STX (Street Touring X) r53 JCW daily driver/STX build
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It has been a long time since I have updated this. Here is what has happened in the last few months of 2017.
I had my best PAX finish ever in October. I was sitting in 2nd after the morning session was done. Rain started just before my heat in the afternoon so I wasn't able to improve my time but I only dropped a few places in the overall PAX standings.
My fast run:
Standing water + 200 run tires doesn't really work. Here are the wettest runs from my wife and I:
My wife did a sweet drift on one of her dry runs:
My buddy spun his Fiat 500 ABarth on nearly every run so I stole some top gear narration for his highlight video:
The season end event was combined with the Jacksonville Solo group at The FIRM. They put a few cones out on the race track. I don't have a lot of practice with high speed sweepers and it showed in my driving.
My fast run:
Danielle managed to spin in the exact spot where I spun here this spring:
I won the STX class championship for the local region. I got 8 class wins and several 2nd place finishes. Danielle finished 4th in points.
2018 should be a good year with 245 section front tires, an evo school, a match tour and a champ tour in the first few months.
I had my best PAX finish ever in October. I was sitting in 2nd after the morning session was done. Rain started just before my heat in the afternoon so I wasn't able to improve my time but I only dropped a few places in the overall PAX standings.
My fast run:
The season end event was combined with the Jacksonville Solo group at The FIRM. They put a few cones out on the race track. I don't have a lot of practice with high speed sweepers and it showed in my driving.
My fast run:
Danielle managed to spin in the exact spot where I spun here this spring:
I won the STX class championship for the local region. I got 8 class wins and several 2nd place finishes. Danielle finished 4th in points.
2018 should be a good year with 245 section front tires, an evo school, a match tour and a champ tour in the first few months.
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Lots of poke
The front wheels are Avanti Storm 15x9s with a 15mm spacer. I bought 4 wheels with tires from a STR Miata driver that switched to 17" wheels. They have a little more brake clearance room than the 949 6uls that I was running before. The 949 wheels needed a 20mm spacer to fit the front brakes.
I am running on concrete for the first time on the new wheels next weekend. I ran them a few weeks ago on an asphalt site known for being low grip.
There is a big sweeper about half way through where I was expecting it to rub but it did fine. I am going to bring some backup wheels to the concrete event just in case.
The front wheels are Avanti Storm 15x9s with a 15mm spacer. I bought 4 wheels with tires from a STR Miata driver that switched to 17" wheels. They have a little more brake clearance room than the 949 6uls that I was running before. The 949 wheels needed a 20mm spacer to fit the front brakes.
I am running on concrete for the first time on the new wheels next weekend. I ran them a few weeks ago on an asphalt site known for being low grip.
There is a big sweeper about half way through where I was expecting it to rub but it did fine. I am going to bring some backup wheels to the concrete event just in case.
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