CO Upcoming Motorsport Events! SCCA Autox 4/13

[clarkkey594]

Yeah, same place as last time? 0800 right?

Same place as last time but 7:50ish according to Chris.

[fsmtnbiker]

Yes, I plan to leave the gas station at about 0805. Takes a good 50 mins from that meet point to HPR.

[Eric]

Do you guys stop and top off in byers?

[Bimmerman325i]

Do you guys stop and top off in byers?

Wasn't planning on it since we're meeting at the Shell. I'm bringing a couple extra gas cans to make up for the <2gal I'll burn on the way there.

It's exactly 50mi from the McD/Shell to HPR.

[Eric]

That's almost a 1/4 tank in the M5 :(

[Bimmerman325i]

That's almost a 1/4 tank in the M5 :(

It's that terribad on fuel?

Bring some spare gas cans or top off in Byers would be my suggestion.

I'm gonna go hit the sack, gotta wake up at the asscrack of dawn to not be late this time.

[Roland H]

My high-mileage basket-case of an M5 did 20mpg combined before I killed it. They don't have the efficiency of the E36 at all.

[Eric]

My high-mileage basket-case of an M5 did 20mpg combined before I killed it. They don't have the efficiency of the E36 at all.

When you broke your M5, I thought you hadn't actually broken it. So is it broken and if so, what broke? Do you still have it?

[Roland H]

When you broke your M5, I thought you hadn't actually broken it. So is it broken and if so, what broke? Do you still have it?

I rebuilt the head, now I just need to take the bottom end out and order all of the expensive parts so I can put it back together.

Pretty sure it was just kind of fluke overheat. Can't really figure it out. Definitely drank a tooon of coolant though.

[Eric]

It's that terribad on fuel?

Bring some spare gas cans or top off in Byers would be my suggestion.

I'm gonna go hit the sack, gotta wake up at the asscrack of dawn to not be late this time.

I guess it wasnt as bad as I thought. I averaged 11.8mpg from the station we met at, to and around the track, then down to Limon to fill up. I'm guessing I averaged about 9mpg on the track.

Vids from the day are pretty funny! Crazy tire movement can be seen in one angle!

[Eric]

Made a little vid of the boat in action...

[Wh33lhop]

Made a little vid of the boat in action...

David linked me to this. Great video. You are silly fast with that thing.

[MisterMiniS]

First auto-x tomorrow. If any of you are going, I'll see you there.

[Eric]

First auto-x tomorrow. If any of you are going, I'll see you there.

SCCA or BMW CCA?

David, Allan McNish explains what I was trying to say at HPR last month. He does a way better job explaining it than I do!

The whole vid is excellent information, but 18:49 is when he talks about braking.

[fsmtnbiker]

I'll be out at HPR this Friday and autocrossing Sunday at Front Range Airport with the SCCA.

First BMWCCA AutoX is May 6th (school on May 5th) and it's filling up quickly. If you are wanting to go to that I recommend signing up now!