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**Beatris** · 10-10-2011, 04:39 AM

Damn shame I must admit, i remember taking photo's for Mike on his camera while he was in car's all day.

Agree, I personally found the tech section to be interesting reading, especially starting out.

Yea I was looking at 1300 NA built (USA though) with 130 hp, costs the same as a used 2002 Toyota Corolla!

I'd like to start with stock class. But I also wonder if they allow some mods. The mod I have in mind is a cold air intake or maybe as simple as just wrapping the intake components in insulating tape, and/or using insulating intake manifold gasket with throttle body coolant bypass.

My car had those mods, was slow before mods especially in summer when it's really hot outside.

p.s. I'm in Massey Auckland, had to drive 1.5 hrs just to get to my practice location.

Do you have a motorsport manual? If not then get in touch with Motorsport NZ and get your hands on a copy. I have a feeling it may answer a few questions. For any autocross i've done, classes have simply been fwd, rwd and 4wd, but for any event higher than that they're derived from engine capacity, (taking into account forced induction) so unless you're planning to bolt on a turbo you'd be competing in class A, being a 1300. Within one class people will run anything from a bog standard motor to one that's very highly developed. But back to your origional question, decent tyres usually the easiest way to go quicker.

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Beatris Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Damn shame I must admit, i remember taking photo's for Mike on his camera while he was in car's all day. Agree, I personally found the tech section to be interesting reading, especially starting out. Yea I was looking at 1300 NA built (USA though) with 130 hp, costs the same as a used 2002 Toyota Corolla! I'd like to start with stock class. But I also wonder if they allow some mods. The mod I have in mind is a cold air intake or maybe as simple as just wrapping the intake components in insulating tape, and/or using insulating intake manifold gasket with throttle body coolant bypass. My car had those mods, was slow before mods especially in summer when it's really hot outside. p.s. I'm in Massey Auckland, had to drive 1.5 hrs just to get to my practice location. Do you have a motorsport manual? If not then get in touch with Motorsport NZ and get your hands on a copy. I have a feeling it may answer a few questions. For any autocross i've done, classes have simply been fwd, rwd and 4wd, but for any event higher than that they're derived from engine capacity, (taking into account forced induction) so unless you're planning to bolt on a turbo you'd be competing in class A, being a 1300. Within one class people will run anything from a bog standard motor to one that's very highly developed. But back to your origional question, decent tyres usually the easiest way to go quicker.
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