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If you really want a Stohr, I'd love to talk to you about my car and what's gone into making it decent.

Phil
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As FC and FF share so much, it seems to me that the "easy(ish)" button is going to the FC wheels and tires.

Positives
1. Keeps performance the same, or close to current with no real changes in...

I'll see if anyone who co-drove Groot in the past is thinking about going.

Phil

Another tire to consider if you like radials, is the Pirelli. Price is very good for tires themselves, shipping and customs were an issue ($$ wise) in 2021. Wear is very good and reasonably...

https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?92000-Van-Dieman-98-formerly-known-as-Groot&p=629209&viewfull=1#post629209

I have a BMOD now (2014 Stohr WF1) and this was my previous CMOD car. 98...

I looked pretty hard into getting the Avons in the best possible AX / Hillclimb compounds for FF a few years ago, end result:
A. No one in England bothered to reply to my inquiries.
B. The only US...

Problem with Autocross is that the tire carcass never comes up to temp, and that's the whole point of a probe. I used an infrared scanner just to get a general idea of how the tire is warming. Over...

Absolutely, but in this case I believe the issue was with bottoming out on a surface irregularity while loaded and turning, probably not long AFTER getting off the brakes. The resulting "thump" would...

Tom, if you haven't changed the setup, the most likely culprit was bottoming out. The front end setup is "zero droop" so if you bottom out the car hard the tire(s) will lift off the surface. The...

Yep, it's hard to say if the gains come from actual raw traction, or from making the drivers job easier. Just the realities of using a tire that is far from optimum.

Ben, thats the real question. My opinion is that the R25b works fine over a wide range of pressures assuming concrete and warm-to-hot ambient conditions. So as long as you're happy with the...

For pure performance, I would love to have the FC wheels all around. I see a potential balance issue if using the rear only (at least with newer cars) This would allow more tire options with my RF98....

If it is, I have no idea how to define the correct setup to deal with it. There seems to be so much variance in off the line drive that occurs just from the rear tires evolving in traction from...

In my case time and budget. Been doing one of the NW Region Pro events for the last few years and really enjoy them even though I have very little chance of making the challenge. Time wise, spending...

Might as well own up to it. Here's my day 1 run in all it's glory.

https://youtu.be/VNn3K2pJ-LE

Can't go and do something as basic as down shift into neutral in this group. :mad: 6-7 tenths out...

Mike Marich is running a Honda in his Swift these days.

https://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.status/uidEvent/C287B488-F7BD-5453-F5DD0AA0682E7DFB#class3-4A2329FE-D031-DC80-FE79C3F92B5CD59B


OK the challenge is set. THREE drivers from...

Look into SoloStorm by Mike Marich at Petrel Data Systems

http://www.petreldata.com/product/solostorm-gps-obd-ii-and-video-logger-for-android-v2-2/

Autocross dedicated
Programmed by a fellow...

I was surprised by Sundays scale reading too. Saturday was 1114 - Sunday 1104 - highly doubt I used 10 lbs of fuel in 3 runs.

Phil

Five Crow's entries in CM as of today...

http://www.scca.com/events/1981898-2016-tire-rack-crows-landing-championship-tour/entry_list


Really looking forward to meeting everyone! :D


Phil

Simple, it the Citation is in your budget range.. buy it. Sorted National level car... ready to race. If I hadn't just bought my 98 VanDiemen I'd have been all over that one.

Phil

Always great when you get results better then expected. Post a video if you have it.

Phil

Little personal experience in CMOD, but the cars I've driven seem to be very similar to my CSP car in that they like being driven with "momentum", little horsepower and lots of chassis.With cars of...

That's great Ben.
Did it take much adjustment of the new shocks to get there, or did it just work "out of the box"?

Phil

I'm planning on being there, don't know about a co-driver and or Lady driver(s) yet.

If #5 is open, please put me down as

Phil Leavens
Chehalis, WA
1998 VanDiemen / Honda

Going to be a great year!