pkphilip

I wish I can join, looks very fun. However... car racing is a $$$ burning business , and in my current financial situation, those money are saved for something bigger - you can guess what they are la...

Philip

pkphilip

completely lift throttle when you are half way through the corner?  u mean.. before for after apex? ...
ACC-HE 發表於 2010-6-30 22:00

Basically you slow down to enter a turn (let go of gas) and immediately apply gas when you are exiting the corner. You have no torque when you don't accelerate.

The key is to lower to the right gear to matches the speed so you can maximize the torque when you floor it during exit. I know it can be hard on a AT car, but don't you have sport shift/steptronic in your TSX?

To experience that, other than going on the track, you can get the feel by playing Forza or GT5 with a proper force feedback wheel. The Logitech GT and G27 wheel gives you pretty close sensation on how it feels. I just turn off all the assist play in profesional/simulation mode, needless to say, I was so embarassed when I overspeed/oversteer and spin-out. Yes, you can spin out on slow cars too (Suzuki Swift) if overspeed.

That's my poor man's way of racing, unfortunately, I no longer have this setup caz I am broke.

Bro Lik... even $500 is a bit too much for me as I rather use to pay of my debts....

Philip

pkphilip

As you guys said, there are a few extra accelerated services needed before going... the issue is that my work schedule is so tight that I can't find a good time to get my car for service.

Ever since my mechanic left Canada (he's too old to do them anyways), I have no one who I know well enough to service my car, thus I do most of the service from dealers these days and they charge $110/hour which is a bit over my budget. Nonetheless, I do all my regular services before they are due anyways, and more often than dealer suggested.

I have my new swaybars now, but I am still waiting for the LF side Koni Yellow to show up as they are still back-ordered until August.

On top of that, there are a few odd noises that I need to address:
1) Front Passenger side brake will squeal when lightly applying brakes. It will not happen once the car is slower than certain speed. I went under and checked and pads still have about 75-80% left.
2) Rattling noise close to axle when stopped with brake fully applied, in both Drive and Reverse.
3) Front Passenger suspension will squeak when steering is to the right while driving over speed-bumps and to the driveway/parking lot/mall.

How could I go on track when I don't even know what is going on?? The noise seems to come on randomly and the dealer can never hear them. When I am driving in underground parking, the noise is more obvious. My car sounds like on of those old beat-up cars..... so embarassing sometime....

Philip

pkphilip

You also have an excuse not to drive your car because it is a "summer" and "2-persons" car.

You can also say, "car is so low, too bumpy and don't want anyone to throw-up in the car". :-)

Philip