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The autocross course was actually set up for these. 50" wheelbase, 40" track, ~350 lbs with ~65 hp. As you can imagine, they are much easier to fit between the cones.
But at the end of the day I though, 'hell, why not. let's give it a try'. So even though my car weighs 10x more, and is twice as wide and more than twice as long, we through 4 people in it and had fun. FYI the gates were ~8ft wide, the slalom cones ~12ft apart, and my car barely fit through the tighter corners.
Then, I gave the wheel over to Bill, our professional racing driver. He's had a steering wheel in his hands since he was 5. If anything is more brutal on a car than being flung around the world's tightest auto-x, with 4 people and a batshit fast driver, I don't know what is. But my baby handled it with poise and grace, never setting a wrong foot and only taking out 3 cones over the course of 6 or 7 laps.
This being my first (and probably only) autocross, I can say without a doubt that the Mason x-brace is god's gift to cabrio owners. Tied with the massive 25/22mm IE sways and e36 steering rack, this things handled like a champ and never put a foot wrong. I was thrilled, and she walked away without a single incident, breakdown or otherwise.
The autocross course was actually set up for these. 50" wheelbase, 40" track, ~350 lbs with ~65 hp. As you can imagine, they are much easier to fit between the cones.
But at the end of the day I though, 'hell, why not. let's give it a try'. So even though my car weighs 10x more, and is twice as wide and more than twice as long, we through 4 people in it and had fun. FYI the gates were ~8ft wide, the slalom cones ~12ft apart, and my car barely fit through the tighter corners.
Then, I gave the wheel over to Bill, our professional racing driver. He's had a steering wheel in his hands since he was 5. If anything is more brutal on a car than being flung around the world's tightest auto-x, with 4 people and a batshit fast driver, I don't know what is. But my baby handled it with poise and grace, never setting a wrong foot and only taking out 3 cones over the course of 6 or 7 laps.
This being my first (and probably only) autocross, I can say without a doubt that the Mason x-brace is god's gift to cabrio owners. Tied with the massive 25/22mm IE sways and e36 steering rack, this things handled like a champ and never put a foot wrong. I was thrilled, and she walked away without a single incident, breakdown or otherwise.
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