Le Skunk - 1988 CRX Si
White&Nerdy
Senior Wagonist
My RT4WD wagon is my daily driver when it's not motorcycle weather. Here's the autocross toy:
My girlfriend and I co-drive this car at local autocross events, and just did our first one last weekend. The car has gotten a lot of help and still needs more (distributor just died, replacement on the way this week), but it's getting there.
Current mods include intake, header, and exhaust... Crappy eBay coilovers of unknown origin or spring rates that came installed upside down!!! That's been fixed, and now I need to drop the car and realign. The wheels are from my old Saturn, with Falken Azenis RT-615 tires.
We run the car in class STS2, which is extremely popular locally - mainlywith other CRXs, though there's a Miata that does well, a Del Sol, and I ran an 85 MR2 last year.
The car is way underprepared for the class, but has great potential. With no sway bar changes the car will understeer and oversteer on command, so I doubt I'll change the suspension much other than lowering it some and giving it a better alignment. We do want to upgrade the brakes, which will probably be just to throw some Hawk HPS pads at it and call it good. May pick up 2 sets and throw the other on my wagon while we're at it.
My girlfriend and I co-drive this car at local autocross events, and just did our first one last weekend. The car has gotten a lot of help and still needs more (distributor just died, replacement on the way this week), but it's getting there.
Current mods include intake, header, and exhaust... Crappy eBay coilovers of unknown origin or spring rates that came installed upside down!!! That's been fixed, and now I need to drop the car and realign. The wheels are from my old Saturn, with Falken Azenis RT-615 tires.
We run the car in class STS2, which is extremely popular locally - mainlywith other CRXs, though there's a Miata that does well, a Del Sol, and I ran an 85 MR2 last year.
The car is way underprepared for the class, but has great potential. With no sway bar changes the car will understeer and oversteer on command, so I doubt I'll change the suspension much other than lowering it some and giving it a better alignment. We do want to upgrade the brakes, which will probably be just to throw some Hawk HPS pads at it and call it good. May pick up 2 sets and throw the other on my wagon while we're at it.
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Haven't taken the wagon out yet. It's bone stock, and an automatic - great for commuting and bad weather, but can't compare to the CRX on course. However, it is our designated backup vehicle if the CRX breaks - just throw the Azenis on and go.
I do plan to try rallycrossing the wagon at some point, though. Wouldn't want the Team O'Neil rally school I'm taking later this year to go to waste. :twisted: