GETTING MY MOJO BACK on a RACE TRACK: Autocross Results 

Thanks! I always try to make sure there's helpful information in my results videos.

It's always great to see you at events. Thanks for all of your help instructing novices. And I appreciate you letting me use your tire blankets again! Looking forward to seeing you at more events in 2024!

Thanks! The car is a ton of fun out on course.

Thanks! I was definitely motivated to find speed. I want my V6 to do well on these longer, faster courses.

Thank you!

It was great to meet you. Nice driving! And thanks for taking a novice for a ride-along! At most events, I'm instructing during every run group. Sometimes out of necessity (we get a bunch of novices); sometimes by choice (I really enjoy helping novices in CAM-T cars/Mustangs). I'm used to running around all day. I do get a ton of help from my awesome fellow Novice Coordinators, many dedicated staff members, and a great group of instructors. And I always take a minute to reset when I get back to my car. Now that the season is over, I'm looking at what I need to work on to get faster in 2024. It's always great to hear that people like our events. Looking forward to seeing you at another event soon!

Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing videos of your Fox back out on course!

@@warhorseracing You are welcome! I am planning the engine build, but it will be later this year.

The right mindset is really important, especially when you're struggling to find speed. I was glad I was able to get faster at this event.

Thanks for checking out my channel! You have a lot of cool cars on yours. One of my other autocross cars is an IRS-swapped 2000 Mustang GT convertible, so I have plenty of experience with a car similar to what you're purchasing. There are many results videos featuring that car on my channel. I've been able to help a lot of people via forum threads or personal messages on stangnet.com, sn95forums.com, and corral.net over the years. Any chance you're a member of one of those forums (or willing to join one)? I'd be happy to help answer any questions you might have about autocrossing your Mustang.

I do look at all the comments people leave. I try to reply to questions within 24 hours (sometimes it takes a bit longer). Thank you for checking out my videos! When I first started, I came in last several times. Don't let that get you down. You improved on every run, and you identified the biggest issue you're having out on course. Those are both good things. The understeer issue could be related to the car's natural tendency to understeer, the mods you've made, or your inputs. If you've only done 6 events, it's possible you are entering the slaloms too fast, turning too "late" on the slalom cones, or overlapping your brake and steering inputs trying to correct in the slaloms. If you are certain you're not making those mistakes, there could be something in your suspension setup that's causing understeer. On a stock V8 SN95 Mustang, a stiffer rear sway bar (25mm) will reduce understeer. You can also increase negative camber to reduce understeer. If the car is too low, that could be a factor. If you let me know all of your suspension mods and adjustments, I'll have a better sense of the car's tendency at the limit of traction.

@@warhorseracing I appreciate your response. I will try to find out what suspension parts I put on the Mustang. If I can, I'll reach back out to you.

@@alhopkins185 I'm always happy to help with any autocross questions you have.

@@warhorseracing Here's as much as I could find. Rear Upper and Lower Control Arm Kit - Made For And Compatible With 1979-2004 Mustangs Red Tubular Fits 79-98 Mustang V6, GT, Cobra, 99-04 Mustang V6, Bullitt, GT, Saleen, Roush, Bullitt, Cobra Strong Welds and Tubular Steel Construction, Withstand up to 400 Horsepower. Improve Overall Stability, Better Handling and Less Body Roll Combo Includes a Pair of Upper Control Arms, a Pair of Lower Control Arms, Bushings, Hardware Kit, Grease Packet Built to Last, Durable Constructions, Backed by a Manufacture Limited Lifetime Warranty SR Performance Lowering Springs; Touring Linear rate springs are a popular choice for track and road course driven Mustangs. 460 lb/in - Front; 280 lb/in - Rear The Struts, shocks, front upper and lower control arms are stock replacement style. The rear shocks are leaking. Just ordered a pair of KYB rear shocks to replace them.

@@alhopkins185 Thanks for the information. Your current setup will still have a tendency to understeer at the limit of traction. If the rear shocks are leaking and not doing their job, they are also impacting the handling of the car. It's probably worth seeing how the car performs out on course with new rear shocks before making the other mods. Based on your mods, I would recommend a stiffer rear sway bar. There's only so much negative camber you can add with the OEM parts, but getting an alignment with more negative camber would also help. Before you get an alignment, you should make a decision about your springs. The SR Performance Touring springs are a little softer up front & a little lower overall than I would prefer for an autocross car. Does the nose of the car drop significantly under braking? If so, you might want to get different springs. I recommend Ford Performance C springs with poly isolators. The car will sit higher, and the rates are better for performance driving. This is one of those cases where experimenting with parts could require multiple alignments, which adds additional cost. You can try an alignment and a stiffer rear sway bar. But, if you decide later on that you want to upgrade your springs, you'll have to get the car aligned again.