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build diary May 1, 2006: I found out last Thursday that the local Corvette club was holding an autocross. My first run was quick but messy and I proceeded to take big chunks of time out on every following one. I'd been afraid the course would favour 'Vettes as it had a couple of significant straights but it turned out that this wasn't a worry. My first run was 50.060 seconds. My fastest was a 46.620. The fastest Corvette? 51.450. Those straights got me up to 60 mph which is still in my full acceleration range. Now, if we'd been running up to 90 mph it would have been a different story! And a pretty odd autocross. It was a real pleasure running with the club. Despite my being an interloper - one who was rude enough to completely obliterate his hosts - they were very welcoming and ran a smooth event. It's a good group to run with and they now restrict "metal" cars to keep the numbers down. As it turned out, that wasn't a problem as there were only a dozen Corvettes and myself. The cornering ability of the Seven is what really impressed them while I got all excited by the noise of the Z-06 and C6 cars. Video of the fastest run is now online. The car ran pretty well. I loaded my "high altitude" settings back into the ECU but the Texas gas in the tank still meant I had to pull out a bunch of fuel. Once I burn it off (sigh) I'll have to go back to my crappy Colorado gas setup. entry 1239 of 1439 |