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« on: October 26, 2017, 07:08:52 PM »
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« on: October 26, 2017, 07:07:26 PM »
And here you are complaining about gaining weight and here I am wanting to lose the weight LOL
That's what happens when your 2 passions oppose each other.
I need to be heavier to compete in my other passion but that makes me slower in autoX where i actually need to get lighter. 
As Jeremy Clarkson says...... 
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« on: October 26, 2017, 10:14:21 AM »
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« on: October 24, 2017, 08:04:46 PM »
Reijo,can you edit the Msreg so there is the part about being checked in with the registration and teched before 9 am so we don't have a repeat of last time.  Gonna be a fun day!!
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« on: October 23, 2017, 03:14:16 PM »
Are you looking for summer tires?
If so I have a few of that size in the old nexen sur4 if you want
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« on: October 02, 2017, 10:17:58 AM »
My tires are very close to the wear bars and I have yet to purchase winter tires so I cannot afford to wear these tires down any further.
Pffft.... Wear bars... that means there's still tons of life, they are like the fuel gauge sure it says low but you got lots of distance still!!! And if your gonna get winters why not finish these in style and cord them out lol
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« on: October 01, 2017, 10:25:58 PM »
Had a great time today, Reijo that was an awesome course, thank you for that. Im finally beginning to unlock the potential of my Mazda 3, the upgraded rear swaybar made a significant difference in how the car felt and how it handled the tight stuff. Thanks again to Shane for helping me out with the installation of said rear swaybar. Congrats to Rob/Greg for completely wrecking any times I put down lol, I tried, but I could not catch you two  nice driving today. The handling on my Mazda changed so drastically that it really threw me off and I kept over/under driving everywhere haha it was awesome I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to take the autocross school next season to have instructors available to help me smooth out my lines and my critical thinking on the course. I have lots of work to do with that loose nut behind the wheel and am super excited to dive into next season with proper tires. Hope to see some of you on Ghost Lake this winter and am looking forward to both ice racing and the SASC Ice Driving School, cant wait
Don't forget about the fun day in two weeks!! Come to that one too gonna be fun. Greg is getting good. He and I were less then a quarter second differnt where before he was 3-4 seconds behind. Was a fun day forsure!!!
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« on: September 25, 2017, 06:27:00 PM »
Seems there was a datsun 510 at the event yesterday.
Anybody get a pic of this car?
Tagged you on Crackbook
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« on: September 25, 2017, 07:17:35 AM »
Thanks again to Murray for cleaning up the screen on the results when on the WIFI. Looks and can be read way easier!!
And thanks again for the great day and everyone who took the time to ride with Greg in the molasses mobile! He and I sure appreciate it.
Was a beautiful day and shocking very little wind.
Food was great and lots of fun.
Sorry we had to jet early.
See you this Sunday!
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« on: September 23, 2017, 08:32:44 PM »
I missed registration but meant to go. Could I be allowed to register now? Sorry had a bit going on today and just finished tech'ing the car.
I know you can just show up and pay. I've had to do that when I wasn't sure if working or not. See you tomorrow!!!
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« on: September 17, 2017, 11:50:29 PM »
Now I know many will say stop fussing about car setup and get some seat time. I agree seat time needs to stay top of my list for next year. But ultimately I feel I can push myself to gain the resources I need to do everything I have planned minus the Koni yellows. I really want to come out the gate swinging next season and use my H-Street PAX to full advantage. I will definitely be planning for the autocross school as well to help me sharpen that loose nut behind the wheel too. I am really looking forward to next season and fighting hard for a spot in the top 20 PAX.
Just curious.... what excuse do you plan to use once you do all these mods and still not be top 20?
Not sure where your getting the "excuse" part from, the only complaint Ive had in the 3 events Ive done this season is tires and who can blame me they are oem, but it hasn't stopped me from having fun and knocking off the dust from the loose nut behind the wheel. I think you have gotten the wrong impression about me. Having been around autocross and rallycross on/off for the past 5 years I well know the importance of seat time and experience. Unfortunately the past couple years finances have been very low and prevented me from getting the seat time I had wanted. I am expecting a better winter with my career and better finances to help me push forward for next season. In the 3 events Ive done this year I have identified some weak points I wish to address, brake bite, rear swaybar, and tires. None of them are crazy expensive and none of them should reduce my seat time next season. The brakes as Murray pointed out only really require better pads and Im willing to try that and leave the oem rotors next season unless I encounter some issues. The DOT3 fluid is a cheap and easy change which can be done with the pads, Ive boiled fluid before so that's why I was thinking DOT4. Ive also got about 3/4 of a can of superblue DOT4 in my garage that needs to be used so I may end up going with DOT4 for that reason, undecided at this point. As for the Koni Yellows, I had mentioned before that I was looking to just learn a bit more about them and not committing to adding them. I don't feel that Im leaving seat time high and dry or over focusing on setup, the two work hand in hand to acquire good runs and place well. Sure I could start with just tires and leave out the swaybar and brake pads out, but why limit the car if I am confident the finances will be available? Do I expected to be in the top 20 first event, absolutely not, but by mid-season I believe it is an achievable goal. And that's just it, a goal, no guarantee it comes true, but I want to set that as a point to push myself to improve each event. Heck if it takes me 3 years to get there that is totally fine, I will keep taking the autocross school each season and finding those mistakes Im making to continue improving my runs. I am in this for the long haul and have no plans on moving from H-street with my Mazda.
Sounds like you have a good plan. Maybe the word excuse wasn't the right choice of word, but if everyone else is saying seat time seat time seat time that's what I'd be listening to that. The suggestions others are giving regarding your questions is very cool and interesting. We haven't decidied yet where we are headed as reality is I will probably find greg a car for him to race and daily seeing he will have his licence next year. and then something differnt for me.
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« on: September 17, 2017, 11:35:48 PM »
Also I believe if you change to slotted rotors you will no longer be in stock anyways... I am curious of this cause I would like to look at differnt brakes as we did experience some good brake fade today.
How did you manage to get brake fade today? Today's course(s) were the most speed maintenance (and least braking) of any course I remember.
BTW -- thanks to Tom G for a great couple of courses. Seemingly simple, but tough to extract those last bits of time.
Happens all the time espicaly in Fort Macleod. its a ford flaw with the SE model. Smaller rotor and pad and they heat quick. Also with the DCT we don't get engine braking like the standard transmission ( another flaw lol) so in order to slow the car you have to brake. never thought I would be autocrossing so when I bought the car figured it was just to go to work and back ( and love it for that). This winter we will look at a differnt set up for next season.
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« on: September 17, 2017, 08:18:30 PM »
Now I know many will say stop fussing about car setup and get some seat time. I agree seat time needs to stay top of my list for next year. But ultimately I feel I can push myself to gain the resources I need to do everything I have planned minus the Koni yellows. I really want to come out the gate swinging next season and use my H-Street PAX to full advantage. I will definitely be planning for the autocross school as well to help me sharpen that loose nut behind the wheel too. I am really looking forward to next season and fighting hard for a spot in the top 20 PAX.
Just curious.... what excuse do you plan to use once you do all these mods and still not be top 20? Will you blame the car? Or will you maybe look at your driving and lack of seat time? I am no expert in anything but I do know from being on the national luge team for 10 years in my younger days, it is all about seat (in our case lay down) time..... I had the greatest sled money could buy every legal modification to the sled but I was still not fast till I put my time in the sled... took me a long time to realize this, but once I did I was constantly running top 5 in the world.... It's the old saying "just cause you have the fast toys, doesn't mean you can play with them like they were meant to be". A prime example was this past weekend watching a few drive other people's cars for the day... .. both extremely good drivers but the one with the seat time made it look smoother and in the end faster. I will never forget a few events ago when James broke the civic and jeff let him drive the corolla, James found 2 seconds in the car and jeff figured he had that car fully maxed and pushed to the limits of what that car would run and some where James found 2 more seconds. And first thing jeff said "dammit I need to drive more to find that time" I'm not trying to rain on your parade at all, I think it's awesome you are looking at every angle possibile to be "quick out of the gate next year" and enjoy all the posts of people's views but I am still a firm believer in getting your butt in that seat and drive drive drive!! Just watching my son drive this year at events he is getting faster and faster and smoother each event. No mods to the car at all expect some tires becuas he knows too that he needs to know the cars and it's breaking points before he can be fast. Just this weekend I turned off the traction control just so he could have a little more realization of feel of the car without all the grannies holding him back. And again I go back to and I know sounds like a broken record "seat time" Also I believe if you change to slotted rotors you will no longer be in stock anyways... I am curious of this cause I would like to look at differnt brakes as we did experience some good brake fade today.
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« on: August 24, 2017, 07:43:02 AM »
Ugh... With work being so busy I cant commit to anything till Friday after work to see if I have to work the weekend.
Wish I could be more help,
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« on: August 14, 2017, 05:19:31 PM »
Last Wednesday I re-learned a valuable lesson in autocross, looking/planning ahead. In conjunction with that I have been taking a deeper dive into the setup on my 2017 Mazda 3 in preparation for next season which I plan to attend 70-80% of the events. The decision has been made to add RE71's to the car for next season, I want the grip. My goal is to remain in H-street but Im not afraid to step up to STS if the benefits can be argued into the PAX time. My oem wheel size is 18inch and with tire pricing Id like to drop to 17inch wheels. Now Im told the RE71's fit wider than most tires and as such you need a wider wheel or narrower tire width choice. I would like to have 225/50/R17 RE71's but from what I can gather I would likely need 17x8 wheels(or wider?) and that might break my budget. Is it worth spending the extra money on wider rims to accommodate the wider RE71 size I want, or should I just stick with 17x7 rims and drop to a 205/50/R17 size? Obviously I will need to keep within a +/- 5mm offset for all this if I plan to remain in H-street for the awesome pax adjustment but to accommodate the grip I am looking for with some possible changes to front and rear camber/toe I may just have to step up to STS.
What do you guys think?
I run 225/45/17 on a 7" rim and it seems to work fine.
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