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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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I've been to autocrosses before and my friend has taken me for a ride in his bullitt. He told me about the autocross school on feb 28th and I went. I had the time of my life. Ever since yesterday, I REALLYYYY want to set up my cars suspension for an autocross track. Can anybody help me with anything that I would need out there?
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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What class are you planning to run? ESP will be fun, and not terribly expensive.

in order of importance/affordability
1. Extreme Matrix subframe system from kenny brown
2. Eibach Pro Springs
3. Bilstien, Tokico, or KYB shocks/struts, preferably adjustables
4. 4-bolt CC plates
5. bump-steer kit
6. Rear control arms
7. Front and rear strut tower bars
8. 17x9 wheels with kumho V700's shaved and heat treated
9. K-member, front coil-overs, tubular offset control arms

I think the v700's are allowed in ESP

Old Mar 2, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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Well for now they told me it would be better to run in STX, but after a few suspension upgrades I wanna run in ESP. Im getting 17x9 and 17x10.5 bullits soon, but I was hoping to keep those just for the street. Whats the widest I can go with my stock wheels? They're 225 now. I wanted to keep my stock wheels and put stickies on them. Would that be good enough?
Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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Yeah, you can put some good tires on the stockers, but you'll get a lot of sidewall flex.

Running staggered on the auto-x course isnt the best thing to do anyway.

I forgot all about that new STX class, I'm not allowed in it lol
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Whys that? lol
Old Mar 2, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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my mods don't fit the class
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