MeltedSolid
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '15 Golf, e36 328i
The first of the 2017 season of the Whiskey Garage Driftcross at Sandia Speedway. I only participated in the autocross portion (for obvious reasons) which was on a separate part of the track, the drifters were just over the hill to the left of the start. I got to ride in one of the 500+hp drift cars, but my video of it was horrendous so I'll just show my own driving.
https://youtu.be/wgREI06-1to
I'm really happy with my car's suspension setup right now. The rear sway bar in combination with the adjustable dampers make for a near perfectly neutral balance which really helped a lot. I ended up setting the dampers to 9/15 front and 15/30 rear after a few runs, which made a big difference. The only thing that bothered me a little bit is there was some turbo lag coming out of the slower sections where I was around 25mph, which is just before the sweet spot for the IS20 in 2nd gear. Eventually I was able to carry more momentum through the turns and time the throttle correctly to where the lag was no longer a problem, so you don't see much of it in the video, but I wish my gear ratios were just that much shorter.
https://youtu.be/wgREI06-1to
I'm really happy with my car's suspension setup right now. The rear sway bar in combination with the adjustable dampers make for a near perfectly neutral balance which really helped a lot. I ended up setting the dampers to 9/15 front and 15/30 rear after a few runs, which made a big difference. The only thing that bothered me a little bit is there was some turbo lag coming out of the slower sections where I was around 25mph, which is just before the sweet spot for the IS20 in 2nd gear. Eventually I was able to carry more momentum through the turns and time the throttle correctly to where the lag was no longer a problem, so you don't see much of it in the video, but I wish my gear ratios were just that much shorter.