| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
SA design ; SA158 |
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S-A design ; SA158.
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| Note |
"Performance how-to"--Cover. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 5, 2020). |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Author Bio -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Basics -- Overview of an Event -- Basic Autocross Gear -- Classes: How to Decide Which is for You -- Chapter 2 Car Control -- Seating Position: Hands and Feet -- Steering Inputs: Using Your Hands -- Looking Ahead -- The Friction Circle -- Weight Transfer -- Braking -- Cornering -- Accelerating -- Feeling the Car -- Recovery -- Chapter 3 Driving: The Line and Other Strategies -- Corners -- Slaloms -- The Slow Corner -- Making Straights -- Linking Elements |
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The Important Corner -- Key Cones -- Driving the "Swept Line" -- Walking the Course -- Autocross Strategy -- Bumps and Other Surface Changes -- Risk Versus Reward -- Chapter 4 Car Setup Basics -- Using the Tires Effectively -- Alignment -- Adjusting Roll Resistance -- Chapter 5 Advanced Car Control -- Blending Techniques -- Shifting -- Left-Foot Braking -- Launching -- The Advantages of Being Early -- Chapter 6 Stock Category: Car Preparation and Tuning -- What's Allowed -- Evaluating the "Stock" Automobile -- Tires and Wheels -- Wheels -- The Front Sway Bar -- Dampers: Black Magic! |
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Exhaust and Other "Expendable" Items -- Alignment -- Chapter 7 Beyond Stock: Suspension and Light Chassis Modifications -- Suspension Bits -- Wheels and Tires -- Lightweight Batteries and Battery Relocation -- Race Seats -- Update/Backdate -- Out-of-Production Cars -- Chapter 8 Beyond Stock: Powertrain, Ballast and Aerodynamics -- Engine -- Differential -- Ballast -- Aerodynamics -- Chapter 9 Getting Help -- Driving Schools -- Autocross Schools -- Having a Co-Driver -- Free Advice -- How to Get More Seat Time -- Data Logging -- Chapter 10 Good Things to Know -- Traveling to Other Clubs |
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The PAX/RTP Index -- SCCA Divisional and National Tour Events -- SCCA ProSolo National Series -- SCCA Solo National Championships -- North of the Border |
| Subject |
Autocross.
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Automobiles, Racing.
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Compact cars -- Performance.
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Autocross. (OCoLC)fst00822632
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Automobiles, Racing. (OCoLC)fst00824092
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Howe, Andrew How to Autocross North Branch : CarTech Inc.,c2020 9781613250235 |
| ISBN |
9781613256657 (electronic book) |
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1613256655 (electronic book) |
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