Mustang Autocrossing fun

modularmustang

modularmustang

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A little while ago I went auto-crossing in my sn95. Did pretty well, won my novice class and spanked a few BRZ's and corvettes in the process ;)

















My favorite:




Need some new front tires now, just bought some yokohama S.Drives and love them for the rear. Basically the rear is 100% planted and its time to work on the front some more. Id like to do a tubular control arm/ sub-frame set up since its basically the last thing on my list of goodies to get.:headbang:

Side note: dont know if you can tell, but the tires in the rear are 275/40/17 on 17"x10.5" rim. Sounds like a a stretch from what you hear on the internet, however they are very well matched for autocross since you need to pump you tires up a ton to not have the side walls rolling over. I was able to keep them at 34psi in the rear with the perfect about of roll over. The fronts however needed 55psi to keep from going on the sidewall (245/45/17 on a 17x9 rim). Just some food for thought.



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https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=561651267200149
 
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Noterminator

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Formally SuprSloBlkNotch89
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I could tell. They def weren't wide enough to be the typical 315's which seem to be standard for most guys with 10.5's. Although BFG's run wider so the 285's are on par with Nitto's 315's. Seen a couple crazy bastards do 335's lol. I think I'm just gonna do Nitto 315's myself once I get my new wheels.
 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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nah, he couldn't make it down to CT. First run they make you drive with an instructor that's why that random guy is in there. I took one of my friends with me who has a wrx autocrossing with me, he did alright... i beat him by almost two seconds though, ppl seemed surprised to see a mustang that can handle :evil:
 
Noterminator

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Formally SuprSloBlkNotch89
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Oh ok lol. I was wondering. If you did he'd probably shit his pants lol. And have they seen the 2011+ GT's lol? They are on par with the M3's. Still not gonna out handle a Porsche, but nothing really ever does lol.
 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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There were two new 5.0s there, they did pretty well. I the car to be more neutral... Right now with the 300# coilovers and konis in the front its much stiffer then the eibachs springs and bilsteins in the rear. I was thinking of adding in a welded plate to support the rear cantilevered connections of the IRS at least for now since its just the cost of a few bolts and a bit of steel.

The pictures were from Hartford Parking lot "LAZ"

It was through cartct Connecticut Autocross & Rally Team » Your New England center for autocross and track events

Plan on doing the one at mohegan sun one on July 7th:cool:
 
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