Capital Driving Club Discussion Forum

I think we should stick w ith the +- 500LB format, and extend it down. A 1300LB car should definitely have a higher index than a 1800LB car. (christ my car is a few hundred lbs under 3x a caterham, :( That thing must be fun). I say to determine points, he must submit his caterham to the top 5 index ...

Crap! Oh well, have a good awards lunch guys! I will be down at VIR the entire weekend.

Is there anyway I can update my number from #486 to #186? I dont think it was available back when I joined years ago, but im wondering if its available now. Its my NASA/SCCA numbers so I would like to stay consistent.

haha, damn, you're definitely going all out :-P what spring rates are you planning on running? and which motons are you getting? do you know what the spring rates are like on the H&R race springs? sorry to crowd your for sale thread haha, those are definitely one of the few dampers that I would...

This is an amazing deal. To bad I don't know anyone with an E36... What suspension are you going with? I would have thought that just throwing some ground controls onto the bilsteins after a re-valve would be the easy way to go... Well, that was kind of what I was thinking at first, but decided to ...

Selling the E36 bilsteins and H+R Race Combo off my car, along with swapped top hats only available on 96-99 M3s. This setup is in good shape and ready to go. Itll all just bolt on to your E36. With this setup I won the 2010 Capital Driver's Club Championship and the 2010 "Overall Driver's Cham...

After 22 years of faithful service to my mom, she has decided to let this car go. Bought new back in 1989, my mom is the original (and of course only) owner of this vehicle. It now was 161,724 (do the math thats only 7,351 miles avg a year) For 19 years of its life it was garage kept, and not in the...

While the family's watching a movie, caught up on some video (sorry, having a bit of withdrawl). These are from the test and tune. Bunch of different camera angles so we could analyze the setup (all in David Wampler's STi). 1st Video is David Wampler's Compilation. 2nd Video is my (Don Fitzpatrick) ...

Looking for a good first race car. Preferably prepped for IT, Showroom Stock or SM/SSM. Not looking to spend a lot. Just wanting something reliable, safe and good to learn on. Fast is a bonus. But I'm also looking to spend less than $4k (more for SM/SSM) so obviously not looking for a front runner....

The calendar is a great idea, very nice.

Too bad my car or I didnt make a single photo in there

I am trying to put together my schedule for 2011 as NASA/SCCA and everyone else is getting theirs out the doors. Was wondering when we were expected to see anything? Everything is coming up quick, first NASA autox is Jan 23rd and NASA VIR is the Feb 18th. Short off-season this year, gotta replace ev...

As stated, I have a set of straight and genuine OEM BMW DS2 8.5s all the way around wiht 245/40/17 Hankook RS2s. Painted quickly black, so they do not have a perfect finish. Pics are the pics of them as they are, they are already off the car and ready to sell. One is worse than the others and is pic...

Concrete is very different than asphalt. R comps gain much more grip due to the fine abrasive surface on concrete. My miata is faster on unshaved NT/01's than A6's @ Harry Grove, same day test. AJ was slower on my V710's on light RP-F1's than his RE 11's @ Harry grove too. just the facts. fred Same...

--I agree that horsepower is unreasonably discounted in the index, and especially on CDC style lots and tight courses. On the other hand, I don't agree that R compounds are handicapped too severely. I wouldn't mind seeing the high grade ST tires like the Star Specs treated like the 100 series tires...

Fred's car is not exactly a true XP car, just look at this years Pro Solo results :shock: So that index isn't exactly where it should be for his car lol. Is Ryan's car a full prep STU car? For that matter, the last time I talked to Don he was on non adjustable Bilsteins with springs that lower the ...

I'm happy with my RE-11. Great street tire. I don't think I'll ever set FTD with them. Whichever tire you choose, get them shaved to 3/32nds for max auto-x performance. Full tread depth is for the street, not the parking lot (unless it's raining cats and dogs). Some of us are cheap-asses and run fu...

ButtDyno wrote:///M power!

If youve seen my gawdawful wing you would totally laugh at how that mirrors that quote (says M Power on the bottom).

yeah, I already think the drops are a bit extreme already. you can't expect to not come to half the races and still win something... that's just dumb, and it does ruin it for people that do come every time. If you drop half the events, there is going to be 1 person with all 100s... maybe 2. If you ...

I'll guess in the 105-110whp area. Uncorrected dyno dynamics tend to read about 7-10% less than a dynojet. My car makes 260whp on a dynodynamics (uncorrected) and 282whp on a dynojet SAE for comparison. Lol is it PTuning you got the free session from? I ran mine on the dyno dynamics and made 223WHP...

hepcatz wrote:Thank you both for calculating the championship points. Also kudos to all involved with input and posting of the event results throughout the year.

+1 It was awesome to see such detailed reports and so quickly through the season

A couple laps in traffic until a red MR2 decides to spray some fluids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGd0zNgnVdo My fastest lap. Approximately 1:32. Reading taken from camera. Far from accurate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGd0zNgnVdo Still learning so would love some feedback. I know I'm not hi...

If you're running 17s on an E30 bmw it's going to be more about which ones come in a size that'll fit on your car... all the tires mentioned are good, so are RE-11s and kumho XSs I was about to say, in tests the Kumho XS has reported the highest "lateral grip" but suffers in feel and brak...

Comments on Index: Fred, do you have compiled results from your miata and Cobra when ran at the same time? A proper index should have them overlapping at least somewhat close, your the only data point that I know of that ran 2 cars. Street tire index: A z1 star spec/Kumho XS is NOT a slick and nowhe...

Yikes....looks like my index will be 1.0554 next year :o . Looks like I will be only looking at raw results too. Good god with what? 1.03 power (same as this year) x 1.035 tires (hoosiers) x .99 (same as this year). Thanks for the link to the picture..... Just wondering...why the switch? They are j...

03threefiftyz wrote:Yikes....looks like my index will be 1.0554 next year . Looks like I will be only looking at raw results too.

Ps...awesome shot of your car...

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