Capital Driving Club Discussion Forum

Dave, you beat me by .3 seconds for the day :) hit my personal best out at summit main that day with a 1.29. As Josh predicted, I found the limit of HP+ brake pads in under 5 laps. There were a few moments when i was questioning the ability to bring this 3600lb couch on wheels to a stop hahahah Aft...

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

Good god with what?

I aint saying much as anything I say is "coming from the horse's mouth". Just make sure its fair and not based on 1 or 2 members results/preferences, and look to data results from reputable sources for the differences in horsepower/weight/slicks. Not off a small data sample such as a small...

Imprezive_04 wrote:^penalties for giant BMW wings?

hey now, dont be jealuos of my big.......wing..

Drove it with that wing on the street for the first time on the way to the autox this saturday, it feels great on track, I feel like the biggest douche on the street.

Damn even if the course picked up some time a mid 33 in an STi is some hella good driving. Also I'm pretty sure your less than stellar performance Sat netted a 98+ point day. Great year. I hope the schedule stays close to the same next year. Attendance at Winchester will pick up once people find ou...

Great Year! Thank you CDC and all of its wonderful volunteers. Yesterday was a tough day for me in many ways, first I almost am not allowed out due to play in my upper ball joints in the rear of the car. Then I go out for my first run and do a ridiculous impression of a rallyx and managed to jam/spr...

Since I share the same sentiment, I'll add my 2 cents. EMRA is one of my favorite clubs, but I feel like the general safety level is significantly lower than other organizations I have run with (Trackdaze, Mercedes-Benz, etc). Last year at Summit they had 2 cars roll over, 1 in the very first sessi...

i'm also considering the miata... Bout time that was brought up. You won't find anything else come remotely close bang-for-the-buck-wise. +1 Bang for the buck, fun for the buck, expanded opportunities if you decide to go racing (TTE, Spec Miata, etc). I love miatas, I just came from a ~400 horsepow...

Could always get an e36 m3 ;) $40 rotors, bulletproof engine and great powerband. It has its typical faults, but all are 100% fixable/if you fix it before it doesnt happen. After a year and 2 months of owning this car, 18 autocrosses, 6 track days of 2 hours each day, daily driving, and pace car du...

Could always get an e36 m3 ;) $40 rotors, bulletproof engine and great powerband. It has its typical faults, but all are 100% fixable/if you fix it before it doesnt happen. After a year and 2 months of owning this car, 18 autocrosses, 6 track days of 2 hours each day, daily driving, and pace car dut...

how do you like the delrin control arm bushings NVH-wise? I'm still debating what I want to do with my FC. I have spherical bearings in the rear and it's not bad at all, but I think the front would make more of a difference. I barely notice them, I noticed a huge increase in steering feel (although...

Okay, ive heard through the grapevine this past year that my car was not right in PAX, either light or too much power or blah blah blah. Decided I was going to put that to rest and help anyone that wants to prepare their 325i or m3 for autocross. The car seems very well setup and is a hoot and fast ...

LOL thanks guys. Ive been drinking a lot less lately, getting in shape and moving ahead with better motorsports efforts are the forefront now. Ill leave most of my drinking to special occasions of which I can find plenty :P. And I warned her in advance of what she was getting into. So I tell her its...

Damn sounds like a blast, see if the girlfriend will kill me for saying I would be down at JMU for halloween and be able to drink saturday (I already cant drink friday because I have an autox on saturday)................

Anyone know if the Elise was stock? I rode along with the guy for hist first run and it felt very strong. Just look at his index. He is on "semi-r compounds", has 150-200 horsepower, ,and weights less than 2000lbs. Sounds right to me, stock their 190 horsepower at the crank so probably 16...

Just picked these up but plans changed, picked em up for STU nationals next year but my codrive may be changing. Pic below... I am located in Northern Virginia, but am travelling down to Danville, VA next weekend and headed up to Baltimore next week, so let me know! http://i393.photobucket.com/album...

lol ummm... dual pickup euro oil pump, VAC Shaft Upgrade, Euro Oil pan, new control arms, inner/outer tie rods, sway bar endlinks, motor mounts delrin front control arm bushings, underdrive pulleys, bimmerworld race intake, headlight duct, front splitter, PTG Racing wing, reinforced front subframe,...

lol ummm... dual pickup euro oil pump, VAC Shaft Upgrade, Euro Oil pan, new control arms, inner/outer tie rods, sway bar endlinks, motor mounts delrin front control arm bushings, underdrive pulleys, bimmerworld race intake, headlight duct, front splitter, PTG Racing wing, reinforced front subframe, ...

See you boys there, my car might look a bit different but say hi and grab a beer (when your not driving of course). Ive got the white yukon denali with open trailer and of course my white m3. Also if any of you want a ride-along on track let me know when your there.

ButtDyno wrote:Hoping to have the camber plates on the M3 by then..

Which camber plates? I am in desperate need of some, my stock hats and bilsteins with H+Rs arent cutting it.

IMO, I would be surprised if someone with the means would actually go thru with it just to win a couple free passes. You have to buy extra sessions to do that, which offsets the free passes you might win. And I am the expert here because I used to "game" CDC's points system all the time. ...

Sweet no way to register/know the price.

Have fun guys! Ill be down at the new track in North Carolina, NCCAR that weekend.

FredK wrote:I'm not going to express how I feel about this right now, but my ears are hot.
Fred

Dont know what your upset about, but remember: "haters going to hate". We could do a 2-car each at the last event of the season where you can drive bothh the M3 and Cobra and I Can too

I don't care for being in the middle of this. Fred says he was told that his runs would count. Good enough for me. The club will look to our members for opinions on a policy going forward and there will be no question for future events. I think it might be advisable to let the rules stand till the ...