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sperry · 2010-09-14, 03:46 PM

Hey Rory, welcome to the board!

FYI: if you're new to autocross, don't stress the classes. You'll quickly learn that the classing structure in SCCA is borderline retarded, and frustrating at best. Reno SCCA has a Novice program for new autocrossers that lets them just show up and run whatever they've got. Get some seat time, get some experience, run a season w/o worrying about the rules (even if you run the rest of this season, you're still eligible to run Novice all next season too). Then once you know more about what you want to do with the car, worry about classing it and modding it to fit the class.

For now, the softer the suspension, the crappier the tires, the more quickly you'll learn to drive fast. Sure, lap times will be probably be lower now, but this way when you do upgrade the car, you'll be better prepared to take full advantage of them later. It's much harder to learn to drive fast in a fast car... all the extra grip covers up little mistakes so it's hard to know what to do to go faster.

2010-09-14, 03:46 PM	#2
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Hey Rory, welcome to the board! FYI: if you're new to autocross, don't stress the classes. You'll quickly learn that the classing structure in SCCA is borderline retarded, and frustrating at best. Reno SCCA has a Novice program for new autocrossers that lets them just show up and run whatever they've got. Get some seat time, get some experience, run a season w/o worrying about the rules (even if you run the rest of this season, you're still eligible to run Novice all next season too). Then once you know more about what you want to do with the car, worry about classing it and modding it to fit the class. For now, the softer the suspension, the crappier the tires, the more quickly you'll learn to drive fast. Sure, lap times will be probably be lower now, but this way when you do upgrade the car, you'll be better prepared to take full advantage of them later. It's much harder to learn to drive fast in a fast car... all the extra grip covers up little mistakes so it's hard to know what to do to go faster. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?