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Originally Posted by Tomswheels
Matt, awesome job getting the invite, couldn't go to a better guy, thanks for the ride at RTTC4, I think you have the skills and the car to give em a good show at Optima!
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Thanks Tom. And, thanks for the laps in the Barracuda, that thing is a blast and you definitely drove the wheels off of it. I was a little scared we might capsize on the back turn around though.
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hey matt,
Sorry I couldnt BS with you at work today. But I was busy. Hope everything you bought works out!
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Yeah, the store was packed with people like me who get lost and distracted and then have a hard time finding what they're looking for. We'll find out today if everything works!
Now for a little carnage from El Toro. Here is the driver side front tire. Not pretty at all.
I need more negative camber. Currently running about a degree, which works well until you really start pushing the car hard. I've done a couple autocrosses with those tires and the tire wear was about where I wanted it.The El Toro autocross exposed a couple of shortcomings with the car though. Rather than just adding more negative camber I'm going to try adding a little more front spring as well. My car transitions into corners and turns in pretty quickly, but the more familiar you become with the car, the more you start to notice that its weight seems to move a little too slowly after you get the wheels pointed, and takes a little too long to set. When you force it into quick transitions you can sometimes feel the front jump or "hop" once before biting. It doesn't push very hard, but it feels like it is having a difficult time handling the weight transfer.
The car also has a little bit of steady state understeer and I will get to that next.
Matt