Cruise to Michelin Proving Grounds

[Miker]

Is anyone interested in cruising to Michelin Saturday morning? The GTOs are heading out around 3am (Summerville exit on 26 most likely). If you wanna drive up with us just shoot me a PM and I will shoot you my cell number.

[Miker]

3am Hardees @ Summerville i26 exit.

[red99pony]

where is michelin?

[Miker]

Mountville, SC. Best AutoX of the season.

[///Mcompact]

It was pretty fun. So glad I drove up the night before and stayed in a hotel, though.

[Miker]

It was pretty fun. So glad I drove up the night before and stayed in a hotel, though.

I was in the last run group too I was sleepy. The only reason I am in SM is because I installed a 2.7turn lock-to-lock steering rack. (Vs stock 3.5turn) I'm not really competitive against the modified Evos and STIs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wx2bI1L8WI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd72bW_q9jY

[Harry]

Looks like fun. I would get lost on one of those courses.

[1998ta__1991rs]

Looks like fun. I would get lost on one of those courses.

same here, i would just go straight and run everything over

[///Mcompact]

Cameras make it look like a sea of cones, but it's nowhere near as confusing when you are driving.
It's not hard to make a clean run without hitting cones, but it's hard to do it while going full tilt.



I was in the last run group too I was sleepy. The only reason I am in SM is because I installed a 2.7turn lock-to-lock steering rack. (Vs stock 3.5turn) I'm not really competitive against the modified Evos and STIs.


Cams are the only thing that puts me in Street-mod. Even though they don't give me any more power than an STU Evo IX, the SM class has better competition. I started out getting owned by everything. Event after event I clawed my way to the top.

Personally, if I were you, I would just run F-stock if everything else you have done is within the class. While a steering rack is an advantage, you are still at a huge disadvantage if you are running street tires in a stock class (r-comps). GTOs can handle (especially on a big course), but SCR is notorious for their small courses. If I owned a GTO, I would keep it in F-stock. That's it's place. Just like why I didn't like running A-stock..that's the S2000's playground. Every car has it's niche.

Looking at the results, your times would have had good competition in F-stock.
http://www.scsportscar.com/content/autocross/results2.php?Event=20100501&Report=fin

No one really cares at a local/regional level about minor mods. Now..if you have a power adder,wider tires than you are allowed, crazy suspension (per the class) and you are beating everyone up by several seconds--while being a dick about it...yeah...you might get protested.

Only at the Divisional/National level will someone white-glove your car and nitpick. At the national level..the competitiveness is retarded. Like drag racers, every loophole is exploited. People buy and sell the "hot car" for each season, shave their street tires down to 2/32", use "fixed" oem dampners to circumvent the "OEM spring rates only" rules, drill out the strut bolt holes to get more camber, etc. Crazy..but the cars with the most money in them are usually "stock class" cars.

[Miker]

Either way I get a trophy at the end of the year and have fun. The reason I started in SM is I plan on some mods half way into the season so I wanted to pick one class that I would be able to run all year.

[///Mcompact]

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