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Old May 26, 2017 | 09:16 AM
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Awesome! Hoping for best.
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Old May 26, 2017 | 11:47 AM
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Old May 26, 2017 | 12:03 PM
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AutoXing is like kissing your sister. Yeah, she's a girl, sort of, but... EEEEWWWW!!!!
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Old May 26, 2017 | 12:04 PM
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get's the bigger snail for better track duty
goes parking lot racing

amirite?
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Old May 26, 2017 | 12:13 PM
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Spectator video was just posted of Aidan autocrossing:

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Old May 26, 2017 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 18psi
get's the bigger snail for better track duty
goes parking lot racing

amirite?
errr Thats the size I ran on the 1.8. Perfect for auto-x beacuse it tops out just over 400, and thats all you need.
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Old May 26, 2017 | 06:29 PM
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Car seems to be running gud. It's super hot out. Temps are fine even with no ducting.

Even with 245s I'm just in drift city. It's so easy to drive tho.
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Old May 26, 2017 | 06:32 PM
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What air pressure are you running?
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Old May 27, 2017 | 10:26 AM
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around 30psi hot. softened up the rear and it helped a bit.

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Old May 27, 2017 | 11:06 AM
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@0:49 was my favorite part lol
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The car sounds great.
It's too bad they had that much real estate available and had such limited creativity on course design.
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Old May 27, 2017 | 11:43 AM
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Today's looks to be much better.
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slalomslalomslalomslalomslalom u turn slalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalom u turn through box slalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalom

car looks gud, pretty loose but fast
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Originally Posted by turbofan
slalomslalomslalomslalomslalom u turn slalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalom u turn through box slalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalomslalom

Airport site?

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Yes.
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Added a bunch more front shock. Coned away like second fastest time of the day. GoPro died. So not much video.
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those forearm muscles tho....
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Originally Posted by MiataMan00
those forearm muscles tho....
Only on mt.net

Anybody catch the botched shift into 3?
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