I've been autoxing Lucy since she was a wee girl with only 3000 miles. She
now has 40K (eek!). The Konis were installed a year and a half ago, and
she's a MUCH better handling car than she was back then. I don't know why
this is, but I guess she's more flexible now, or stronger. I don't
understand WHY this is (Nitrous?), but I don't question it. I just accept
it. Lucy was once a little waif. She's a mean little momma now.
Thank you, and over and out.
Katie Kelly
Technical Publications
SPSS Bay Area
(510)412-2812
mailto:katiek@spss.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren P. Madams [SMTP:darren@madams.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 5:16 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: New car too stiff???
>
> I heard someone mention somewhere that a brand new car needs to be
> broken in a little bit to loosen it up before it will be a good
> autocrosser. Has anyone heard this? Seems to me any kind of flex means
> something is out of whack versus how you measured it sitting on grid.
> How should this break-in be done? When is it OK to autocross a brand
> new car? (other than the engine break-in which I'm well familiar with)
>
> Buddy's buying a Civic Si, and we're gonna see just how well it does in
> EStock. Anybody got any setup help for the Civics, Si or not? I assume
> 225s will fit up front, but the Si comes with 15" rims.
>
> --Darren
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