a note, dont do this with crappy tires (AKA, stock tires) i blew one out just playing around on the street.. no i wasnt racing, and now i didnt break any speed laws.. i just took a right turn to fast for the tire to handle

 

excuuuuseeee me. whats autocross??? sounds fun

 

I am going to do mine for sure. I already am running K Sport coilovers, Hotchkis sways. Handles awesome right now. I am in the middle of making a full cage for it. It should be fun for sure.

 

my friend has been trying to get me into it and i think i'll give it a go. i'm running trd springs and the hotchkis sways and its amazingly agile in the corners. we have traffic circles here in jersey (they eliminate lights) that are so unsafe. people don't understand what a yeild sign means. anyway, when there's no one in the circle, its fun to see how fast you can take the turns. (not breaking any speed limits) from the stock set up to the trd springs it was good. with the addition of the sway bars... forget about it.

 

what is autocross

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocross

http://www.autocross.com/

 

so what would i have to do find an autocross site near me?? and what should i do to my ride to meet specs and all that. sounds like something that is really enjoyable without costing alot and no track fees

 

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Use google to find clubs that autocross near you. Look for "SCCA".

If the clubs near you allow xBs at their events, probably nothing. You'll have to pass an inspection to make sure your tires aren't worn out and things like that, but part of the fun of autocross is they have categories for street cars.

Oh yeah, you'll probably want to over inflate your tires. It makes the sidewall harder and lets you corner harder without ripping them off of the rims.

There is usually a fee to participate in an event.

I autocrossed a Miata many years ago. That was a lot of fun, but I have no desire to autocross the xB.

 

yeah the xb handles suprisingly well for its akward shape

 

I autox my mazdaspeed miata and will NEVER EVER autox my xb..........that would be jsut a waste of good money.

 

yea its best to get a project car for something like that something cheap that ur not worried about beating on too hard... especially if you still owe on it.. i too would not wanna do that to my baby as fun as it would be lol but cars get wrecked auto xing all the time

 

I autocrossed my XB2 this weekend and got videos. I'm running stock suspension for now but with the nitto neogen tires. I did surprisingly well in a class full of s2000s and a professional Autocross driver driving an RSX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnmDdbuxM7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAbgAiY9_4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnzbRHnQhqs

 

o yea, i do have the LSD done too, which helped a hell of a lot

 

at least the body kit was an inch off the ground

 

my local region doesnt allow the xB to race. its even in the national rules under excluded vehicles.

 

my brother in law was with me and he won fastest xB and $500 that day. My stock tires + all the engine mods I had on were just drifting me into the cones.

 

I like that blue, that isn't a stock color though is it?

 

Not yet but I was talking to a guy high up at toyota that likes it so much that it might be a RS color in the near future.

 

yea after i had already paid the guy that was running it said hes not sure that i was allowed to race. but he was gonna let me know for future events. i hope i can still race cuz its a lot of freakin fun!

I also feel like the XB2s must have a LOT better center of gravity cuz i was pushin that thing and it never felt like it was gonna flip.



Even with a stock suspension setup you can see theres not that much body roll