Autocross Hawaii - Jan 28th

One problem w/ stock suspensions - riding on the bump stops!!! (Above and below pics by Jon and Erin, for the pics: http://www.tomo-dachi.net/sccapics/)

Small kine oversteer and rear wiper action on my first run...could be cold tires...but I put more air in the rears just to make sure. Didn't happen on any other runs.

Both me and my brother decided to run our wagons in SCCA's STS Class, instead of the Stock Classes that we usually run in. The reason being, for our cars, STS provides for a much more competitive and level playing field. For instance, in STS, all cars need to comply with the following:

• 3.1 L max displacement (Mine is 2.5)


• 7.5" max rim width (Mine is 7")


• 225 max tire width (Mine is 205)


• 140 min tire wear (Mine is 400)


• No limited slip differentials allowed


• Most turbo cars not allowed

In the Stock Class:

• R-Compounds Allowed


• and Anything Goes so long as it comes stock

This meant that in D-Stock I had to compete against cars that had MUCH higher hp to weight ratios, WAY wider tires, Turbos, AWD's, R-Compounds, etc. etc.

Man...even though our cars are bone arse stock, we feel much more competitive...STS is where its at!!!

Here's my best run...good for 3rd place in the STS class:



My brother's run in his stocker Mazuda 6 on all seasons too:



Here's the times: http://sccahawaii.org/1-28-07.pdf