Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results - Page 7 - Focaljet

**slidemaster** · 08-23-2006, 07:24 PM

LSD would really help you. At that track (opinion) its prob almost worth as much as the blower.

**acnon** · 08-23-2006, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slidemaster

LSD would really help you. At that track (opinion) its prob almost worth as much as the blower.

QFT:

It can also make the track and other cars change colors...... No wait... wrong LSD..

Our cars could easily have seen benefits from an LSD in stock form even...

**slidemaster** · 08-24-2006, 06:09 PM

Totally agree as it changes how you can drive the car.

**FocusAZ1** · 08-25-2006, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DanamaxSVT

Damn. Your good! I thought you were supercharged. I need to install a LSD. And I may as well go back to Bondurant for a refresher course.

:blushing: Thanks.

That was my first track event with the TBD (torque biasing diff), and I still don't really feel like I know exactly how much it can affect my performance. It'll be clearer the more time I spend on the track with it for sure.

**slidemaster** · 08-27-2006, 12:35 AM

Just be sure you did good in an event where every little bit counts.

**FocusAZ1** · 10-10-2006, 10:59 PM

You guys ever seen the Speed Channel tv show "Street Tuner Challenge"? I just watched the show where they test the three entries in a road course challenge, and guess what track they were at: Willow Springs!

Yeah so anyway, these were heavily modified cars being driven by pro or semi-pro drivers and their fastest lap times were as follows: Mustang = 133:??, Honda Fit = 135:??, and VW GTI=139:??. Sorry about not remembering the exact times, but my point stands...without using any handicap adjusted times, several of us were as fast or faster! Watching that made me feel really good about my performance in a stock motor SVTF that day for sure.

**slidemaster** · 10-11-2006, 01:54 PM

I coached the Mustang at that event. Also the Honda a little, Honda driver is a 3 time national kart champ, very cool guy

The VW was in reality the best car, but the driver (a tester from a spring company) blew it, we have in all on GPS data capture.

Not sure if any focus ran a 1:33 there. I ran a 1:33 in the white BDX car, its was pretty hot both that day and the day they shot the show (three days after the FC)

**FocusAZ1** · 10-11-2006, 04:32 PM

Chris and the FS car both ran 131:??'s They would probably be on par with the Street Tuner cars as far as handicaps go, and they were both two seconds faster than the fastest ST car.

**slidemaster** · 10-12-2006, 01:39 PM

Ya the GTI was really well prepared! The Ford not so, and the Honda had some programming problems but was prepared by Skunk2

**airforcefocus** · 10-12-2006, 02:15 PM

1:39 though? I think most of us can do that in a rental now.

**acnon** · 10-12-2006, 03:17 PM

I think I've run just 5 seconds slower than that, in my own car, stock...... And I hardly know what I'm doing...

That GTI was robbed of it's chance.

**thefrush** · 10-12-2006, 04:26 PM

I ran low 1:37s and that was my first track day ever.

**slidemaster** · 10-17-2006, 05:08 PM

Not defending the GTI, the driver was an ass and cost the victory. Cars were restricted to street BFG rubber

08-23-2006, 07:24 PM	#151
slidemaster Professor PowerSlide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: steering backward through the mirror Posts: 7,902	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results LSD would really help you. At that track (opinion) its prob almost worth as much as the blower. __________________ Watch for "Road Trip" coming soon- check with your cable provider

08-24-2006, 06:09 PM	#153
slidemaster Professor PowerSlide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: steering backward through the mirror Posts: 7,902	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results Totally agree as it changes how you can drive the car. __________________ Watch for "Road Trip" coming soon- check with your cable provider

08-27-2006, 12:35 AM	#155
slidemaster Professor PowerSlide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: steering backward through the mirror Posts: 7,902	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results Just be sure you did good in an event where every little bit counts. __________________ Watch for "Road Trip" coming soon- check with your cable provider

10-10-2006, 10:59 PM	#156
FocusAZ1 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,400	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results You guys ever seen the Speed Channel tv show "Street Tuner Challenge"? I just watched the show where they test the three entries in a road course challenge, and guess what track they were at: Willow Springs! Yeah so anyway, these were heavily modified cars being driven by pro or semi-pro drivers and their fastest lap times were as follows: Mustang = 133:??, Honda Fit = 135:??, and VW GTI=139:??. Sorry about not remembering the exact times, but my point stands...without using any handicap adjusted times, several of us were as fast or faster! Watching that made me feel really good about my performance in a stock motor SVTF that day for sure. __________________ JCM Racing - "Corner Workers Needed" www.focuschallenge.com #37

10-11-2006, 01:54 PM	#157
slidemaster Professor PowerSlide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: steering backward through the mirror Posts: 7,902	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results I coached the Mustang at that event. Also the Honda a little, Honda driver is a 3 time national kart champ, very cool guy The VW was in reality the best car, but the driver (a tester from a spring company) blew it, we have in all on GPS data capture. Not sure if any focus ran a 1:33 there. I ran a 1:33 in the white BDX car, its was pretty hot both that day and the day they shot the show (three days after the FC) __________________ Watch for "Road Trip" coming soon- check with your cable provider

10-11-2006, 04:32 PM	#158
FocusAZ1 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,400	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results Chris and the FS car both ran 131:??'s They would probably be on par with the Street Tuner cars as far as handicaps go, and they were both two seconds faster than the fastest ST car. __________________ JCM Racing - "Corner Workers Needed" www.focuschallenge.com #37

10-12-2006, 01:39 PM	#159
slidemaster Professor PowerSlide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: steering backward through the mirror Posts: 7,902	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results Ya the GTI was really well prepared! The Ford not so, and the Honda had some programming problems but was prepared by Skunk2 __________________ Watch for "Road Trip" coming soon- check with your cable provider

10-12-2006, 02:15 PM	#160
airforcefocus [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Moreno Valley , Calif. Posts: 5,828	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results 1:39 though? I think most of us can do that in a rental now. __________________ http://www.redlinetrackevents.com http://www.barberdrivingexperience.com http://www.stoutperformance.net coming soon! 2008 GTI MKV2008 F-150 FX42009 Focus Coupe

10-12-2006, 03:17 PM	#161
acnon TEAM Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Digitally Inebriated... Posts: 486	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results I think I've run just 5 seconds slower than that, in my own car, stock...... And I hardly know what I'm doing... That GTI was robbed of it's chance. __________________ #1: 2002 SVT Sonic Blue / All options / #479 of 4788 Born: 03/26/02 - CHOKING ON CATALYST... Powerworks S/C at ??Psi Koni yellows all around. #2: 2001 ZX3 Auto - SVT suspension. Otherwise-STOCK!! LOL

10-12-2006, 04:26 PM	#162
thefrush I <3 dyno queens Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 9,629	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results I ran low 1:37s and that was my first track day ever. __________________ Vacuum Vulture Racing: We put the "shaft" in crankshaft. Fear usually limits us in seeing things clearly. Fear usually just gets in the way of us being happy. Last edited by thefrush : 10-12-2006 at 05:04 PM.

10-17-2006, 05:08 PM	#163
slidemaster Professor PowerSlide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: steering backward through the mirror Posts: 7,902	Re: Focus On The Beach Focus Challenge Results Not defending the GTI, the driver was an ass and cost the victory. Cars were restricted to street BFG rubber __________________ Watch for "Road Trip" coming soon- check with your cable provider

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