HHR May 8th (Friday)

[geezer]

I did an autocross on the RA-1's two weekends ago, and the difference in grip between the 275/35/18 RA-1's and 285/30/18 A6's (even the sloppy seconds A6's I was running, again, TCB) was noticeable even to a novice like me. Hoosier A6's or R6's would definitely have lowered the track times, but the heavy ass Evo just eats the A6's up in the fists of a meathead like me.

ETA: the change in the effective gearing would have been nice too. I notice a small, but perceptible "launch" feeling difference with the shorter Hoosiers as well compared to my street tires or the RA-1's.

Sub 1:30 at HHR ain't "novice" anything driving, FWIW :) For me, shot R6s run about the same as RA1s, A6s are good for about 1 to 1.5 seconds better.

[altiain]

I think 1:27s would have been possible. I was doing 28s on Hoosiers in my MX5 before the front left got chewed up and I had to go back to the street rubber. My quick impression was that given cooler weather and Hoosiers on your Evo, 1:25s should be within reach - maybe even a 24 (GT3 territory). I'm benchmarking that against my best in the MX5 (1:26.6) in cool weather.

That's pretty impressive for a fugly, boat-anchor heavy 4-door sedan.

Just kidding. The one time I drove Sean's Evo X at Eagles Canyon I was very impressed with it. In some ways it is a lot like a 911 - a triumph of engineering over physics. The only difference is the engineering in the Evo is as much software as it is hardware.