DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?

racerjoe said

I rode with Brian at the CAM challenge. I can barely fit in his car with a helmet. I had to slouch in the passenger seat. He's got his seats raised some. Mine are as low as I can get them without cutting the bump out the floor.

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I'm 5'6", I have my powered subwoofer under my driver seat, and my remote marine receiver under my passenger seat. The raised driver seat improves driver visibility in autocross where you need to be looking way down course, sometimes looking out the side windows to the next element. In autocross, you need to looking where you're going to be, not where you are. There is actually an advanced autocross class that tapes the lower half of your windshield off by setting a cone 50' in front of your car so you can't see anything closer!

Also consider that the autocross venue at MoParty is very small with big concrete walls all around. It's not the ideal venue to let someone else drive your car. I'm not even sure if the STL-SCCA autocross safety steward would allow racing in that little fishbowl! When Tim was in STL for the former CAM Challenge, it rained, actually poured all day Saturday. I drove with wipers on to learn the fast, complex course. We only had three passes Sunday morning. I pissed away a 71.147 by spinning in the shutdown shoot. I believe tim ran a clean 68 something. I believe the difference between our cars is mostly driver experience and tires.