RoughKnight
Christmas Car
Omg AWESOMEEEEE. It's official. No more road rage, all taking it out ON THE TRACK OMG.
Yes, i'm fucking stoked. It's an amazing feeling. I have the bug. I love it. Did actually not so bad, considering I was the only I4 running there (go figure), I still finished with faster time then a few, putting me 17th out of 22 for the time attacks. And people were commenting on my twitchness in the corner, but anyways. Few questions for the pros. Feel free to bash or w/e, criticism is constructive in any way.
1. Car is shakey at top end. Every civic/accord i've owned so far has always been shakey at like 130km+. but ffs I hit like 120 WOT in 3rd (lx tranny) and car is jiggling, slammed it in 4th around 150~, it was tollerable, then got to about 190 and the car was doing fucking jumping jacks. wtf and how2fix.
2. Again, on that open stretch, I tried the two methods I made a thread about earlier (Curved VS WOT) and found that WOT was actually a tad faster, but the Curved felt "smoother?" I dunno how else to describe it. Also, when I hit 190, just before I had to break, the car started to smell so bad. It burnt my nostrils. I think it was oil, but I dunno. People behind me said I blew black smoke when I hit top rpms, which means its rich, which I can live with.
3. On the corner, i've been studying ALOT of apex theory in my spare time and I am fascinated with track racing as a whole, and I tried two methods of turning my underpowered fwd car. First was the basic break and turn, just normal apex pegging. The second involved a mini-scandanavian flick to control the understeer a bit; I found this to be the best as I could turn a corner almost 5kms faster than normal. BUT! Everybody said that would lower my time. I didn't remember to check out my laptime while doing it, I was so into it. Speculation on this?
4. Stock suspension sucks. So my question is Can I buy just lowered springs and keep my stock shocks? Is that bad?
5. On the way home, my car stinks of gas now, even under partial throttle. On the drive to and from work today, no matter how I drive, my car smells like gas. Been doing some research, and I think this could be related to my valve-tick problem from before. Anybody?
I prefer one of the Honda experts to comment with real answers, not speculatory "internet" answers. All discussion is welcome, however, I just have a preference in the matter. Thanks.
Yes, i'm fucking stoked. It's an amazing feeling. I have the bug. I love it. Did actually not so bad, considering I was the only I4 running there (go figure), I still finished with faster time then a few, putting me 17th out of 22 for the time attacks. And people were commenting on my twitchness in the corner, but anyways. Few questions for the pros. Feel free to bash or w/e, criticism is constructive in any way.
1. Car is shakey at top end. Every civic/accord i've owned so far has always been shakey at like 130km+. but ffs I hit like 120 WOT in 3rd (lx tranny) and car is jiggling, slammed it in 4th around 150~, it was tollerable, then got to about 190 and the car was doing fucking jumping jacks. wtf and how2fix.
2. Again, on that open stretch, I tried the two methods I made a thread about earlier (Curved VS WOT) and found that WOT was actually a tad faster, but the Curved felt "smoother?" I dunno how else to describe it. Also, when I hit 190, just before I had to break, the car started to smell so bad. It burnt my nostrils. I think it was oil, but I dunno. People behind me said I blew black smoke when I hit top rpms, which means its rich, which I can live with.
3. On the corner, i've been studying ALOT of apex theory in my spare time and I am fascinated with track racing as a whole, and I tried two methods of turning my underpowered fwd car. First was the basic break and turn, just normal apex pegging. The second involved a mini-scandanavian flick to control the understeer a bit; I found this to be the best as I could turn a corner almost 5kms faster than normal. BUT! Everybody said that would lower my time. I didn't remember to check out my laptime while doing it, I was so into it. Speculation on this?
4. Stock suspension sucks. So my question is Can I buy just lowered springs and keep my stock shocks? Is that bad?
5. On the way home, my car stinks of gas now, even under partial throttle. On the drive to and from work today, no matter how I drive, my car smells like gas. Been doing some research, and I think this could be related to my valve-tick problem from before. Anybody?
I prefer one of the Honda experts to comment with real answers, not speculatory "internet" answers. All discussion is welcome, however, I just have a preference in the matter. Thanks.