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Street Touring isn't easy. You can upgrade but must run on Street tires-
Often this means the very best in Street tires-
Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Specs have done well but now Bridgestone RE-11 might challenge- we will have to see.
Certainly the Star Specs come in good sizes for the Fit at a reasonable cost.
Here's how close it was- (only three runs)
Raton (Honda Fit Sport) 35.643 seconds, 50th on raw time of 70, 34th PAX
BMW 325 35.906 sec., 53rd raw time, 39th PAX
Lexus IS 300 37.882 sec., 63rd raw time, 57th PAX
08FitSport 38.001 sec., 65th raw time, 58th PAX
The championship had only experienced drivers best in class. 70 out of the 115 we normally will have.
The difference from 1st to 2nd was 0.263 sec. and difference from 3rd to 4th was 0.119 seconds. That was really close. A blink of an eye is 0.3 seconds.
Essentially dead even except for electronic timing- thank goodness for that.
Thanks Mini-Fit and FitFlowJoe! This was my 1st experience in a run-off. It was a great challenge. It rained the night before so the course was a little wet. That definately slowed the times down and changed the course "feel." The Dunlops handled the wet conditions great!
Managed to walk the course 3 times--which was very helpful. Also managed to draw a good diagram of the course. This helped me study it as I waited for my runs.
I was really fortunate that the 1st run went so well. I tried to make adjustments in the following 2 runs but couldn't quite beat the 1st run time.
I've run the Dunlops (race only) for 3 events now. Not sure how much more events they have--maybe one more season. (?) We'll see about those Bridgestones. They only have 195/50/15 and 205/50/15 sizes. Not sure how they'll work w/ the Fit. Not sure if 205s will rub. But I do like the Dunlops!
Planning (God willing) to get a c-pillar bar soon...then, that's it for the mods for a while.
Thanks again Mini-Fit for all your instruction and 08FitSport (Tom) for really pushing me to drive better just to keep up. Tom and I will continue to work @ getting better. Hopefully, there will be other Fits joining us too.
The wet conditions might have helped you. The tires are decent and yours are fairly new.
Expect them to last a year or longer with some care- try to save them for autocross and run other tires for daily street driving.
Walking the course many times is always good but do pay attention and don't get distracted by others. Focus on studying where the fast and slow parts are and make some plan for driving then be free to adjust once you get out there. The best way can vary from one driver to the next but your times will tell. I often walk 7 to 10 times at least. I always draw a map with notes on how to drive it. I write suspension and tire pressure notes. I write the pacing distances for saloms and key cones.
Probably there is not pressing reason to change to Bridgestones yet. See what others report first. 205/50-15 is a workable size.
OK, time for results from the new 2009-2010 Solo Season.
So far the Fits are doing great- but as usual the competition is in HOT pursuit.
Event 1
March 22
Raton 1st of 9 in class, 63rd out of 106 on raw times, 49th overall PAX
08FitSport 3rd of 9 in class, 70th on raw time, 57th overall PAX
Very close results- could be anyone's race
1. 29.259 sec
2. 29.433 sec (Nissan Altima on good tires)
3. 29.517 sec
Event 2
April 12
Raton 1st of 10 in class, 53rd out of 99 raw times, 35th overall PAX
08FitSport 5th of 10 in class, 73rd on raw time, 62nd on overall PAX
Margin of victory 0.31 sec.
SO here is where I stand, but I'm still having a really rough time with the 89' Civic Si's those things are down right MEAN!!!... I am WAY OFF their time more then two second... but remeber these cars are trailer ed to the track and driven by SCCA Pro Driver, they compete on the national tour (aka. NOT FAIR)... they have NO A/C, radio, or streetable suspension spring rates
That's some stiff competition! Darn Civics! For the longest time, Tom (08FitSport) and I could never catch this Civic in our class....we called it "The Nemisis." haha.
Way to go Fernando! Got get 'em!
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Originally Posted by FitFlowjoe
Great Job Guys !!! Keep it up ...
SO here is where I stand, but I'm still having a really rough time with the 89' Civic Si's those things are down right MEAN!!!... I am WAY OFF their time more then two second... but remeber these cars are trailer ed to the track and driven by SCCA Pro Driver, they compete on the national tour (aka. NOT FAIR)... they have NO A/C, radio, or streetable suspension spring rates
The Fit Sports are back at autocross and did pretty well.
1. Fit Sport 34.078 sec 57th raw time, 37th of 114 on PAX.
2. Scion tC 34.645 sec 61st raw time, 45th on PAX.
3. Nissan Altima 35.534 sec 69th on raw time, 61st on PAX.
4. Fit Sport 35.752 sec 73rd raw time, 64th on PAX.
5. Honda Civic 36.231 sec 82nd raw time, 68th on PAX.
three others (Subaru Legacy, 240SX, Suzuki SX4)
By comparison in other Street Touring classes
STS
1. Miata 33.451 sec 46th on raw time, 25th on PAX. (Experienced)
2. Toyota MR2 33.831 sec 53rd on raw time, 34th on PAX.
three other Miatas
STU
1. BMW M3 33.982 sec 54th on raw time, 47th on PAX.
2. new STi 35.035 sec 65th on raw time, 65th on PAX. (stock tires)
3. new STi 35.210 sec 66th on raw time, 66th on PAX. (stock tires)
4. Lancer Evo 36.611 sec 85th on raw time, 83rd on PAX (novice driver)
For street tires, 34.0 sec is very decent given the course which favored more powerful cars yet the STU cars did not get too far ahead.
Today-
Street Touring class
1. Raton 33.420 sec, 64th of 114 on raw time, 47th on Pax overall
2. Scion tC 33.430 sec
3. Nissan Altima 34.182 sec
4. Tanukifit 34.448 sec, 80th on raw time, 64th on Pax overall
3 more drivers
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