brianchevy

Friends,

I have been running Atlanta Region SCCA Autocross for 2 years. During the recent off season I radically adjusted front camber (-4) and installed a chromoly 8 point roll cage (for track days). I cannot believe the difference. My car is stiff, and TURNS LIKE ON RAILS.

I ran my first autocross of the year last sunday and even as a beginning driver, I KICKED SOME ***. I am not even pushing the car as hard as I can (because I'm not a great driver) but I was only a little off of the big boys. I managed to beat some vettes that I've never touched and seriously in the game with the experienced drivers.

I can't tell you what a stiff chassis and camber can do. AWESOME!

Happy modified in Atlanta!

Brian LaRose
#18 ESP,
http://www.bowtieracing.org

bruecksteve

Way to go Brian!!! I wish I could get -4 degrees negative camber!!!

brianchevy

Hey everybody, steve replied and HE'S the one guy who beat me by a bunch.

I didn't talk to you at the end cause I was loading the car and stuff, but I was really pleased at the outcome of the latest mods. I need to buy those Koni 5 way adjustables and then i'll be set.

My camber gauge shows it being between 3.5 and 4 degrees and it SURE made a difference. Remember you are allowed to drill out the plates and make the holes bigger. Would that help you get to 3.5 or 4?

Brian

bruecksteve

The 4th gens are different than the 3rd gens. I can use offset bushings but that's about it and that will only give me about -2 degrees. That's more than enough for me since I still use my car as my daily driver.

If anyone would like to see our times and who runs I keep all the results on my web site.

http://www.crystalridge.net/cars/index.html

Shempy

Steve, what is "Knowledge Performance Pro?"

brianchevy

Knowledge Performance is an atlanta based tuner shop. They have sponsored a SCCA SOLO2 classification (indexed and such) with PRIZES. They award $75 $50 and $25 for first second and third.

You can visit them at
http://www.knowledgeperformance.net

Basically the PROFESSIONAL drivers end up running in that class. All us regular guys race in our regular classes. STEVE races with the big boys... (and usually does pretty well).

Brian LaRose
#18 ESP, Atlanta SCCA
http://www.bowtieracing.org

bruecksteve

It's a company here in Atlanta (678-445-0728 ) that is sponsoring our PRO class. The top 3 PRO class winners receive services from them.

1st Place
The winning PRO class competitor may choose one of the following services:
Three “pulls” on the DynoPak Chassis dynamometer including vehicle mounting and dismounting
A $75 credit toward DynoPak Chassis Dynamometer engine tuning
A $75 credit toward Vehicle Corner-Weighting service
A $75 credit toward the purchase of tires from Knowledge Performance 4 Wheel alignment service
Mounting and balancing of 4 tires, including tire disposal (if required)

2nd Place
A $25 credit toward any of the services listed above

3rd Place
A $10 credit toward any of the services listed above

Our novice winners also receive:
Morning & Afternoon Novice 1st place = $25 off a set of numbers, and $25 off safety equipment from Raceworks
Morning & Afternoon Novice 2nd place = $25 off # set from Raceworks

TA Dreaming

brian your lifting the inside rear tire through sharp turns. after the slalomn you made the immediate left followed by that right. pulling through that right you lifted four out of five times. i was working the slalomn. so yeah your chasis is stiff.