- Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:28 am
#125448
CivicTypeR wrote:I so want an S2000. Who the hell Auto X's a Volvo?
The same can be said for Civics. Why the hell would you autocross a 1.6L 4 banger?
I made the same mistake when I 1st started autocrossing back in 1998. My Civic was all done with suspension, sway bars, huge wheels and tires, intake and exhaust, blah blah blah. Showed up to my 1st event and saw a Subaru station wagon and thought I could beat that stock wagon. Boy was I wrong.
The owner happened to be Richard West a well know autocrosser in the Northeast. He spanked me by over 10 seconds! TEN Seconds is an eternity! Yeah I was humbled that weekend.
One thing about autocross is it is a very humbling sport. Every one from the outside sees us running around cones thinking "THat's easy! I can do that" Til they jump behind the wheel of their own car and go SUPER SLOW! Everything comes at you 2x as fast from the driver's seat.
I used to run a 91 Civic Si in STS with about 110hp. Attended a Porsche Club autocross with that thing on street tires and missed 1st place by 0.1 seconds against a Porsche Carrera 4 with 450-500 hp. Everyone thought my car was turboed, supercharged or on R tires. I laughed when I told them it had a peak HP of 110! LOL.
So never judge a book by it's cover