Porsche Club of America Autocross, Sept 11 2011 (Sunday)

[mdpalmer]

Hi guys,

-I signed up for this event, an autocross
-My gf is signed up with her ~300-330 whp sequential turbo rotary rx7 (we're having a v8 vs. rotary contest :jester:, we're gonna try and make one run swapping driver/car to see how we fare... her car actually runs pretty strong)
-It's at El Toro airfield in Irvine, CA
-The Porsche Club of America (PCA) Orange Coast Region (OCR... these guys are organized) is putting it on... here is their website (http://www.pcaocr.com/)
-Check out this LS6 powered FRC (fixed roof coupe) C5... supposed to be 2700 lbs, 380ish whp... sticky tires... beast:
PCA OCR Porsche Autocross. 8 21 2011 - YouTube
-More info on the event (http://www.pcaocr.com/?page=1&e=838)
-I know this is last minute notice, you should expect that from me by now :)
-Should be lots of fun. Check out the drivers list.... all non Porsche cars are classed as "X"
Here are the X class cars (http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.status/uidEvent/F942C8BF-020E-10CC-6B20362965051AAF#class-4E02AB07-B144-D5EC-E27860073AE347A9), go to the top to see what else is going on
-I think they cap the total number of cars around 100 cars... so get signed up right away!! They are already at 90+ cars right now
-We should get 3-5 runs for the whole day, and you have to "work the course" (pick up cones, etc.) for a bit.
-Would be fun to meet some of the other Motorgen/car guys around here :)

[Small White Car]

Uhhh, yeah see, there's this little drive thingie in Woodland Hills we were kinda thinkin' about...

[Shaolin Crane]

Too bad I just yanked the engine out of the 87

[duhveed]

registration closed damn

[mdpalmer]

Uhhh, yeah see, there's this little drive thingie in Woodland Hills we were kinda thinkin' about...

crap... my timing sucks, how could I not see the banner on the front page of the motorgen site :) Well have fun on the drive, stay out of trouble/keep shiny side up :drive:

registration closed damn

yup.. guess they do cap around 100 drivers.... :( woulda been nice to have an evo out there, looks like there are none that day.

[silverscmustang]

have fun man, sounds fun. too bad you let us know too late! haha jk

[mdpalmer]

well i hope you guys had a fun drive on sunday. i had a really long day on sunday... up @ 4 and didn't get home til almost 7. didn't eat anything all day cuz my stomach was f'd up from my raw ass hamburger the day before I guess. anywho... here's a couple clips of my car running the timed sessions at the end (4 runs). 1st one was OK the rest were pretty much garbage :) I loved the course though it was pretty fast for an auto-x course from what others tell me. I will be back, it's so fun!

EDIT: I broke the vid up into the individual runs, easier to watch, not as long.

Out of car vids
run1
LS1 Rx7 FD PCA OCR El Toro Autox 09/11/11 Outside View Run 1 - YouTube

run2
LS1 Rx7 FD PCA OCR El Toro Autox 09/11/11 Outside View Run 2 - YouTube

run3
LS1 Rx7 FD PCA OCR El Toro Autox 09/11/11 Outside View Run 3 - YouTube

run4
LS1 Rx7 FD PCA OCR El Toro Autox 09/11/11 Outside View Run 4 - YouTube

[Redondo Jon]

Dude, nice! Does this mean that you’re finished tuning the LS1, because your car sounds good. Also, did you gain some weight in your right foot or do you just need stickier rear tires? I totally want your car. Good job Mike. :thumbs_up:

[mdpalmer]

Dude, nice! Does this mean that you’re finished tuning the LS1, because your car sounds good. Also, did you gain some weight in your right foot or do you just need stickier rear tires? I totally want your car. Good job Mike. :thumbs_up:

hey Jon, what's up. yup all done, except I got really impatient and said f it, I want to finish it so I can beat on it. I went to Haddad and they did a fantastic job in four hours what would have taken me a few months if not more. car runs great I love it :)

My tires aren't exactly that great but they're not too bad either... I had a really hard time keeping the car under control earlier in the day b/c the torque just lights them up. I was pretty easy on the gas until I had the car pointed straight.

My instructor's first comment was how the car would be an autocross animal if I put stickies on there. He suggested driving the car with street tires, getting used to sliding it around for a while.. so when you do put stickies on you are in much better tune with the traction limits of the car.

anyway, hope things are well with the beastly goat :)

[silverscmustang]

dude I wish I could have gone, looks like it was a lot of fun. you definitely gotta let me know when the next one is so I can come with you. Hopefully I have new tires by then :P

On a side note, glad I had a well cooked hot dog lol

[silverscmustang]

oh and what kinda camera were you using?

[mdpalmer]

dude I wish I could have gone, looks like it was a lot of fun. you definitely gotta let me know when the next one is so I can come with you. Hopefully I have new tires by then :P

On a side note, glad I had a well cooked hot dog lol

lol you would be all over the place with those bald ass tires of yours :jester: i'll be in touch next time, I have a bad habit of just signing up for stuff and then trying to get everyone else to come after-the-fact lol.

yeah, I kinda burned the dogs and guess the burgers were just a bit undercooked. oh well.

the camera is a go pro hero HD, it takes pretty sweet video I think :) I just used one of their suction cup thingys to stick it to my windshield. I think they're about $300 these days for the camera and then you can buy a bunch of other crap to attach it to stuff.

[silverscmustang]

hm intresting, i have a hero HD too and it seems like mine has a wider angle than yours does

[mdpalmer]

hm intresting, i have a hero HD too and it seems like mine has a wider angle than yours does

huh. dunno. maybe I have the settings all messed up :huh:

here's another vid, from inside the car. you can see how I'm screwing up pretty much every turn :lmfao: run3 was a total mess, one mistake after another!

LS1-RX7-FD (in car view) Sept 11, 2011 PCA OCR Auto-X El Toro Airfield, CA - YouTube

[silverscmustang]

looks awesome! but really confusing at the same time haha

[mdpalmer]

I slapped together a spinout vid. Check it out.

09/11/11 PCA OCR LS1 FD Rx7 spinouts autocross - YouTube