After the diff gets installed (hopefully Sunday) the car, IMO, will be "up to the task" to whatever my driving ability can throw at it. I'm excited to FINALLY start learning how to drive hard and not have to "drive around" the cars weak links.

I'm pumped to be able to drive in with race tires already mounted, unload the car, race it with a properly working diff (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) , put it back on trailer and drive home! Yes I am getting excited about the "little things".

Corbeau Forza seat
5 pt harness
Sway bars
Strano springs
Koni shocks
SFC's
Watts Link
275/40/17 V710's
Full exhaust
SLP lid

Under 2 weeks!! Anyone else gearing up?

Smitty2919 View Member Profile	Apr 29 2015, 08:34 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 602 Joined: 3-April 14 Member No.: 223,804	Well I'm a little behind on getting to the first events of the year. But May9th and 10th will be my first outing for the 2015 autocross season. With the purchase of a new house in December of last year, it opened the door to getting a open car trailer since I have the room to store it. Repainted it and threw some new tires on it so it's ready to roll. Then came the decision to make it look like I have done this before and ordered some magnetic letters/numbers so I can do away with the painters tape (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Tax season came up which put some money in my pocket and decided to pick up a TrueTrac. After the diff gets installed (hopefully Sunday) the car, IMO, will be "up to the task" to whatever my driving ability can throw at it. I'm excited to FINALLY start learning how to drive hard and not have to "drive around" the cars weak links. I'm pumped to be able to drive in with race tires already mounted, unload the car, race it with a properly working diff (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) , put it back on trailer and drive home! Yes I am getting excited about the "little things". Corbeau Forza seat 5 pt harness Sway bars Strano springs Koni shocks SFC's Watts Link 275/40/17 V710's Full exhaust SLP lid Under 2 weeks!! Anyone else gearing up?

CrashTestDummy View Member Profile	Apr 30 2015, 02:28 AM Post #2
Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,897 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Pearland, Texas Member No.: 385	Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, we never 'gear down'. We have had a pretty long gap between events, as our 'April' event was the last Sunday in March, and our May event will be the second Sunday in May (as opposed to our usual first Sunday of the month events, so I'm itching to get out there and grind some rubber off the Hoosiers. The purchase of the new toy has slowed development of the Firebird some, but my co-driver reminded me that with her new help starting work soon, she should be able to make more events this year, so I better get back to work on the race car, damnit. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) Hopefully,the weather as finally broken, so we can actually safely drive on slicks again. Dang it's been wet this winter!! This post has been edited by CrashTestDummy: Apr 30 2015, 02:29 AM