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Porsche-poor 09-13-2011 08:02 AM
cool vid.

GH85Carrera 09-13-2011 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC (Post 6251570)
Oh man...you gotta show me how to do that with my iPhone.
I will show at lunch today. :cool:

livi 09-13-2011 08:57 AM
Very nice video! Was that mostly second gear?

Too bad a get motion sickness just from watching it. :D

GH85Carrera 09-13-2011 11:12 AM
Yea, that track was a mostly 2nd gear track. Most of the setups we run allow some third gear fun.

porsche4life 09-13-2011 11:13 AM
Get some better tires glen.... I was running 3rd quite a bit... ;)

GH85Carrera 09-13-2011 11:30 AM
Well ya see I DRIVE my car on the road. I don't have it trailered in. I can drive it round trip 3,000 miles and do a DE and an autocross and never touch the lug nuts or a trailer hitch. I just can't see spending 3 to 4 grand on a set of rims and some sticky tires and the effort to change tires before a autocross just for a few seconds faster time.

If you ever see my car on a trailer call the police!


:)

Porsche-poor 09-13-2011 11:37 AM
3rd that be to much for Markus.................

livi 09-13-2011 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Porsche-poor (Post 6252000)
3rd that be to much for Markus.................
Touché! :D

porsche4life 09-13-2011 11:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 6251987)
Well ya see I DRIVE my car on the road. I don't have it trailered in. I can drive it round trip 3,000 miles and do a DE and an autocross and never touch the lug nuts or a trailer hitch. I just can't see spending 3 to 4 grand on a set of rims and some sticky tires and the effort to change tires before a autocross just for a few seconds faster time.

If you ever see my car on a trailer call the police!


:)
My car would make the long trip, but going slow is no fun... ;)

Besides, if I have a breakdown the tow bill for me would be way bigger than for yours. ;)


Oh and someone has to have a trailer to haul the breakdowns home...

GH85Carrera 09-13-2011 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by porsche4life (Post 6252009)
My car would make the long trip, but going slow is no fun... ;)

Besides, if I have a breakdown the tow bill for me would be way bigger than for yours. ;)


Oh and someone has to have a trailer to haul the breakdowns home...
Those tires you were running are not going to go 3,000 miles. ;)

porsche4life 09-13-2011 12:16 PM
I could get them all in the car though, and drive 3k miles and then swap them out. ;)

RKDinOKC 09-13-2011 12:40 PM
When I first started ax got a second set of rims and sticky tires. Did the tire dance and even found a battery powered impact wrench to make it easier. Sold the extra wheels and tires with the car. Kinda funny. Tax on buying a vehicle used to be based on purchase price of car so I sold the car for $5000 and the extra wheels and tires for $8000.

After that car I was happy enough to get FTD for street tires and not hassle with the tire dance.

RKDinOKC 09-13-2011 12:58 PM
The Slime Cordless Air Pump works really well for airing up tires at an ax too.

porsche4life 09-13-2011 01:07 PM
We have cordless impacts for the shop. I just grab one of those and the 12v air compressor is always in the pickup. I'm not too much for a cordless air compressor, just another battery system to keep up with.

GH85Carrera 09-13-2011 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by porsche4life (Post 6252081)
I could get them all in the car though, and drive 3k miles and then swap them out. ;)
Yea try that, and the luggage for two for 10 days. One the the person's luggage is a female type with 6 pairs of dang shoes!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1315948630.jpg


I was watching some of the folks at the Savannah autocross do the tire dance in the 120 degree heat index temperatures. It hurt just to stand there much less swap tires. I think I would have turned into a puddle of sweat if I had tried.

I did the tire dance with my 914 30 years ago. I decided then it was not worth the effort. I have not changed my mind. Not just to get another plastic trophy at the Christmas dinner. I have over a dozen of them already, and a ton more real trophies up in the attic.

slodave 09-13-2011 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 6251490)
On Sunday we had a fun autocross. I shot this video with my iPhone. If you watch the g-meter you will see it exceed 1 G in places. In the south loop it his 1.27 G. This was not my best run but I did find a limit.

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sSVFfOrBqu4?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sSVFfOrBqu4?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

Be sure to put it in 720P and full screen
Both feet in, Glen!

GH85Carrera 09-13-2011 03:19 PM
Stijn!!
 
Yea, I know the theory! :)

I really did not expect to go all the way around. I kept thinking I was going to save it. I got the clutch in before I went all the way around but the engine was dead.

porsche4life 09-13-2011 03:25 PM
I did almost the same move as glen, in the same spot, but somehow I managed to get both feet in. That was a tricky spot, hard braking, and hard left....

nynor 09-13-2011 03:33 PM
glen, that is really cool. how accurate do you think the G-meter is? aren't car manufacturers pretty much chuffed if their car gets in the neighborhood of 1G (the corvette and a review in road and track comes to mind)?

porsche4life 09-13-2011 03:36 PM
I haven't seen how accurate the G meters are... I know I use a free one from BMW called the BMW M Meter, and pulled 1.49 at some point on the track....


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