Autocross - Oakland 6/9

[SanCarlosQ45]

Hi all. Went to my first autocross event this last weekend and what a blast it was. Took my daily driver with is a 94' with 177k miles now. The car did much better than expected especially since it was my first time; we were between 5-10 seconds behind the average time on a really technical course. We could tell we were at the limit of the tires I have on there now, so that is where the biggest room for improvement is; they are some hard compound A/S tires which stands for "all suck" or "all suffer".

I thought it was funny when I drove up for the first run the announcer said "An Infiniti Q45? I remember the commercial when those came out, lots of trees and a waterfall with no car to found". Also on my last run I put the throttle down too hard in the turn right out of the gate so I fish tailed which really effected my time. I think it would have been a really good run but there is always next event. Enough of my babbling here are some pics:









We really need to have a bigger showing of our cars because they could be really competitive, maybe not against the Miata's but we could give the BMW's and Mercedes some competition.

[GSUjinih]

I think the Q would be very competitive in the F-stock class. Technically I would still be stock with a Q45a rear bar on my Q45t! Once I sort out my noisy power steering pump, I plan to take mine to one too!

[SanCarlosQ45]

I could see that. The problem I have is that my wheels are 8" wide and I have lowering springs so I get placed in ESP or STX. Competition in STX is pretty tough because of Mazda3's, miatas and BMW's. Get that beast out there and have some fun!

[GSUjinih]

Ah yes a Miata is just a street legal go cart for sure! By they way, those wheels look great on your car!

[SanCarlosQ45]

Thanks, they came with the car when I bought it; it had Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's as well, so it was a $2200 wheel and tire combo new. I wish they were maybe 18's or 19's though so they would fill the wheel arches a little more.

Most japanese cars + BBS's = Awesome

[GSUjinih]

Indeed! I used to work for BBS several years ago and came to really appreciate their wheels. My Q came with some cheap aftermarket fake BBS wheels, I am looking for some real ones. I love how strong and light BBS wheels are.

[WantaG50]

car looks great!!!

[SanCarlosQ45]

Thanks!

I need to get back out there at the next event. Its too bad there are only a few nico members here the bay area with G50's and one guy with an Y33.

[HG50]

good stuff man, keep it up. have someone take some more pics on ur next event