Auto-Xed the CRD this weekend

jinstall · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2006 4:23 am

Well it did way better than ANYONE expected. 2:03:587 in 4X4. I think I could have had a 10 sec better un if I had pulled all the crap out of it, filled the tires to 39psi and found some way to keep the boost up. I pulled a 17.4 in 2wd with wheel spin and 3 adults and a packed rear of timing gear. I pulled several trailers a short distance with not a single issue. My biggest issues are boost fall off and not being able to completely turn off the ESC.

wenied · **Joined:** Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:01 pm **Posts:** 107

I'm not trying to be rude but i have no clue what you're talking about.

jinstall · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2006 11:30 am

Like in SCCA slalom event. Time posted is in min:sec:thousands of a sec. I will look for the photos to see if they are posted yet.

http://fbodyeurope.org/board/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Here they are. I was driving the RX8 as well for some guy that wanted to go for a "spin".

MudTrac · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2006 1:47 pm

coming from an autox background and loving every thing to do with it, I bow to you in your some what stupid but very ballzy show of racing love. I think this is the coolest autox car ever to show face at an scca event. I got to give it to you, your the man for doing that. Ive been wanting to get a chip for my baby and take her to the track to run with the MTRs and then with my street tires. keep on x'n

jinstall · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2006 2:40 pm

Well I got screwed by H&R Germany on my coilovers for my Focus race car. So I had to find someting else to drive and the Jeep was the only thing I could get. I looked for a rental car but the rental place was out. If I could have kept the boost up it would have been way better.

dog_party · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2006 3:22 pm

That boost drop-off is a killer, eh? Ohhhh, to have the 6-speed. Congrats on your outing. That's awesome!

What happened with the H&Rs for your Focus?

RTStabler51 · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2006 3:30 pm

6 letters...
LOL WTF

jinstall · **Posted:** Tue May 23, 2006 2:45 am

Sent the coilovers in for a rebuild 4 weeks ago. They lost them twice sent them to another company and then sent them to me COD and did not tell me. My bank is 30 kms away and I had no way to get them. UPS snatched them back and left. I will drive the 500kms round trip this week to pick them up from H&R directly.

dog_party · **Posted:** Tue May 23, 2006 9:07 am

That's pathetic! I expect more from a company like H&R.

jinstall · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 9:29 am

Well as soon as I can figure out how to download it, I made a quick video of me on the autobahn with the KJ cruising at 110mph yesterday.

dog_party · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 10:21 am

I can't wait to see that!

MudTrac · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 11:18 am

wow 110, I can get to 100 with the MTR's but it takes a while for it to pull from about 87,89-100 gets to 80's nice and quick. Just that last little bit it kinda lags. havent much wanted to go any faster, Im d thru my geting tickets stage.

Hero · **Joined:** Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:32 pm **Posts:** 122

Awesome! Another Auto-X Rally-X guy!

I don't do that stuff anymore as I have my CRD now, but was big into it when I had my previous vehicle... a Subaru. Its like the old saying goes,

"Asphalt was meant to get you there, dirt was meant for racing" :wink:

jinstall · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 2:22 am

Yeah the front tires took a beating. Just made the trip to H&R HQ and back, augh, 300+ miles in the rain. I have the parts now so I can finish up the race car and maybe have it all done next week.

naturist · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 7:37 am

It'd be interesting to see if full-time 4WD would help times as the wheels might be less prone to wasteful spinning. I used to be a big-autocross nut, back in the day, but haven't done that for years now.

I HAVE noted the boost fall-off, and the ease with which even the stock programming spins those wheels in 2WD, however. I've entertained/scared-the-crap-outta the wife a couple times getting onto the highway in a hurry when the leisurely initial take-off hits full boost. Especially while cornering at the same time.

jinstall · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 10:52 am

Yes the FT4WD did help in the wet but the boost fall off just killed everthing

Auto-Xed the CRD this weekend

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