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Old 08-29-2017, 12:57 PM   #48
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Re: '88 F*rd Festiva Autocross/Track/Daily Driver Build

Took it to the first fall semester Clemson autocross on the 26th, first time I've autocrossed it on the Nankang tires. The fastest time of the day was a Fiesta ST with a 48.937, and I came in 8th overall (out of 56 cars) with a 51.042. I was running 5-6 seconds off the fastest times when I had the Achilles all season tires mounted, so the stickier tires helped a lot. It would have been a little quicker but at the level of grip it has now there's apparently too much fuel slosh in the float bowl and it wasn't making power coming out of longer 180* corners. I've seen an old magazine article testing a modified Festiva and they had the same problem on the skid pad. The Webers will solve that problem.

I murdered a cone on my first run... this was a 53.241 lap plus a two second penalty.

http://youtu.be/-OuMOFbAqlw


Second run, 51.59.

http://youtu.be/A_b5qToN6TE





Three wheeling into a corner.


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