You gonna be at the autocross on Sunday?  I can catch up with you about it then.

Saweeet!  Definitely go at least a little more aggressive.  You can get your camber and ride height set to where you are comfortable and then tune the handling (and prevent tire wear) by running more front toe out while autocrossing and turning it back for street driving.  Toe is quick to change.

I may have to take this off your hands until I can find a trailer.

Nice pic!  I would recommend Dyke Tire near Broad and Parham.  A little farther, but the price is good and they seem like they know what they are doing.  I had them dismount my old R-comps and install the new ones and I think it was under $20 per wheel.  I'm pretty sure David Ogburn has had good experiences there and they used to sponsor the Marxs IIRC.  I don't drive on the R-comps on the street for fear they may get too many heat cycles, but I'm no tire expert.  I know Roger drives on his all over the place though and they seem to be doing fine.

How far do you need to drive to get to RIR or VMP?  Some people do just drive on their R-compounds.

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On the C5 Z06, we would run a small bit of toe out up front and toe in out back (1/16" or 1/8" total) to get the car to rotate.  It was also important to keep some rake with the rear end a little higher than the front.  If the car doesn't rotate, try lowering the front or raising the rear.  I'd also run a bunch of camber up front, maybe -2 degrees.  We used to eat front tires twice as quickly as rears, we would cord the outside edge.  -2 degrees of camber and 1/16" toe out shouldn't be too hard on street tires, though they definitely won't last as long as factory settings.  I don't remember tire pressures, I want to say we ran low-mid 30s up front and high 20s in the rear, but we were also running 295s and 315s so YMMV.  We used to align the car with someone in the driver's seat.  I've got a tire pyrometer that I bring to most events.  I can take the tire temps when you are hot off a run at some point to see how the camber and tire pressure settings are working for you.

Oh, and you may need to start bringing a sprayer of ice water to the hot events.

I had Maaco (in Massachusetts) spray the driver's side fender and front door of my Crown Vic after I hit a tree.  I did all the prep work and the paint came out fine.  I hear the quality is hit or miss and you definitely need to prep the car yourself.

Go to Walmart and get yourself some rattle cans

Thanks for posting, Ray.  FYI, I fixed your links again.  Please read your PM and let me know if you have any questions.

1994 Camaro Z28, black, 134k, 6 speed, fixed roof (no T-tops).  Located in Midlothian.  The best way to contact me is to email me: justin <dot> loehlein <at> gmail <dot> com.

The body is okay.  The paint isn't so great and the driver's side front fender is cracked, but other than that it is all good.  The interior is complete, but the driver's side front seat is ripped.  AC didn't work so I'm not sure what kind of shape the compressor is in.  Power steering and alternator seemed to do fine.  It's got salad shooter wheels and some 235/55/16 tires with ~8/32" of tread left.  Everything except the engine, transmission, pedals and cluster is up for grabs.

I'll practically give parts away unless I have to take them off for you.  If I have to do the labor it'll probably still be pretty cheap.  Take the whole car for $300obo or come remove parts before I send it to the crusher!

Glad you enjoyed yourself.  I love the Stalker.  Dinwiddie should be even more fun, the parking lot is about 2-3x the size of RIR.

Whoops, it looks like a few peoples' last runs didn't show up in the report.  They were recorded in the computer though.  I just re-ran the report and everything looks fine now.

Results from the 07/11 event are posted here on MyAutoEvents.

Let me know if you see anything which needs to be corrected.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the events this weekend.  I thought the test and tune went pretty well.

As for Saturday's results, between battling with a car with a broken fuel pump (not mine) and one with a blown transmission (mine, not the Honda) after the test and tune, I'm not going to get around to auditing the results until Monday.  I'll try my best to get them posted Monday night.

If anyone knows of a cheap LT1 and T56 transmission, let me know  

Thanks for posting this up.  I fixed your first link.

I have taken my car to Wallace on Southside to get inspected.  They seem pretty good, certainly better than the dealer.  I have recommended them to a couple of friends and they have had good experiences.

I heard from a few people (including Bill, I think) that Hanover Honda Sports is also very good.

Hmm, I don't think we have any official tech rules posted anywhere.  Your car just needs to be safe, which is not the same as being road-legal.  The major things we will look for are:

1) the battery is tied down
2) your suspension is not going to fall apart (no excessive play)
3) your tires are not showing cord
4) you have all of your lug nuts on
5) your throttle return spring works
6) your seatbelt works

There may be a few other things, but I don't remember off the top of my head.  Generally, unless your car is a total heap, it will pass tech.  The most common reason for failure is the battery not being tied down.  We won't fail you for a crack in your windshield.

Sure is, I stuck you in there.

Woohoo, 13.52@102mph in 85 degree heat and 90-100% humidity.

We now have enough people to break even!  I have extended registration to close on the 11th.

It looks like the test and tune is all day and the street wars starts around 6.  I'm going to try and get there between 5 and 6 (probably closer to 6)...as long as it's not raining.

Good catch.  I have updated the results.  No one moved places and Dustin's PAX time didn't change much.  I didn't realize that the PAX for GS is actually a tiny bit harder than the PAX for DS!?!  Gotta love it.

Someone on autocross.us posted up some free 205/50/15 Azenis...but they live in NC.  They say 2 have lots of tread.

Results from the 06/21/2009 autocross are posted here on MyAutoEvents.  Post here or PM me if you see any errors.

Don't forget to pre-register for the Test and Tune on July 12th if you are interested, space is limited.

It'll open up two weeks before the event, on the 28th.

Edit - I went ahead and opened up registration for the July 11th autocross as well, since we are posting it along with the test and tune.