video of Q45 autocrossing with passengers

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:08 am

Ok, some friends & I decided to take out our 4 doors for some autocrossing. Subaru WRX, Maxima, IS300, Q45 to name a few. I have Tokico blues, Eibach springs, solid/adjustable front & rear upper control arms & solid/adjustable tension rods. I put on my Yokohama AO32R tires. 255/40/17 fronts & 275/40/17 rears. The Q did very well. Turned in times that made many people come & inquire about the car. The pics are of my hotrod shod with the racing tires. Video is of me driving the Q with four, yes FOUR passengers in the Q with me. Even with the four passengers, I beat many guys who were in amazement. Needless to say I had a blast. Since this is my daily driver, I will only take it out autocrossing one more time. After I install my rear sway bar, front strut tower brace & 4.08 gearing.http://mark86t.q45.org/Q45/mark run feb 20th.wmv

Post by **Q_SHIP** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:15 am

Thats one way to get the kids to school in time.

Post by **rsiwicki** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:18 am

damn....brings back some damn good memories of having lots of fun when I raced my Q back in 1999 when totally stock. Now with the mods it should be much funner to push around the track.

Congrats and thanks for the refreshed memory....

Post by **Altiman94** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:19 am

Those wheels look good on the Q. Do you prefer to autox your 300 instead?

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:48 am

Altiman94 wrote:Those wheels look good on the Q. Do you prefer to autox your 300 instead?

Of course I prefer to autocross my Z. But I am in the middle of serious upgrades to my Z right now & have nothing else to race. When the Z comes out of the garage it will be mainly autocrossed & run on road courses as well. Not much daily driving with it. The Q is my daily driver & is fun, but it ain't no Z.

YouTube · Post by **Jesda** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:58 am

Hah! Great video. Surprised your passengers didnt piss themselves.

Post by **Falkdesigns** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:20 am

That was great! It made me laugh hearing everyone in the car cracking up. Good stuff.

Post by **louiegz** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:42 am

Looks like fun. Have room for one more?

Post by **1qckser** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:53 am

AWESOME, great vid, I love the Enkie RS-Evolutions, I had a pair about 6 years ago on my SE-R, I should have never gotten rid of em

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:06 am

louiegz wrote:Looks like fun. Have room for one more?

Lots of room in the trunk, just no seatbelt. lol

Post by **PoorManQ45** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:17 am

Looks like an excellent run, but it appears that you were going a little bit too fast on that first semi"straight" and had to slow it down alot to keep it between the cones . Otherwise it looks good

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:34 am

PoorManQ45 wrote:Looks like an excellent run, but it appears that you were going a little bit too fast on that first semi"straight" and had to slow it down alot to keep it between the cones . Otherwise it looks good

With the outstanding brakes on my Q I run deep into coerners (as much as possible) before braking. No use slowing down early. The corners were too tight to try to run without some braking. Eveyone had to brake where I did. Another video of my Q from outside the car is coming. That one will show the track better.

Post by **PoorManQ45** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:38 am

Okay, maybe it was just the angle of the camera, but I thought you had stuck your nose right between two of the cones and then had to bring it back in before hitting one of them.

Post by **elwesso** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:27 am

Very nice Mark, impressive!!!!!!

Post by **911/Q45** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:35 am

I love the sound of the helmets in the back seat banging against each other!

Post by **PalmerWMD** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:15 pm

Awesome Vid!!!!..

Fred...

PS: Most Q aficionados run 37 psi front 35 psi rear in commuting duty.

YouTube · Post by **Jesda** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:04 pm

Oh yeah, re: the pics, thats a freaking beautiful silver Q!

Post by **elwesso** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:10 pm

Did you get a new set of wheels?

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:43 pm

Jesda wrote:Oh yeah, re: the pics, thats a freaking beautiful silver Q!

Thank you thank you. The interior is even nicer than the exterior.

elwesso wrote:Did you get a new set of wheels?

Nope. The wheels I raced the Q with are from my 95 TT that I sold. These are my race wheels/tires and will be used on my 86 turbo when I finish working on it. I also have some killer (new) wheels for my 86 turbo which fit the Q. 18x8/front & 18x10/rear. They just don't look right on a luxury car though. All these wheels I own fit the Q & a Z32.

Post by **Falkdesigns** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:50 pm

Those are dope. Look like a modern version of the Torque Thrusters.

Post by **elwesso** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:06 pm

Mark did you ever test fit that wheel for me?

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:22 pm

elwesso wrote:Mark did you ever test fit that wheel for me?

Not yet, it's been raining for days (yes in Vegas we have rain lol) & my lil bro won't take his TT out in the rain. Hopefully by this weekend. I didn't forget about you Wes.

Website · Post by **Mark86T** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:32 pm

PalmerWMD wrote:Awesome Vid!!!!..

Fred...

PS: Most Q aficionados run 37 psi front 35 psi rear in commuting duty.

I run 40 front & 38 psi rear for daily commuting. At the track I ran 35 psi front & 32 psi rear.

Falkdesigns wrote:Those are dope. Look like a modern version of the Torque Thrusters.

They are Boyd Coddington Smoothie IIs.

Post by **Jeff Williams** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:26 pm

I LOVE the sound of teh helmets banging into one another, in the back seat!

Post by **driftinthe45** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:22 pm

What gear were you in on the autox track?

Post by **FarFetched** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:46 pm

Reminds me of academy and caop pursuit course! Goog job guys!One thing was lacking water intersection followed by a sharp 90 degree turn

Post by **maxnix** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:38 pm

Too funny! Did you win the 4 passenger class? Can't wait for the external viewpoint one.

Post by **driftinthe45** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:22 pm

yeah id love too see the q taking corners that fast

Post by **Q451990** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:31 pm

I couldn't stop laughing! Can't wait for the outside video too!

Heath

Post by **prospetiva** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:42 pm

Very entertaining! Great looking car! I wonder how fast you could have gotten with no passengers

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