Anyone do Autocross or road racing??

[Comanche SS]

Getting back into autocross with the new (to me) GTO…It’s build thread can be seen in my sig. 

Took it to the first event this weekend and had a blast. 

Anyone else do this? Show us your setups!

 

 

[Htchevyii]

I did a few autocrosses, too many hobbies though, so it got the axe. The Fiat is still rusting away under a tarp. I should see if it still runs and rip some more donuts.

[Comanche SS]

9 minutes ago, Htchevyii said:

I did a few autocrosses, too many hobbies though, so it got the axe. The Fiat is still rusting away under a tarp. I should see if it still runs and rip some more donuts.

Those are sweet little cars! Sounds good.

[Htchevyii]

1 hour ago, Comanche SS said:

Those are sweet little cars! Sounds good.

That was my parts car, turned budget racer. We had two other nicer ones. I sold mine to concentrate on my Novas and Jeeps and we kept my wife's '82 EFI model. This one is rusty and has registration back fees in excess of its value, but runs great!

[pizzaman09]

I autocross a lot, am pretty involved in my local SCCA club.  The last few years I have been racing a 1999 BMW M3. The M3 is also a daily driver, winter beater and has just rolled over 200k miles.

 

This year I plan to race a 2009 Honda Civic Si, my new tires for it showed up today!

 

The Comanche makes frequent guest appearance at the autocross,  used to tow the club trailer and pick up cones on track.

[Pete M]

man, does that look like a lot of fun!   

[TurboedMJ]

Man, almost got a GTO a few months ago, it was even a 6 speed, sadly someone else got it before I could. Looks like a lot of fun

[Comanche SS]

@pizzaman09Makes me impatient to have my MJ make guest appearances at the autoX! Looks like a lot of fun.

@TurboedMJ You’ve gotta get one, They are great little cars with tons of power. Simple and cheap to work on thus far.

[TurboedMJ]

I am definitely keeping an eye out. 

[Comanche SS]

On 3/30/2025 at 1:54 PM, TurboedMJ said:

I am definitely keeping an eye out. 

Drop a photo when you get one!

[TurboedMJ]

On 3/31/2025 at 6:52 PM, Comanche SS said:

Drop a photo when you get one!

I found a caprice ppv 6.0l on the list as well... Immediately started looking up manual transmission swaps🤣

[pizzaman09]

22 hours ago, TurboedMJ said:

I found a caprice ppv 6.0l on the list as well... Immediately started looking up manual transmission swaps🤣

I got into autocross racing driving a 2002 BMW M5.  The one with a 400p

hp 4.9L V8 and a 6 speed manual.  It was fun, but a big car for autocross.  Definitely not all that competitive.  I image the Caprice will be similar.

[Eagle]

Many years ago I did autocross, times trials (on road racing courses) and hillclimbs in a 1968 Javelin.

[Htchevyii]

On 4/1/2025 at 7:51 PM, TurboedMJ said:

I found a caprice ppv 6.0l on the list as well... Immediately started looking up manual transmission swaps🤣

I sold mine about a year ago. 😭 I promised to myself to keep the fleet below 10, so when the "free" XJ came, something had to go. It was a nice cruiser, but the miles were getting up there and with the closure of Holden, I was afraid of parts availability problems.

In 5 years, I only had 2 people mention that it was a Caprice and never saw another one in the county. People did act kinda weird when I drove it to Washington though, (where it came from as an ex State Trooper car).