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I'm 6'3" 180lbs so pretty lean as well. I wasn't too concerned by it as I assumed that the rf90 I have has one of the smaller cockpits out there. I did see on novacars website that he was building a...

Hello fellow autocrossers, I'm having an urge for m/c powered autoxing that I want to run by you guys.

These past two year's I've autox'ed a 1990 van diemen ff locally and had a fair amount of fun...

Braille batteries are complete garbage. They are literally just re-labled snow mobile batteries. They will not hold a charge at all... all electrical problems on 3 seperate race-cars I've worked on...

If subbing the dead pedal for the clutch hopefully it will be possible to move the brake and bias system all the way to the clutch pedal. No reason to crowd things :)

I'm seriously considering doing this. This is exactly how my schools fsae cars have been set up for the past few years. The hand clutch is integrated into the shifter so that when you push forward to...

This thread really interests me as I'm trying to move up into bmod because I want to switch to a hand clutch to force me to learn lfb. I'm certainly not a top level driver so I'm not super concerned...

This is an interesting post. I've always understood that the main focus of FSAE was to create a mock company and then campaign the car for exposure. It seems that in the past few years fsae has...

Thanks Purple Frog and Current CMod champ! If I were wise I should probably take the advice of Mr. Calhoun huh?

Btw I'm running an rf90... front steer sadly. Still trying to work around that.

Thank you Lindsey, DrJim, and anonymous for the great references. Apexspeed members always coming through!

-Ben

Anyone know of a good shock guy who has experience with Cmod? I changed my rear motion ratio so it's time for a revalving.

Thanks

Does anyone know Rober Snider from Nederland, TX? I would love to ask him a couple things about his setup.

Unfortunately it looks to be a front... thanks for that info though I didn't know that term at all.

Not sure I follow on your question PCalhoun... can you elaborate?

Noticed some subaru comments and figured I should elaborate on my experiences. I went from an rx8 to a gc8 impreza (the relatively lightweight chassis compared to the new and newer imprezas). I put...

I'll second the rx8... The looks are fine with a few tweaks that are usually done by the po. Almost perfect handling, perfect ergonomics, great sound. The only problem I had with mine was the lack of...

Just a four page article talking about chain tension and friction losses. I suppose it's a no no to scan it and attach the pages right?

Jim you are too good to me, and no it wasn't my driving. The fsae car was about 7 seconds faster than me (granted I was driving an rx8) at the same event. Our fsae team is just getting some drive...

So I have an in car clip from an fsae run and I was hoping I could get someone with some experience here to chime in and possibly point out the mistakes made on this run. You have to play it pretty...

Thanks for the help everybody, as was said my limit was part of the steering stop contacting the bodywork before the rack so I'll have to trim that down. I didn't think of looking other places...

So I'm getting to taking the rack stops out of my cmod car. Seeing as I'm trying to make as few mistakes as possible, I just have a couple questions on this subject.

I remember when reading the...

Doesn't seem like you could go wrong being underweight with low mounted ballast.

hawk hps plus



edit... this is what I read on pegasus at least

Good point, Fixed :D

Recently Philip, who is located overseas, helped me tremendously with my gearing in my 1990 van diemen. I'm originally setting the car up for solo, and as most of you know, the ld200 is severely...

Ok Fine! ;)
If you guys are knowledgeable about the hardware and bearings for an rf90 you can have some of my dough... sent ya an email.

Was I correct in my thinking here... or are we talking about something else such as spraying water on the tyres between runs?

Nice thanks to you too Jim,
So far the only things I have done have been the obvoius autocross changes (installing a rad fan) and the safe (fixing things like a leaky fuel cell, leaking brake line,...

Yes! That's exactly the kind of info I was looking for. And when you say "managing the pickup rubber" I assume you mean for the fastest runs I should be scraping the tyres with an old hacksaw blade...

Thanks Dick, that was definitely something that was cooking up at the back of my mind but helped a lot to hear it from you. I've known for a while that I should really just be testing the car before...

Yes I definitely understand how big of a difference the compound will make. Just was wondering what things that I will be getting used to with the car I should remember will be changing once I put...

I do really appreciate the insights I've gained form you guys, but I want to throw this out there one more time.

What effect does going to just a larger front tyre size have on the vehicle...

Aha so I see. I suppose with that increased drag also comes increased lift as well. We'll I don't know I've confused myself into a corner. Time to go read some books on the subject I suppose.
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Oh I ran the gtm last year. It was just way too wide, and way too powerful. Plus you can't see jack out of that cabin.

Also, I have another question. By changing to the wider front tyre I was...

Yes and just to clarify I have talked to people who actually know Steven personally and they have said: that a) he is an "OK driver"... so he has that little bit going for him and b)his cars were...

Well without getting all bent out of shape and turning this into a flaming war I will make some very clear points:

1: the issue of price) We faxed a sheet to you describing the initial and final...

Ditto... I've spent probably 6-7 grand at pegasus in the last month or so. So nice to have everything in one location!

Perhaps half and half... and the half that was sold here the rate went up. The English language is quite difficult in this respect, and is probably the reason that lawyers have jobs!

I had decided that it would be quite a pain to ship what is essentially a vapor bomb through the post, as a matter of safety I decided just to spring for the new cell. I did end up paying $12500 for...

Lol!

I do know what Charles is talking about though, on some forums you can recieve feedback and it effects a number underneath your username. It's similar to the ebay system.

Yes I noticed that the cars were for sale long ago but at a much higher price... thats why I assumed they were still for sale. Now that the prices had been dropped 5k cad I figured I should jump on...

Ha thanks guys I agree with everything said. I did expect to replace most everything on the car, my problem was the seller telling me things were new or like new. My problem is really not so much...

Purchased an rf90 van diemen from Steve Pickering

The car was not as we discussed in emails- I can go into great detail on this, much greater than I will here.
The fuel tank was leaking and...

Nice site.. i think I may have actually got that guy to help me with my valving.

I want to buy the services of someone to revalve my bilsteins that came with my rf90 for autocross use. I tried calling armsup, and tried contacting gary godula but no luck.

like-minded, intelligent individuals :) Made sense early in the morning...

So Craig explained to me that switching to the smaller dia rear tire would change the roll center a bit. The problem...

Thanks Steve and Jim, I know what I need to know now. I've also got an email going with Taylor, hopefully that pans out. I love apexspeed.. glad theres a community of intelligent like minded...

I assume the 7" front tire is the fsae size? Do most cars in cmod use the spec 22.6dia ff rear tire?

So I soon will have an rf90 (before xmas even!) and need to order some tires however I have a problem. Because the ld200 is so low speed gearing challenged it's going to take a combination of cwp,...

Nice timing! I just bought an rf90 specifically for autox.

Ben




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