2010 Carlisle Autocross
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HoHOHO Well I have a beer for if you, if I can do this year at the National's and I will save myself 3500.00 next year because I would have done it, [/b]BRING IT BABYGrayson wrote:It sucks that my attendance at Nationals will prevent Ben from coming to Carlisle next year.
Ben
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85 DSP XR4ti, 2009 Solo 2 National Champion, burns muffler, 3in exhaust, Mc2 Full suspension, 325 hps & 328tqr, GMR Intake, Wilwood brakes, Eaton LSD, stand alone ECU. Working on being SM National Champion.
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I really wish I could come to Calisle this year but I think the wife said to me when I got home from the National's "so now that you have done it, thats it right" I said NO! but I think it went in one ear and out the other. So inless someone knows a cheap way of getting a car to Calisle and back, if not, then I'm out.
Ben
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85 DSP XR4ti, 2009 Solo 2 National Champion, burns muffler, 3in exhaust, Mc2 Full suspension, 325 hps & 328tqr, GMR Intake, Wilwood brakes, Eaton LSD, stand alone ECU. Working on being SM National Champion.
I'm in for the Carlisle autox... I'll be doing a few come the spring with the NNJR group that meets up at Englishtown - they do both the parking lot and the road course there.... lots of fun.
Hopefully by the time Carlisle comes around I'll have a few more toys on my XR to help get my times down a bit more - - maybe a little ambitious but I do have a LSD sitting in the garage
Hopefully by the time Carlisle comes around I'll have a few more toys on my XR to help get my times down a bit more - - maybe a little ambitious but I do have a LSD sitting in the garage
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Stiffer springs will probably do as much for you as anything. The junkyard terrorist would suggest front Tempo springs for the front and front Saab 900 springs for the rear. Done for $20 as long as you don't count time, money, sawzall blades, etc.MerkXR4 wrote:Hopefully by the time Carlisle comes around I'll have a few more toys on my XR to help get my times down a bit more
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anglin wrote: When you look over the history of Merkurs autocrossing at Carlisle, there haven't been any failures that prevented someone from driving their Merkur home. That's out of nearly 600 autocross runs done by Merkur owners at Carlisle autocross events.
Weeeeell idk Chris hah, I have had ONE autocross related failure in maybe oh... 20 or so.
My distributor lost a tooth or rather the gear in the engine ate it up and I lost rotation of the distrib. I knew it sounded funny and something wasnt right when it wouldnt go over 4200RPM while racing. Good thing the XR is a low RPM motor, cause it didnt seem to effect my times much haha..
But yeah, JUST as I was pulling out of the AX to go home it completely pooped out on me, dist stopped turning, 3pm or so.. by 8pm I'd found a dizzy replaced it with light only from the wife holding the flashlight (oh boy what fun) and was back on the road, home by 10pm
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87.5 Mono XR- LA3, FMIC, Adj Cam, Gillis, CAI/Cone, +15% rates - Koni adj, Coss frnt/rr sways, rr brc., Ported manis, 3" DP w/dualz, PBRs, rear disks and enough gadjets and switches to make Batman jealous! And more comin! Speak up.
87.5 Mono XR- LA3, FMIC, Adj Cam, Gillis, CAI/Cone, +15% rates - Koni adj, Coss frnt/rr sways, rr brc., Ported manis, 3" DP w/dualz, PBRs, rear disks and enough gadjets and switches to make Batman jealous! And more comin! Speak up.
That's a fairly typical failure, though, and doesn't even require that you be driving the car hard to happen. *shrug*MerlinMerkur wrote:My distributor lost a tooth or rather the gear in the engine ate it up and I lost rotation of the distrib.
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So, what's the word on the autocross this year? Later this month I'll start warming up for the Carlisle autocross by getting some seat time in at local events. *cracks knuckles*
Did you get your plane ticket yet, Ben?
Did you get your plane ticket yet, Ben?
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