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Lotus Europa Forums => The Paddock => Topic started by: rjbaren on Friday,July 08, 2022, 02:08:14 PM
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This weekend I will be attending an autocross 1 day school with my 73 Europa TCS. I have decided to leave the adjustable Spax shocks alone with no clicks. I have 5.5" wide alloy wheels up front with 185 60 13s and 6" wide alloys in the rear with 205 60 13 Toyo Proxes all around. I have set the fronts at 16lbs and the rears at 22lbs.
I don't know how much time we will be in the car and this being my, in effect, third autocross in my life, I thought I would ask for any pearls of wisdom before this undertaking. I am doing this event with the Chicago area BMW club.
Thanks
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Don't have too much fuel in the tanks, take the spare wheel out, and expect understeer if it is dry.
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Proxes RA1's? I think 16 is too but you'll be fine. If it's a school, focus on learning and control and finding the limits. I will say lifting transfers weight different in mids. A full lift of the throttle in a slalom and you may be catching it. I can lift in corner entry and braking fine but it's the transitions that get me when the car is un settled.
Have fun.
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Autocross update. I didn't do it. The night before I had bad premonitions of overweight old instructors having trouble entering and exiting the car and putting a lot of their weight on the doors and having the doors sag, so I took my BMW instead. The next autocross I hope to attend will be mid-august without instructors, so I am planning on taking the Europa.