MartinNoHo
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- Jan 22, 2017
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- Los Angeles
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- 2015 Mustang V6 (2014-2020), 2018 Mustang GT Premium yellow (2020-XXXX)
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- #16
I wanted to learn in the canyons as I've talked to many people who seem to begin with canyon and transition to auto X or track. I think everyone enjoys canyons before going further.Take it to an autox or road course. Throwing parts at the car won't help much if the driver doesn't yet understand how the car is responding to inputs.
You can't safely learn handling on the street, you need to be able to make mistakes and the street doesn't allow for that. Even a road course will have a much wider 'lane' to play with before you get off track and into trouble.
I've seen switchbacks that were too quick for a Mustang to navigate easily, but they're pretty rare. The solution for faster transitional response is some combination of stiffer springs, shock settings, and/or swaybars, but the resulting handling is both faster to get into trouble as well as faster to recover from trouble. Better to learn those lessons on a closed course with fewer hazards. All you have to do is drop one tire off on the street and it can quickly turn into a bad day.
I'd love to do autocross, but as a young full time student applying to med school this cycle money is tight due to apps. I budget my money well, and heavy cars + autocross, track, or road courses if I assume correctly will require me to swap many pads, tires, maybe even rotors, etc. My schedule also only permits me 3 hours in Saturday or Sunday morning to drive freely. This is also my daily driver. In addition, the front brakes of a non PP seem to be a major bottleneck, In the canyons I do not brake hard enough for them to fade. I'd like to do autoX but I'm very tight on time. This is why I want to learn on the canyons, and slowly push the car.
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