Newbie Auto-xer

["Robert Steele" <Steele@xxxxxxxxx>]

Duane,
I rarely second guess your advice, but...........
I strongly recommend a season on street tires in autox before going to the =
stickies.  Car control, pulling out of a slide, etc. really should be =
learned on street tires.  When you are pretty good at that, then go to the =
race rubber.  Then you can really appreciate the improvement;  best (and =
least expensive) 2 seconds you will ever find.  (Then, instead of =
gracefully pulling out of a slide, you can quickly spin the car!)

Also, SCCA stock allows replacement of the shocks, so Bilsteins or Konis =
are ok in stock.

Otherwise, your advise is (as usual) very sound).

Rob
'97 328i

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Duane wrote:

Oh yeah. P7000's while a nice street tire are gonna give it up at the
auto-x. BIG TIME.  You'll both be sliding the tires and eat them up at the
same time.  Get yourself an extra set of wheels and sticky 'R' Compund =
tires
(BFG R1's, Kuhmos, Hoosiers, etc.) if you're gonna do this regular.  Saves
money and more smiles per mile in the long run.


Stock is....well....STOCK. You can't even change the wheel size!  Add a
harness, run the R compound tires. That's pretty much it. =20

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