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mob

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anyone know any good autocross forums? Anyone into autocrossing? Why dont we have an autox section on stangnet? Im going to start autoxing in a month or two and I know nothing about it besides what I read i books, but nothing for MY car.
 

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wtf is autoX?
 

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Here is one of the forums that I check on a regular basis.
http://www.corner-carvers.com/
There aren't too many so you have to lok around. Check out websites where they sell the equipment for what you do and you can find links there.

Maximum Motorsports etc...

Don't forget other spots like

http://www.americanlemans.com/home/ALMSHome.aspx

I'm also into Autocross and GT racing and there are lot of tracks here in Texas. Most of them are out in the boonies, but more track are getting built all of the time.



wtf is autoX?

Basically any type of track that involves corners, turns, bends and the like. Ever play the game Gran Turismo?
 

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BTW Mob, I can tell you right now that you may want to consider changing your front wheel and tire setup for better grip in the corners. That will help prevent understeer and promote later braking.

Post up some lap times when you get started.
 
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mob said:
anyone know any good autocross forums? Anyone into autocrossing? Why dont we have an autox section on stangnet? Im going to start autoxing in a month or two and I know nothing about it besides what I read i books, but nothing for MY car.
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That's like asking "Why don't we have a drag racing forum?"
 

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Corner carvers is a good site.



"wtf is autoX?

Basically any type of track that involves corners, turns, bends and the like. Ever play the game Gran Turismo?"

An autocross track is set up usually in an open parking lot or on a small airport runway and the course is set up and marked off using cones and you must get through the cone course with a good time without hitting any of the cones...hit a cone and time gets deducted from your final time.

Grand Turismo is not autocross.

Forza Motorsports for Xbox has autocross modes.
 

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wait, there are corners right? you have to turn right? Or am I just being an *******? j/k
 

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There are corners and you do have to turn...but to compare an autocross event to Gran Turismo style racing is not correct. If you do not agree then go to www.wikipedia.com and type in "autocross" and see what it brings up and the pictures it shows.

Open track racing is most like Gran Turismo.



So are you saying that any car racing event that involves turning should be considered autocross?
 

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1slowfiveoh said:
So are you saying that any car racing event that involves turning should be considered autocross?
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No, but I am saying that my sense of humor is about the equivalent of a drag racer in a stang who had a beetle pull up next to him saying "Are you ready to get your ass beat?" knowing all the while he doesn't have anything under the hood. And all the stanger can think about is putting his foot down.

1slowfiveoh said:
There are corners and you do have to turn...but to compare an autocross event to Gran Turismo style racing is not correct. If you do not agree then go to www.wikipedia.com and type in "autocross" and see what it brings up and the pictures it shows.

Open track racing is most like Gran Turismo.
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OK, so I generalized it a bit....ok a lot ok so maybe I'm still hung over from last night, but there are still corners involved. Give me that much.
 

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Don Fiveolio said:
No, but I am saying that my sense of humor is about the equivalent of a drag racer in a stang who had a beetle pull up next to him saying "Are you ready to get your ass beat?" knowing all the while he doesn't have anything under the hood. And all the stanger can think about is putting his foot down.





OK, so I generalized it a bit....ok a lot ok so maybe I'm still hung over from last night, but there are still corners involved. Give me that much.
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There are corners involved...I'll give you that much! Now if we can only get those NASCAR guys to realize that they are actually autocrossing then we might be ok.....

What were you drinkin'?
 

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i'd love to autocross...but i dont have the money for tires. it beats the crap out of your tires and suspension.
 

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Not to mention that you are on your brakes.......a lot!
 

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Don Fiveolio said:
BTW Mob, I can tell you right now that you may want to consider changing your front wheel and tire setup for better grip in the corners. That will help prevent understeer and promote later braking.

Post up some lap times when you get started.
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Those are just my drag wheels, My normal wheels are 17x9 cobra r's.
 

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Daggar said:
That's like asking "Why don't we have a drag racing forum?"
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I guess thats true
 

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91ghp5.0 said:
i'd love to autocross...but i dont have the money for tires. it beats the crap out of your tires and suspension.
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Yea, My tires are bald, so before I went Id HAVE TO get new tires, and make sure my battery in the trunk is secured to pass tech, its kinda just hanging out back there in the box. I just put my sway bar back on yesterday, big difference, makes me want to take corners as fast as i can haha. Id really like to get strange struts and shocks before I went also but not necessary, I will also NEED new brake pads before I went. But it is definatly my goal to go by the end of the year.

Oh and grand turismo is more of circuit/road racing, autocross is, like said before, a big open parking lot with cones set up.
 

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just like drag racing, get ready to break some stuff.
 

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damn that corner carvers site is impossible to get into, not worth it lol im not gonna be on there anyways, but I found out corral has a autox section so if i have questions ill ask there. Im just going to get new tires and new end links for my sway bar becuase mine are bent and I dont have any bolts to hold the sway bar on to it and im going to head out to an autox course. Theres one every month about 2 hours from here. I cant wait, I might go this saturday just to watch.
 

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The Corral has an awesome autox forum, lots of good info and great people. Corner-Carvers.com is awesome site for in depth technical info, but be warned that it is not the place to go and post **** every day - they will ban you real quick. Unless your an engineer, your pretty much in it for the read on CC.com
 

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Mavrick said:
The Corral has an awesome autox forum, lots of good info and great people. Corner-Carvers.com is awesome site for in depth technical info, but be warned that it is not the place to go and post **** every day - they will ban you real quick. Unless your an engineer, your pretty much in it for the read on CC.com
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