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Driving Discussion / New Car: Suggestions?

« on: June 28, 2019, 12:41:30 PM »

Yo! How is my favorite club doing these days!   

I was hoping to get some opinions on a new car, I am looking at picking up something fun for next spring. The two I was debating between were the BMW M2 Competition (w/ manual) and the Civic Type R.

Just wondering which one you guys think is generally more competitive for AutoX (assuming they are both on the same brand of tires).

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Automotive Marketplace / FS: 2015 Fiesta St

« on: May 15, 2018, 04:02:13 PM »

Pulling this ad

Putting brand new tires on it, and the fuel economy has been a god send this year. Might as well keep it for a while longer!

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Technical Talk / Good Cheap Floor Jack for Pits?

« on: February 11, 2017, 11:52:36 PM »

So I am giving up my 106lb cast iron floor jack in hopes of finding something a bit more portable this year. Does anybody have some suggestions for a decent lightweight jack that won't break the bank?

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Other Stuff For Sale / FS: Nicks Garage Moving Sale

« on: August 24, 2016, 10:05:30 PM »

Hello SASC!

As most you probably know, I am in the middle of selling my house and a good amount of the stuff in it. If you are interested, here are the details of the sale:

Address: 8242 Fortress Dr. SW
Date: Saturday August 27th
Time: 8:00am to Noon

I saw Tom made some new rules for the marketplace... everything needs a price. So here you go   

FREE - Accounting Text Books
FREE - Books
FREE   - Queen Size Sheet Sets
FREE    - Winter Jackets
FREE    - Tinkets
FREE - Small Gardening and hose items
FREE    - Turtle Wax, Polish, Glue, Stains, Bondo, Gear Oil…. Whatever
FREE - Single wires
FREE    - Soundblaster PCI Card
FREE    - Xmas Garland / Branches
FREE    - Couple lengths of 2x6 wood
FREE - Decorative Sea Shells & Sand Dollars
$1.00   4 Pack of X-mas Paper rolls
$1.00   New Extreme Gear Keyboard
$1.00   Various Gardening Tools
$1.00   Automotive Dice
$1.00   Random Clamp
$1.00   Rolls of tape (Tuck Tape, Drywall Tape, Masking… etc)
$1.00   Pool Football
$1.00   Frisbee
$1.00       Xmas Free Grab Box... take as many as you want
$1.00   Playing Cards
$1.00   Tetris mini puzzle game
$1.00   Mini Jewelry Case & Photo Frame set
$1.00   Various Strings of Xmas Lights
$1.00   3 for 1 wires (Printer cables, Lan, HDMI, you name it)
$1.00   Drywall Sander
$1.00   Various Seeds (3 for 1$)
$1.00   Planting pots (3 for 1$)
$1.00   Never opened toy car
$1.00   Extension Cords, many never used, so many cords…
$1.00   Speaker Wire (never used)
$1.00   Subwoofer Box connectors (set of 2)
$1.00   Various Computer Microphones
$1.00   Computer Mouse
$1.00   Unopened Bag of Gloves
$2.00   Black Camping Chair
$2.00   Grey Camping Chair
$2.00   Blue Camping Chair
$2.00   Tan Camping Chair
$2.00   Go-Fit Ankle Weights
$2.00   Various Knee, Wrist and Elbow Guard sets (ea)
$2.00   "Crash Pads"  - Padded Shorts (Snowboard/skating)
$2.00   Lawn Edger
$2.00   Thatch Tool
$2.00   Short Shovel
$2.00   Snow Shovel
$2.00   Decorative Pumpkins for Halloween
$2.00   Decorative Scary Spider
$2.00   Bike Pump
$2.00   Fancy Keyboard
$2.00   Never used battery powered smoke alarm
$2.00   Rotating sprinkler
$2.00   Accent Light Base (lights up things from underneath)
$2.00   Reptile Heat Lamp
$2.00   Eddie Bower Mini Binoculars + Case
$2.00   Poker card dispenser
$2.00   Various Suit cases & Luggage Bags
$2.00   Red and Green LED Outdoor spotlights
$2.00   Fancy "lightshow" xmas light strings
$2.00   Various Backpacks
$2.00   Various ice cleats for regular shoes
$2.00   Tarps of various sizes
$2.00   Toy SUV
$2.00   RC Hummer H3T
$2.00   Jerry Can w/ Gas
$2.00   Random Xmas Stuff
$2.00   CD Writer (maybe DVD, whatever)
$2.00   Stack of mini orange pylons
$2.00   Fall Front Door Decoration
$3.00   20' Standard Garden Hose
$3.00   Evil Shift Light
$3.00   Motorola Surfboard Modem
$3.00   PCI Slot Wireless Card
$3.00   Linksys Wireless Router
$3.00   Gilmour fully metal sprinklers
$3.00   Uberhaus bow sprinkler
$3.00   Rivit Tool
$3.00   Chalk Line Tool + Bottle of Chalk
$3.00   Texas Holden Poker Set
$3.00   Electric space heaters
$3.00   Mini Xmas Tree
$3.00   50 Dusk Masks, Minus 1
$3.00   Universal wheel Spacers
$4.00   Bamboo Bathroom Set (basically never used)
$4.00   Kitchen Herb Garden Kit
$5.00   6' Painting Ladder (Sketchy as fuck, no liability)
$5.00   Super Long Green Outdoor Extension Cord
$5.00   20' Fancy Garden Hose
$5.00   Ladies Roller Blades - Size 5
$5.00   Mens Roller Blades - Size 10
$5.00   Ladies Burton Snowboard Boots - Size 5.5
$5.00       Concrete Umbrella Stand
$5.00   K30 CB Magnetic CB Antenna
$5.00   Long Shovel
$5.00   Snow Shovel w/ Metal Edge
$5.00   Automotive Timing Gun
$5.00   Magnetic Trailer Lights
$5.00   7-3/4 Drop Hitch + Ball
$5.00   large drywall square
$5.00   12v Compressor
$5.00   NBA Basketball - Basically new
$5.00   Large Cooler
$5.00   Automotive Compression Leakdown Tester
$5.00   Laser Temp Gun
$5.00   Automotive 6" Random Orbit Polisher
$5.00   Various Outdoor Light Timers
$5.00   Snowboard helmets
$5.00   Authentic German Military Jacket
$5.00   Paintball Barrel
$5.00   Paintball Remote Tank Air Line
$5.00   Paintball Neoprene Air Tank Cover
$5.00   entry rug (like new)
$5.00   Set of 2 FRS radios and charger
$5.00   Entire Box of green Xmas Ornaments
$5.00   Rolling office Chair
$5.00   framed Mirror
$5.00   Winter Front Door Decorations
$10.00   Hoover Recoil Vacuum
$10.00   Mens K2 Snowboard Boots - Size 10.5
$10.00   36" Aluminum Landscaping Rake
$10.00   Basic Corded Drill
$10.00   Car Chains for small car - never used
$10.00   12v Impact Gun
$10.00   Netgear Wireless Range Extender
$10.00   Automotive Hydraulic Bottle Jack
$10.00   Paintball Mask
$10.00   Paintball Radar Speed Measuring Device
$10.00   Paintball Whisper Barrel
$10.00   Super old 7 sad dresser (like 40+ years)
$10.00   Medium size area rug
$10.00   Baseball card Cube
$10.00   Cobra handheld CB Radio
$10.00   Pop up instant 2 person Tent (Really is instant)
$15.00   20' Garden Hose on Reel
$15.00   9' Tall Pre-Lit X-mas Tree
$15.00   Motion Sensor Sprinkler - The Scarecrow
$15.00   Car Battery Charger
$15.00   EeePC (Windows XP)
$15.00   Piaa H11 Yellow Fog Bulbs in box (90$ new)
$15.00   Phillips CD Player Radio
$15.00   Aluminum Glass Top Patio Table
$15.00   Huge Front Door LED Wreath
$15.00   Medium/Large Framed Art
$20.00   Black and Decker 13a Circular Saw w/ Laser Guide
$20.00   HJC Motorbike Helmet (SNELL rated)
$20.00   huge Metal Rack for mounting over the back of a Truck
$20.00   20' Extension Ladder
$20.00   Peavely Guitar
$25.00   Carbon Fiber Paintball Air Tank
$30.00   Metal Wall mounted tire Rack
$40.00   5000 BTU Air Conditioner
$40.00   Paintball Gun + Qloader + 5 Qloader Pods
$40.00   Cantilevered Red Patio Area Umbrella
$40.00   Cast Iron Bistro Table and 2 Chair Set
$40.00   Featherlight 10' Ladder (like new)
$100.00   Set of 2 MURS Dakota Alert VHF Radios (FIRM PRICE)
$100.00   20 Ton Hydraulic Press  (FRIM PRICE)
$200.00   3500 Hyundai Generator (FIRM PRICE)
$300.00   Plastic ST Badge - Adds at least 100hp (or free)

**Firm prices are for 3 items that I am on the fence about selling...  the hydraulic press, MURS radios, and 3500w generator. They are well priced already, so I won't negotiate the price on them any further, thanks

If you basically know what you want, please try to bring exact change. I plan to have some petty cash on hand, but if you try to buy something for 1$ with a 20$ bill I might not be able to make change for it.

There is nothing that is less than 1$. You may offer combined deals (say 3 for 1), I am down for that. I am just not dealing with any change at all... so no quarters, dimes, nickles, or pennies please.

Just a quick note, I am not selling anything early either. I just don't have the luxury of time to be meeting up with people for anything in this price range.






FYI: the large painting is sold to my wife's friend already






Umbrella and Table for sale only:




Thanks guys!
-Nick

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Automotive Marketplace / FS: BRAND NEW: 205/60R16 RE-71R

« on: August 17, 2016, 09:28:52 PM »

So my year is basically done, and I have a set of  brand new 205/60R16 RE-71R's sitting in my garage with the stickers on them still.

Full disclosure: I got them from 1010Tires for 165$ a pop; there is an environmental levy, a bunch of shipping costs, and of course taxes on top of that... but I am a nice guy and I just want them to go to a good home, so I am ignoring all of that and just asking 650$ for the 4 of them.

I absolutely will use them next year if they don't sell, so the price is pretty firm

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Member Discussion (Private) / Operational Improvements for Aug 20th

« on: August 10, 2016, 07:09:17 AM »

So a lot of good conversation at the club meeting yesterday, thanks to everybody who came out and added their contribution

There were some suggestions for operational improvements that had quite a bit of consensus from the members who were there, I just wanted to quickly type them out in point form on our private area for the benefit of people who were not able to attend. Also to ensure that my understanding is aligned with everybody else.

1) Spectator Area
There is going to be some caution tape put up at the next event to keep spectators confined to areas which are safe and do not interfere with course operations

2) Waiver Sign In/ Gate Marshal
The site has a great feature of only having one way in and out. My understanding is we would like to have somebody posted there to sign in people and given them direction on where they can park and spectate from. I have a fold out table I can bring for the next event that could help with that.

3) Lead Marshals
There are defined marshal stations, and for each run group there will be a defined leader of each station team. They are responsible to ensure all of the people on their team are present, and providing direction to areas where marshaling is needed most. The lead marshal at each station should have a reasonable amount of experience.

One of the concerns raised at the meeting is that this venue allows us to put a lot more cars on course than before, which means we need to be extra vigilant in dealing with unexpected issues (spin outs, off-course, break downs). The lead marshal for each station is responsible for keeping an eye on the course, transmitting the "stop course" signal when needed, and using the large flag at the station to get cars stopped when necessary.

4) Re-Runs
To minimize back to back re-runs, going forward, re-runs will be taken at the end of each completed set by all cars in grid. For example, if everybody is on their 2nd course run and a few cars do not get a time, they will take their re-run before the first car starts their 3rd course run. Timing will make a written list of re-runs, and that list will be passed off to the grid Marshall as a set warps up.

One thing I wanted to mention is that if you are out marshaling and a car has to stop or slow down for either a marshal or down cone, please radio it in so we can add them to the re-run list. There is no other way for timing to know this without the competitor having to physically come to the timing guys and tell them.

5) Sound station
Going forward there will be 2 marshals for the sound station. One dedicated in grid, and one at the station itself. They will communicate on a dedicated radio channel, and not on the general channel. Warnings for cars getting close to the limit shall be given as a courtesy.

For cars blowing over, the grid sound marshal needs to ask them to make a change before they can run again. For some cars this might mean a physical change, for others they may choose to back off the throttle. For additional infractions, the driver must make a physical change to the car before they are allowed to run again.

As I understand it, the spirit of this rule is if a driver is actively working with us to reduce the sound levels of their car, we want to give them the opportunity to continue to run.

6) Grid Marshals
For upcoming events, there will be 2 grid marshals. One which controls when a car is sent to the line and is responsible for keeping the start supplied with cars, and a second that will be getting people ready 5 cars in advance.

7) Starting Marshal
It was brought up that the starting marshal needs to have a lot of experience. Firstly to scan and ensure the course is safe before sending a car; and secondly, to assess how much time is needed between cars based on how fast they are, and the experience of the driver.

8 ) Event Chair
There will be a designated event chair at upcoming events, this can be a rotating roll. This person is responsible for running the event and any major decisions. These events are not a democracy, whatever the event chair decides, shall go without question or argument.



So I think that about covers it 

Please, if you have comments or questions on any of these, post below

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SASC Events / Results for August 07 2016

« on: August 07, 2016, 07:39:22 PM »

Well... that was fun trying to get this fixed up   

Anyway, you guys can find the results files here. If you do see problems (and I am pretty sure you might), please post up and I will try to get them corrected as quickly as I can

Site Link: http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/event/event.html

Direct Link: http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/event/practice/2016_08_07.txt

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SASC Events / 2016 Overall SASC/CSCC Joint Championship Results

« on: August 02, 2016, 08:00:09 PM »

BUMP:

The Championship overalls have been updated with the latest results:
http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/2016.html

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SASC Events / Results for July 23/24

« on: July 24, 2016, 07:05:26 PM »

Paul dropped the laptop with me this evening, here are the results for each day

Site Link: http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/event/event.html

Direct Link for 23rd: http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/event/practice/2016_07_23.txt
Direct Link for 24th: http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/event/practice/2016_07_24.txt

I understand that Wayne has the formal results for the tournament today that he will post up later, the one above is really just for your own information.

If you see any problems let me know and I will do my best to get them resolved

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Member Discussion (Private) / Team Challange Event?

« on: June 06, 2016, 11:04:37 AM »

Just wanted to see if there were any updates on the format for this weekend

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Technical Talk / Tire Gauges?

« on: May 29, 2016, 10:18:56 PM »

I've been chatting with other owners of my car who are Autocrossing in the US, and It has been brought to my attention that perhaps the reason I run such high pressures is because my tire gauge is reading higher than it ought to be. In retrospect, I probably should have invested in a better tire gauge.

Does anybody have some suggestions for gauges? I really don't have the first clue about what a reliable brand would be.

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Member Discussion (Private) / Organization Sign Up Sheets: Open Discussion

« on: May 24, 2016, 01:00:31 PM »

Last event I overheard Terry and Reijo discussing sign up sheets. The basic idea behind that is drivers would sign up when they registered creating a list with virtually no effort, and it would speed things up a bit during the drivers meeting. The inerrant problem that derailed this idea though is that classes should be grouped together as much as possible, and if people would just sign up willy-nilly that would mess everything up.

This got me thinking about if there was a way that this could still be done and still overcome this issue. Also about if there might be other benefits or draw backs to such a system.

The solution I came up with is we could have a sign up sheet based on classes. Generally we have a pretty good idea of the number of cars when registration opens, so based on that we can have either 2 or 3 standardized run group sign up sheets prepared.

The way it would work is upon registration, the driver signs up on the sheet designated for his/her class, when that sheet is full they would automatically overflow onto another sheet (which is the same concept as moving a few people over to even things out). The result would be evenly divided run groups that everybody knows even before the drivers meeting starts.

Granted, this in itself isn't a huge time saver, however where I think this could be very useful is for assigning marshal stations. When you sign up, there would be a populated column on the left hand side with designated marshaling stations (which would correspond to a location on the course map). There are two key benefits; first is that we can ensure that anybody who is new to the sport gets paired up with an experienced person; second is that we get more even coverage on the course with everybody knowing exactly where they are supposed to be.

I think this ties in nicely with the idea raised at the last meeting about assigning marshaling stations

Anyway, I thought I'd put it out there and see what you guys think. If the feedback is good I can prepare some examples for the next meeting for everybody to review. 

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Member Discussion (Private) / Results Website - Good, Bad?

« on: May 22, 2016, 02:53:56 PM »

I spent the morning today to put together a results website. I tried to set it up so it can be updated fairly easily.

Let me know if you guys like this format, I would like to hear any input you might have before I go any further with it

http://mycarspecs.com/sasc/2016/2016.html

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SASC Events / Nicks Media Thread

« on: April 28, 2016, 08:54:14 PM »

I plan to post photos and video throughout the year, figured I would keep it all contained in one thread to make it easy to find:

For video I put this together for Terry this evening. I have a lot more video, but no time right now:

https://youtu.be/fLxme6Ri7U8

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General Discussion / Fort Macleod Room: April 23

« on: April 12, 2016, 09:43:33 AM »

I rented the 2 bedroom suite at the Red Coat on the 23rd, unfortunately Dan isn't able to make it out for the Saturday event.

It has 2 private bedrooms and a pretty good sized living room, looking to split the cost with somebody (with tax the room is about 140$, so 70$ per person)

Please send me a PM if you are interested

FYI: Red Coat has a pool & Hot Tub