Some heavy compression on that right-front, huh? Sure would love to cure that problem, but no front sway for the X available, as far as I'm aware.

Anyway, the X performed admirably this past weekend, even with my cheapo summer tires (I'm saving the R compounds for a bit later in the season). I don't know if it just wasn't hurt as much by the cold weather as other cars or what, but I outran most stock cars, regardless of class, and some modded cars, as well. Take a look at some of the final results. I included the top 1 or 2 entries of each class in stock, except SS. I left out is SS because both entrants beat me (rightfully so). Interestingly, we had a big Z turnout with 5 of them (most were modded). I was faster than all. Hope this trend keeps up through the season.

'A Stock' - Total Entries: 3
1T Porsche Boxster Red 39.354+2 38.669 38.389 38.299+1 39.880+1 38.716

2T Subaru STi White 56.190+dnf 50.240+dnf 42.068+dnf 42.573 48.813+2 42.136 41.985+4

3 Honda S2000 Yellow 48.622 43.136 43.500 43.964 42.884 42.461

'C Stock' - Total Entries: 2
1T Mazda Miata Crystal Blue 42.638 41.960 41.739 41.637 40.877 41.061

2 Maxda mx-5 Copper Red 54.698+1 41.130+1 40.497+1 44.592+3 42.817+4 40.916+1

'D Stock' - Total Entries: 3
1T Infiniti G35X Dark grey 44.081 41.207 40.623 40.666 40.429 39.844

2 SRT4 68.520+dnf 46.026 44.982+1 44.996 43.057 42.176

3 SRT4 51.504 49.455 48.704 49.197 48.888 48.430

'E Stock' - Total Entries: 1
1T Mazda Miata White 43.139 58.056+dnf 41.088+2 40.132 40.033+3 50.657+dnf

'F Stock' - Total Entries: 3
1T Chevy Camaro red 44.725 42.472 41.374 41.463 40.778 40.670+1

2 Ford Mustang GT Silver 45.006+2 43.942 41.276+1 40.989

'G Stock' - Total Entries: 5
1T GTI 40.535 40.274 39.257+2 39.350+1 39.249 39.805+1

2T Mini Cooper S Dark Silver 44.420 40.912 39.823+1 39.899 40.060 39.947+1

'H Stock' - Total Entries: 1
1T Audi 90 FWD Red 48.867 45.687 50.843+2 44.654+1 44.570 52.759+2

 

sway bar isnt gonna help that... I have sway bars

 

^seet picture, little stiffer springs would make ur right front tire to get off the ground on that same turn.

 

Damn. That's surprising. Heck, looks like you might be close to lifting the right-rear.

Too bad I can't swap springs and stay in stock class, though.

What bars (and settings, if adjustable) are you running?

 

why would that make his right front tire lift off the ground?

 

I think he was being facetious.

 

Stillen, med/med… I have slightly different setup now and that particular pic was a real hard/tight corner – on a big track… the speeds were quite a bit more than and Autocross track, so I probably wouldn’t have had the same amount of lean/hunch on the corner in your pic.

I never had the same “wow” feeling that most people do from sway bars… for the track, I should consider stiffer setting – but I’ve never thought it was that big of an improvement for even spirited street driving… I’ve had them on for soo long I can’t even remember what stock was like – but I do remember not noticing as big a difference as everyone posts about… but there are several mods I have that I wouldn’t rave about like many people do.

This isn’t to suggest you shouldn’t get sway bars – its just IMO, don’t expect drastic changes (or maybe I’m the only one that didn’t get drastic changes).

 

with enough grip on the tires combined with rigit side to side weight transfer will make your tire close to the apex to get off the ground a little.

 

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I tend to agree. The amount of stiffness needs to be set for your particular set-up including the stickiness of your tires, the track surface, other suspension components, etc. Most noticeable with a set of sway bars is the amount of lean, so a lot of people set their bars up too tight. Traction through the corners then becomes an issue, so really the advantage of adjustable aftermarket sways is being able to fine tune the handling and make everything work together better and maybe tune in different over/under steer and break-away characteristics.

 

Wow, SCCA Solo classifications sure has changed since I went AutoX. G35 Coupe used to be in B Stock along with MR2, S2000, 350Z, NA RX7 & older porsche. G35 sedan used to be in G Stock along with WRX's.

 

wow zmfg

 

The sedan still competes with WRX. Both in DS now. Non-turbo Imprezas are in GS. G coupes are in FS with the Stangs, although I've yet to see one at a local event. I'm the only Infiniti.


ummm... zmfg??