r/Autocross

I'm looking at moving to an actual 200tw tire at the end of this season and have been looking at what is currently available in the market around me. I run a 2011 sonata gls in est class. Car has about 3 degrees of camber in the front and just under 2 in the rear. Its not exactly built to class, but happen to fall into est with the mods I had done to it before deciding to try autocross last year. I picked up a set of motegi tracklites for cheap because my street wheels were too wide. Currently I have a set of 225/45r17 zestino acrova 07a on the 17x7 motegi. They obviously aren't super competitive being a Chinese drift tire at 280tw (they were reclassed as 300tw this year) but I've been able to push to consistently be a top 3-5 car against people running re71s and rt660s. Knowing I'm not running a super competitive car and where we run can eat tires makes me hesitant to drop big money on the re71rz.

Given that, I know the westlake is going to be at best, incrementally better than what I currently have, but it does make a good starting point for price. I would like to know at what point am I going to hit a diminishing return on my dollar? I'm not expecting to be chasing championships, but maybe be able to go out and run a few good laps without needing to attempt a full blown hero lap every run to stay competitive

First time I've let anyone else whip the rig, and I get beat in my own truck 🤣

I've been running this Ranger for almost two years now, looking for ways to get faster that don't involve adding power to my anemic 2.3. This led to me finally taking on a co-driver (who's been doing this way longer than I have) this past weekend.

Overall, I wasn't too surprised. He co-drives a ton. He's pretty fast in just about everything I've seen him in. It's why I was a-ok with letting him take a swing. I knew I'd learn something, be it about my driving or about my setup, and I ended up learning a lot about both. He also learned why I love this hunka junk so much; it handles like a less powerful solid-axle Miata with a bed 😂

Top is him, bottom is me. He launched like a wet noodle, but I still get passed mid-course, where his experience (and my lack of) starts to show. Delta between us is roughly 4 tenths by the end.

Never be afraid of advice. We could all afford to be faster, right?

This was 6th and final run of the day. And also my fastest. First time using my A052’s in such wet conditions and I was very impressed with the grip.

2019 Miata in AST

This was my fastest run of the day. I was just glad I passed the sound requirements.

Mods:

-Front MM coilover conversion

-sub frame connectors

-Front and rear sway bars

-Rear springs and shocks

-catless h-midpipe through BBK varitunes and 3” dumps

Shooting Nikon D800e with a Nikon 70-200 f/2.8. The GRC photo was shot from up in the grid parking, while waiting for my run, with a 2x teleconverter attached. Shooting 1/200s f/5.6 with an ND filter on bright days like this.

I just wanted to share my FSP build. I’m hoping to be ready for my local SCCA Autocross season this fall. I’ve been working on it for three years now. It’s still street legal, but weighs 1900lbs.

2010 Cadillac CTS with all seasons, still had a lot of fun

The rest of my shots from the day can be viewed for free on my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/AMiPhoto