I would like you guys to post some pics of the auto-x this past saturday. It turned out pretty well, I expected it to rain more. But of course little rain didnt hurt :D . Ive only got one pic so far of myself, here it is

http://www.collinscomputerconsulting.com/tim/saul.jpg

(thanks to Tim for the pic!)

Holy huge picture batman!

Is that pasha's plate i see?

Thanks for resizing the pic, Saul! :buttrock

Here are some early teasers from my set. The full gallery should be up late tomorrow night.

LOL - The guy in the back looks scared
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_01.jpg
Ah, I think I got Kim's blue at its best
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_02.jpg
Someone getting Owned on course (I'm surprised there's no "owned" smilie here!?)
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_03.jpg
mmmm...///M5
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_04.jpg
M-Tech with club-sport splitters - I LOVE this look
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_05.jpg
Joint BMW-Impala AutoX today
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_06.jpg

http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_07.jpg
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_08.jpg

how did the impala guys do compared to the bmw guys

sweet pics as usual Shinobi!

Thanks for resizing the pic, Saul! :buttrock

Sorry, I am used to windows resizing my pics. I didnt know that it would be that big. Its linked now, I hope I have made your day youngster ;).

-Saul

how did the impala guys do compared to the bmw guys


BMW Fastest Time of Day was 62.

I think Impala fastest time of day was 74.

Someone getting Owned on course (I'm surprised there's no "owned" smilie here!?)
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_03.jpg


Thanks for the pics man!

That was me getting owned :wave :help

All season's aren't cutting it... :eyecrazy

Here are a few that I took when not out there driving.

http://www.tripledivide.com/cars/3_19_05_autox006s.jpg

http://www.tripledivide.com/cars/3_19_05_autox008s.jpg

http://www.tripledivide.com/cars/3_19_05_autox020s.jpg

http://www.tripledivide.com/cars/3_19_05_autox033s.jpg

http://www.tripledivide.com/cars/3_19_05_autox027s.jpg

http://www.tripledivide.com/cars/3_19_05_autox031s.jpg

Ah, I think I got Kim's blue at its best
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_02.jpg

:rofl Randy doesn't look too relaxed in the :devillook Devil-ette-mobile :D

Schweeet pics!
:thanks:

How many runs did you guys get?

That was a good day. Just a little bit of dampness, enough to make it fun. I got a call late Friday to see if I wanted to instruct so I headed down. Took the 325is on Yoko streets since there was a chance of rain. Did a bunch of runs for students, then got a lot of runs in my car with passengers. I think my best was a 68.3.

Another friend who was there had his silver E30 325is with the Ireland suspnsion setup in it, also on the same Yoko ES100's. I got in and was amazed at the difference. The car was like a go-kart. It was so easy to slide around I had a grin on my face the whole time (not the fastest but DEFINITELY the most fun)! I think my best in it was about a 67.4. I'm gonna have to put that setup on my car now!

Here are some early teasers from my set. The full gallery should be up late tomorrow night.
M-Tech with club-sport splitters - I LOVE this look
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_05.jpg
Awesome pictures Albert! As always! Thanks for the compliment too! Looks like I'm going to have a new background for my computer!

:rofl Randy doesn't look too relaxed in the :devillook Devil-ette-mobile :D

Schweeet pics!
:thanks:
:lol

Thanks for the pics Albert, they look beautiful as usual. :D

Someone getting Owned on course (I'm surprised there's no "owned" smilie here!?)
http://www.shinobibmw.com/MessageBoardFiles/03-19_BMWCCA/teaser_03.jpg




That was me doing the OWNING! I actually thought about a Pass on the little straight before the right hander into the finish! But figured that would be really uncool!

I was running right about 66.000 all day, with a couple 65.9s, and 66.1's, in my lowly little 325is. No it doesn't have an E46 motor as I heard Rumor of people thinking. Just an old Non-Vanos 2.5L

:rofl Randy doesn't look too relaxed in the :devillook Devil-ette-mobile :D

Schweeet pics!
:thanks:


Randy never looks relaxed in Kim's car.

Randy never looks relaxed in Kim's car.
I'll let Randy defend himself. :stickoutt

Sweet pics. :)

That was me doing the OWNING! I actually thought about a Pass on the little straight before the right hander into the finish! But figured that would be really uncool!

I was running right about 66.000 all day, with a couple 65.9s, and 66.1's, in my lowly little 325is. No it doesn't have an E46 motor as I heard Rumor of people thinking. Just an old Non-Vanos 2.5L

Lol. My girlfriend told me the same thing after you instructed her.

Sorry for holding you up :)

Awesome pictures Albert! As always! Thanks for the compliment too! Looks like I'm going to have a new background for my computer!

Dude. I was looking for you to say hi. I saw that car, thought maybe it was yours, but then thought "nah, it has M44s, it can't be Yeti!"

I also didn't know there was an E9 there. Hotness. I missed that one.

LOL...that's me riding shotgun in the E9. He was so excited about autocrossing it, he just grabbed the course by it's neck and went for it. We spun, then he went at both slaloms from the wrong direction even though I'd shown him how to do it.....just too much excitement. The next lap I had him slow WAAAAY down, and we got through well. I then let him loose the third lap and he did a really nice job.

He was just sooo stoked to be driving the crap out of the old thing. It was cool to see.

Dude. I was looking for you to say hi. I saw that car, thought maybe it was yours, but then thought "nah, it has M44s, it can't be Yeti!"

I also didn't know there was an E9 there. Hotness. I missed that one.
Damn, wish I knew you were there Lauren I would have liked to have met you in person. Were you racing? I actually just got the 44s Friday as a set of race wheels with R compound Kumhos on them. They stick like glue. Too bad I'm still so slow! :D I'm almost out of excuses. :(

Are you going to come down for the May autocross?

When is the May autox? No, I wasn't racing. I'm back down to one set of wheels with contisportcontacts, which aren't exactly autox worthy. Plus, the caravan down to SD for the autocross didn't arive until 3 Am. I showed up around 3, didn't catch much of the action.

When is the May autox? No, I wasn't racing. I'm back down to one set of wheels with contisportcontacts, which aren't exactly autox worthy. Plus, the caravan down to SD for the autocross didn't arive until 3 Am. I showed up around 3, didn't catch much of the action.
It's on May 21 in the east lot. If you're going to come down PM me ahead of time to look out for you.

That was a good day. Just a little bit of dampness, enough to make it fun. I got a call late Friday to see if I wanted to instruct so I headed down. Took the 325is on Yoko streets since there was a chance of rain. Did a bunch of runs for students, then got a lot of runs in my car with passengers. I think my best was a 68.3.

Another friend who was there had his silver E30 325is with the Ireland suspnsion setup in it, also on the same Yoko ES100's. I got in and was amazed at the difference. The car was like a go-kart. It was so easy to slide around I had a grin on my face the whole time (not the fastest but DEFINITELY the most fun)! I think my best in it was about a 67.4. I'm gonna have to put that setup on my car now!

Was that you who lost the iS lip on your E30?

yeah...but it wasn't my E30 :embarrasm

Those damn things fall off when the wind blows!

We got it back, though...all the mounting points looked good!

Man that car was fun. Much more fun than this desk I'm sitting at.

yeah...but it wasn't my E30 :embarrasm

Those damn things fall off when the wind blows!

We got it back, though...all the mounting points looked good!

Man that car was fun. Much more fun than this desk I'm sitting at.
Ahh, ok cool...I was the one blabbing on about Spec E30...nice to finally meet ya...

yeah...but it wasn't my E30 :embarrasm

Those damn things fall off when the wind blows!

We got it back, though...all the mounting points looked good!

Man that car was fun. Much more fun than this desk I'm sitting at.

If I recall correctly you were running 67-68 in that guy's E30, weren't you? That was extremely impressive. A few of us E30 owners were convinced that was on R-comps. We were rather embarrassed when we discovered those times were run on 225/50 ES100's. :eek:

I couldn't get my times down on Saturday if my life depended upon it. It didn't seem to matter what I tried to do. My tail end seemed to be all over the place.

I think I could have gotten down into the 65's if we'd brought R-comps. We were convinced it was going to rain though, so we didn't bother.

I couldn't get my times down on Saturday if my life depended upon it. It didn't seem to matter what I tried to do. My tail end seemed to be all over the place.

Did you try lowering rear tire pressures? If you have an adjustable rear sway bar, did you soften it? If not adjustable, maybe you could just disconnect it. It was pretty low-grip out there Saturday, so the softer, the better.

I showed up around 3, didn't catch much of the action.


Lauren,

You were there and didn't come say hi?? I'm dissapointed! You shoulda come over, I would have given you a ride while you were there too. I think everyone that got in my car over the course of the day, had a Blast, whether they were in the drivers seat or passenger seat.

I think I could have gotten down into the 65's if we'd brought R-comps. We were convinced it was going to rain though, so we didn't bother.

Were the ES100's mounted on 15x7 or 15x8 Kosei's?

Did you try lowering rear tire pressures? If you have an adjustable rear sway bar, did you soften it? If not adjustable, maybe you could just disconnect it. It was pretty low-grip out there Saturday, so the softer, the better.

I tried lowering the rear pressures until it appeared as though I was over-scrubing (when I say "appeared", be aware that I'm still a neophyte :embarrasm ), but it didn't seem to help much. There are two other things that might be working against me. You mentioned sways...I do have an adjustable rear bar that is set at full soft. It's a massive IE bar that is probably a lot more bar than I need from the spring rates I'm running. The second problem is tires. I'm desperately trying to use up the tires I have, which are a 205/45/16 ES100. They are the tires I was running before my motor swap and now seem to be a bit over-powered. Okay, maybe there is a third problem...THE DRIVER. :D

Jason, out of curiosity, what wheels are you running?

Jason, out of curiosity, what wheels are you running?
I think they're OZ superleggeras, but I may be wrong...

When's Shinobi going to put up the rest of the pictures? I want to see if he got any pictures of me sliding through the cones at him! :D

I think they're OZ superleggeras, but I may be wrong...

Yup...Kim's correct. They are Superleggeras.

Cool, thanks for the info. :)

I would say that soft suspension was a blessing out there with the amount of traction that we had....but I might be a bit biased. :D

Anyway, congrats to everyone that made it out and had a blast. This time out REALLY made me realize though how f**ked my clutch is. Anyone wanna help with a clutch job before the next event? :stickoutt

.....I showed up around 3, didn't catch much of the action.

A certain blonde in a silver Bimmer was seen blocking the entrance/exit gate around that time, wouldn't happen to be you? :nono :D

That was a good day. Just a little bit of dampness, enough to make it fun. I got a call late Friday to see if I wanted to instruct so I headed down. Took the 325is on Yoko streets since there was a chance of rain. Did a bunch of runs for students, then got a lot of runs in my car with passengers. I think my best was a 68.3.

Another friend who was there had his silver E30 325is with the Ireland suspnsion setup in it, also on the same Yoko ES100's. I got in and was amazed at the difference. The car was like a go-kart. It was so easy to slide around I had a grin on my face the whole time (not the fastest but DEFINITELY the most fun)! I think my best in it was about a 67.4. I'm gonna have to put that setup on my car now!

Was your friend Andy from Bullet by chance? Cause I know he owns a car with that set up. I'm definately gonna make it down to the next one.

Was your friend Andy from Bullet by chance? Cause I know he owns a car with that set up. I'm definately gonna make it down to the next one.

Yes, the car was built by Andy, but was recently bought from him by another friend. The car is sick.

I'll have to make it down there next time and drag Chadwick along