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Old 01-17-2007, 09:37 AM
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Ya its always good to brake boost coming outta a turn.I also think my ball joints are shot which is making my car very violent and making alot of noise.Not so much before auto-x than after lol.
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Old 01-17-2007, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Alizarin
Left foot braking is supposed to be a great way to eliminate turbo lag... I just can never get it right, since my left foot is so used to pressing in the clutch, I all but lock up the brakes if I try to LFB.
Practice it on the street, you'll never learn it in the competition environment. User your left foot to stop while you're coasting up to stoplights and stuff. I went through this, myself. You CAN train your left foot to modulate the brakes.

(the next hurdle is teaching your leg to keep track of which pedal your left foot is on!)
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Originally Posted by PIIMB!
Ya its always good to brake boost coming outta a turn.I also think my ball joints are shot which is making my car very violent and making alot of noise.Not so much before auto-x than after lol.
If you're talking about a Miata, it's unlikely that your balljoints are bad unless the car has been wrecked or driven for a long time without balljoint boots. More likely: the alignment bolts aren't tight enough and your alignment is slipping under hard cornering. Makes a horrendous creaking and popping noise.

(hint: the factory spec on those bolts is not enough to hold the alignment under autocross use... they have to be REALLY tight)
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Originally Posted by Loren
If you're talking about a Miata, it's unlikely that your balljoints are bad unless the car has been wrecked or driven for a long time without balljoint boots. More likely: the alignment bolts aren't tight enough and your alignment is slipping under hard cornering. Makes a horrendous creaking and popping noise.

(hint: the factory spec on those bolts is not enough to hold the alignment under autocross use... they have to be REALLY tight)
No when i go over speed bumps and stuff it clicks kinda sounds like caliper slap.
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Bad shocks?

I could drive the car and probably have a good idea.
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Originally Posted by Loren
Bad shocks?

I could drive the car and probably have a good idea.
No shocks are fine,just put new springs on it also.I could figure it out if i just went under it but i get arrovated to easily.
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Old 01-18-2007, 06:23 PM
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Great vid man... Did you pre-register for the next event?
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If you plan on doingmore autocross events and want to shoot them, try moving the camera up closer, there are several mounts you can use and then add a wide angle lens. You get pretty good results. This way you can see the track and driver and study what you are doing.

I'm no pro....but here is one of my vids:
YouTube - SVT Focus Autocross
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