I finally took the car to the track.... for an SCCA event!!! Some may remember that I took my wife's Toyota Mr2 Spyder last year and had a blast with it at an SCCA soloII event. I've been wanting to try it with my car ever since. Well, today was the day. I went up with Troy (yeahloh95), he took his SVO. I didn't want to cut up my nitto tires, so I mounted up the old tri-bars with some beat old tires I had lying around. On the first run I had my buddy Steve ride with me as he regularly competes and places with his fox body LX. About 1/2 way through the run he says to me "man this thing has a lot of #&@*%$+ torque" and that about sums up my day. Way too little tire, way too much torque, and me the driver who had very little restraint with the throttle. As soon as I'd touch the gas my SCCA event quickly turned to a drifting competition! LOL! I had one hell of a time and I managed to get quicker and quicker as the day went on. I was always one second behind Troy though. He would run a 74, and I'd run a 75... the next run I'd run a 74, and he'd run a 73. That was the progression of the day. In the end, my best lap time was a 72.XX. With my engine and suspension mods I had to run CP which is like the top dog class for those that don't know. My drag oriented suspension did better than I had expected, but the tires were my definite downfall. I was a good 10 seconds off the other guys in my class.
My dad and I fab'd up an in car camera mount so I have all but my first run on video. When I get a chance to upload it I'll post it up if you guys want to check it out. My wife came and was able to snap a few pics. The next time I go I plan to run with my nitto's on to help with the traction issues. Well, here are some pics: (man are tri-bars UGLY on my car).
My dad and I fab'd up an in car camera mount so I have all but my first run on video. When I get a chance to upload it I'll post it up if you guys want to check it out. My wife came and was able to snap a few pics. The next time I go I plan to run with my nitto's on to help with the traction issues. Well, here are some pics: (man are tri-bars UGLY on my car).