Anyone autocross their car?

kbturbo · 01-13-2015, 05:35 PM

I was just wondering if any of you guys autocrossed your car? I've had the chance to get plenty of seat time in a factory five cobra and loved it. I'm curious as to how these cars work?

Puerto Rican 335d · 01-14-2015, 07:45 AM

Scungilly Racing(New jersey) is actually racing a 335d w RENNtech flash if you want to know more info pm me for their number ok

Mark M · 01-14-2015, 08:56 AM

Autocrossed mine this past summer at the Farm Show complex with Nittany Bimmers. I was in the top 3, even beat out an e92 M3.

The torque of the D helps out a lot in autox environments, really propels you out of tight corners which keeps the time down. Shift her into sport mode and play around with whatever traction setting you feel comfortable with and let her rip. On my runs, I had all the nannies off and was enjoying some trailing throttle over-steer to move the car around. Fun times.

kbturbo · 01-14-2015, 12:04 PM

I did the farm show and the giant center. Not sure when you were there but maybe you saw a friend of mine in an srt8 grand Cherokee. Everyone had a laugh at that but it did pretty well

willthepill · 01-17-2015, 11:33 AM

I autocrossed in 2013, and some in 2014 through the SCCA. All of which was along the Carolina coast. No mods except a roof rack and kept the Bridgestone RFT's... Still put up good times against 5.0's with much more experienced drivers, within a tenth of a second. The torques helps a lot, I prefer to use the paddles and the least amount traction control. Overall it handles similar to a rwd V8 gasser, my main issue was keeping it in the gear I wanted, there is the kickdown blocker from burger which I plan on using this year.

Stresspuppy · 01-20-2015, 11:19 PM

I'm running one on Feb 1 and am looking forward to it. Diesel and automatic are a new thing for me so should be interesting.

I have heard some say sport/manual mode, traction off, start in second. How do others here launch?

(All the 'nannies'? What else is there to turn off besides traction control?)

I hope to have some pictures but will post only if they look like I'm going fast.

Stresspuppy · 01-20-2015, 11:34 PM

I found this the other day which gives more/better info on launching.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ching+the+335d

01-13-2015, 05:35 PM	#1
kbturbo Enlisted Member 2 Rep 30 Posts Drives: 2010 335d Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Pa iTrader: (0)	Anyone autocross their car? I was just wondering if any of you guys autocrossed your car? I've had the chance to get plenty of seat time in a factory five cobra and loved it. I'm curious as to how these cars work?
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Puerto Rican 335d Brigadier General 236 Rep 3,488 Posts Drives: Montego Blue 335d Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Puerto Rico(Dominican Republic 03/2017) iTrader: (0)	Scungilly Racing(New jersey) is actually racing a 335d w RENNtech flash if you want to know more info pm me for their number ok __________________ RENNtech Flash(Lenny Wu)/WAGNER IC Enkei Rajin 18"/Execuhitch Hitch/Koni FSD Soft Ride Bike Rack/Brava Synthetic Motor Oil(Made in Puerto Rico)/Meth(in the works)/CBU done w Andrew EGR Race Pipe (whoa! what an animal it is now)
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Mark M Major 245 Rep 1,294 Posts Drives: E30M3 E83X3 E90335D Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA iTrader: (0)	Autocrossed mine this past summer at the Farm Show complex with Nittany Bimmers. I was in the top 3, even beat out an e92 M3. The torque of the D helps out a lot in autox environments, really propels you out of tight corners which keeps the time down. Shift her into sport mode and play around with whatever traction setting you feel comfortable with and let her rip. On my runs, I had all the nannies off and was enjoying some trailing throttle over-steer to move the car around. Fun times. __________________
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kbturbo Enlisted Member 2 Rep 30 Posts Drives: 2010 335d Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Pa iTrader: (0)	I did the farm show and the giant center. Not sure when you were there but maybe you saw a friend of mine in an srt8 grand Cherokee. Everyone had a laugh at that but it did pretty well
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01-17-2015, 11:33 AM	#5
willthepill Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Syracuse, NY iTrader: (0)	I autocrossed in 2013, and some in 2014 through the SCCA. All of which was along the Carolina coast. No mods except a roof rack and kept the Bridgestone RFT's... Still put up good times against 5.0's with much more experienced drivers, within a tenth of a second. The torques helps a lot, I prefer to use the paddles and the least amount traction control. Overall it handles similar to a rwd V8 gasser, my main issue was keeping it in the gear I wanted, there is the kickdown blocker from burger which I plan on using this year.
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Stresspuppy Private First Class 19 Rep 109 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Richmond VA iTrader: (1)	I'm running one on Feb 1 and am looking forward to it. Diesel and automatic are a new thing for me so should be interesting. I have heard some say sport/manual mode, traction off, start in second. How do others here launch? (All the 'nannies'? What else is there to turn off besides traction control?) I hope to have some pictures but will post only if they look like I'm going fast.
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Stresspuppy Private First Class 19 Rep 109 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Richmond VA iTrader: (1)	I found this the other day which gives more/better info on launching. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ching+the+335d
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