Serious Autocrossers?

[ozmdd]

Originally Posted by Morgan

ok....

for what its worth

I have driven my Yaris in HS, STS and now SM.... out of every class best bang for you buck is STS - hands down. Have a few bolt ons, beat some crappy newbs and call it a day.

HS was fun to me cause I could scare the living **** out of anyone due to the body roll, definitely worth a laugh, but you will NEVER really be competitive even with RComps in HStock. The car just doesn't have the characteristics of the worst year civic or <insert-any-crappy-HS-car-here>

But by far my biggest contribution -

After spending lots of both time and money on the Supercharger, RComps, Spacers (no offense Joel), Water/Meth, Springs and Sway bar.... in a heart beat I'd give it all up to go back to do it over again and spend all my money on the miata I picked up in July. Even with all of this I am not really competitive for FTD and on occasion get it handed to me by a stock mr2/miata. Its not that I'm not a good enough driver, its that the yaris just WAS NOT DESIGNED to do this type of driving - no matter what anyone says. As long as you keep that in perspective the yaris is a fun toy to screw with people at the track

Part of the appeal for me is to be the girl (considering I've seen only 2 other females at my region in the past 2 years) and to stay mid-pack in my econocar.

If you want to go fast and compete nationally, I hate to say it, but stick to what works and get a beater miata/civic/focus/mr2 and start there. Start with something fully independent, something seriously supported in the racing community and get lots of seat time. It sucks but if you don't accept that the Yaris will never be a national competitor you will waste lots of time, effort and money chasing that pipe dream :/

On a happier note, NOTHING beats scaring the hell out of someone in my car at the track who has just written me off as some chick with a hatchback up there to support her boyfriend

Just so people new to autoX are not confused here, STS is now called ST, and what used to be STS2 is now STS. Difference is that 2-seat cars are classed separately from 4-seaters. That changed this year, so people who have run it in the past are referring to the old class name. You won't ever run against miatas.

Morgan, you rock!

[Morgan]

Originally Posted by ozmdd

Just so people new to autoX are not confused here, STS is now called ST, and what used to be STS2 is now STS. Difference is that 2-seat cars are classed separately from 4-seaters. That changed this year, so people who have run it in the past are referring to the old class name. You won't ever run against miatas.

Morgan, you rock!

on the class naming issue - I'm glad someone has explained that to me, our region is slightly archaic in the classing division but yes what you said makes sense. Yaris' compete against other fwd, with bolt ons and miatas compete in the class that are 2 seaters, with ~bolt ons

and thanks hope that info helped, even if it wasn't all good news