Hi Jeffrey,
I'm sure you're going to get a lot of response to this and most of it
will contain the wise advise to stick with it and invest in yourself
before investing in the car -- i.e., seat time. That's well and good
and you're already on the right track with the clinic you participated
in, but I do have a couple of specific comments on your plan that might
not come up in other responses, so here goes....
Save your street tires for the street and get a set of cheap steel
wheels to mount some sticky rubber. It doesn't have to be expensive,
but it will make a difference in how you perceive the limits of
adhesion. Don't go half way with another set of street tires that
you're going to wear out anyway.
Don't jump into DSP until you're ready to spend more time and money on
your car. It will only drive you to distraction. Stay in a stock class
for your first season(s).
I'm not sure what the deal is with the spoiler and pedals (it's been a
few years since I've run in the states, so maybe there's a perceived
performance advantage, but I don't pretend to understand the Solo II
rules anymore). For purely aesthetic reasons, I would encourage you to
lose them.
Stuart
Jeffrey Macko wrote:
>After two autocross events, I've found out that it's really challenging to
>get a good time.
>
>Was beat by about 73% of the competitiors on the first event, and got beat
>by 57% on my second event. (Pax Score) So I'm improving. (Things were much
>more fun at the second event, now that I'm more relaxed behind the wheel.)
>
>Here is my dilema, tires.... What to do.
>
>I'm currently running a BMW 300i, on 205/50/17 All Season Radials in Street
>Touring. All stock except for two appearance items, aluminum pedal covers
>and a 1 inch tall lip spoiler.
>
>I've got three options:
>
>- Keep running with the same tires till theyr'e worn out (and after a car
>control clinic and two events it's obvious they're going to get worn soon.)
>
>- Get a second set of rims with the largest stickiest rubber that I can fit
>on the car and run DSP.
>
>- Order some 225/45R17's summer street tires and put them on the stock 7
>inch rims, when 7.5 would be better. Keep running in STS-N.
>
>- Pull off the spoiler and pedals, get a set of sport package tires and
>wheels 225/45R17 F, 245/40/R17 R and run DS-N.
>
>Anyone got a guess on how much time I'm giving up with All-Season tires vs
>some performance tires?
>
>Thoughts and advice appreciated.
>
>--Jeffrey Macko
>
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