Project LOUDCAR - 2018 GT350 - J0006 - Autocross focused street car

mavisky · Mar 9, 2026

First event was a rainy mess, took 4 clicks of compression out of the front and rear to try and get the car to get some bite, and it sort of worked. This year our region combined CAM into one PAX index class as we didn't have more than 3 or 4 consistent CAMC cars and only 1 or 2 random CAMS/T cars ever showing up. Luckily driving clean saved me from my buddy Juan and his Z06 as he had me on raw time and index time, but picked up a cone on his fastest run.

With the changing conditions throughout the day we were forced to run in the 3rd and potentially wettest and slowest conditions. I was shocked at how much speed we had in some areas, but ultimately was only good enough for 18th overall on raw times with other slower cars running in conditions that were dry enough to actually generate tire squeal giving them a massive advantage. In normal events Juan, Brent, and myself are all capable of top 10 times with all 3 of us dipping into the top 5 depending on layout.

Only offseason mods were some Steeda IRS bushing lockouts. Would love to say I felt them this weekend, but with the IRS braces and locating dowels already on the car I can't say I could feel any impact yet given the low grip scenario.

mavisky · May 15, 2026

I've run two events since my last update. First event was my first ever Pro-Solo where I was in P2 after the morning runs on Saturday and then the car just never went faster and I couldn't put down clean cone-free runs. When I got home I gave the car a once-over and found that the front driver's side swaybar endlink had backed off and disconnected. I assume I ran all or most of the event without the front swaybar which is why it was driving so poorly.

I was able to fix the endlink and moved the front bar to a 2/3 split to go a little stiffer up front to try and keep the car responsive and maybe transition in a little corner exit understeer without having to make a rear bar change. Showed up to the event and found a very very fast course. In the end I was hitting my 9,000rpm rev limiter in 2nd gear and with my tires that's pushing around 84mph. Car handled much better and the overall pax results show how much of a big aero/big tire/big power course this really was. Finishing 3rd on PAX and racing 1st heat before the course got cleaned up and rubbered in shows the potential in the car when it's not partially disassembled. Only 2 Miata's in the top 10 and one of those was last year's national champion in CSP.

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mavisky · Jun 22, 2026

Father's day event was another Win for us in class and overall PAX. Attendance was down a bit (93 drivers vs the usual 130) so our local reigning national champion Christian (see post above) was at home for the weekend.

Course was a tight course with big offsets on the elements. It was definitely a course that required you to be calm and not overdrive the car as blown apexes would lead to you being well out of position for the next element. It's almost like the esses around Suzuka in that regards to any Sim racers (or real racers who may have had a chance to drive there. We ran in the 3rd of 3 heats with a generally clean course and some good heat in the surface.

Our local class is a combined CAM class with T, C, and S and scored off of PAX so I was initially trailing Juan in his CAM-S Z06 and my longtime competitor Brent in his CAMC 2014 Mustang GT. Brent was about a half second up on my raw times through the first 5 runs as I just couldn't get out of the 40.1 -40.8 range. The car was behaving perfectly neutral with a little lift to tuck the nose or a little more throttle to add some understeer or alot of throttle to add some oversteer. Every time I tried to drive harder the I would go slower though and I just couldn't break into the 39's.

On my final run I decided to just try and drive tight lines and be smooth instead of "fast". The biggest change was a shift in my braking point for a tight downhill then off-camber tight left turn. By braking sooner, staying tighter, and waiting to get on throttle a bit longer I ended up getting through it and the rest of the course much faster and found 0.8 seconds to bring home not only the class win, but top PAX run for the event as well.