Who here is new to the forum?

I'm new to the forum. 

I'm somewhat of a hobby builder. Looking to get information, ideas, and help on projects. 

Hi, new to the forum.

I just started getting into cars as a hobby this past year. I got an NB Miata and learned to drive stick, and fell in love with the car. Now I've upgraded to a 6th Gen Camaro that is a more comfortable daily for the insane DC area commute. I plan to try my hand at Autocross for the first time this next year and I'm really excited to document it here!

bigmack101 said:

Hi, new to the forum.

I just started getting into cars as a hobby this past year. I got an NB Miata and learned to drive stick, and fell in love with the car. Now I've upgraded to a 6th Gen Camaro that is a more comfortable daily for the insane DC area commute. I plan to try my hand at Autocross for the first time this next year and I'm really excited to document it here!

Welcome, bigmack101! If you can navigate downtown D.C., you might be a bit prepared for your first autocross. ;-) Looking forward to hearing more about your projects and fun.

Hi I'm Shawn I'm an engineer in the LA area.  I'm looking to get some track time at the local track (Willow Springs and eventually Laguna Seca).  I've got a 1970 datsun 240z and a crap ton of parts that need to go back inside of it so i can get some seat time.  I joined this form so i could research about how to build a safe track car.  My goals are to learn how to build a safe car so i can take it to Willow Springs / Laguna Seca and other tracks to enjoy.  I have a close friend that builds cages for off-road cars but not track cars.  I like to build so the process of building this car will be just as fun as racing it on track.

Cheers!

Shawn

LB_GSZ said:

Hi I'm Shawn I'm an engineer in the LA area.  I'm looking to get some track time at the local track (Willow Springs and eventually Laguna Seca).  I've got a 1970 datsun 240z and a crap ton of parts that need to go back inside of it so i can get some seat time.  I joined this form so i could research about how to build a safe track car.  My goals are to learn how to build a safe car so i can take it to Willow Springs / Laguna Seca and other tracks to enjoy.  I have a close friend that builds cages for off-road cars but not track cars.  I like to build so the process of building this car will be just as fun as racing it on track.

Cheers!

Shawn

Welcome Shawn! Love your goals. If it's helpful, we recently put in a cage in our V6-swapped Miata. See the article here: Why did we rip out our roll cage and build a new one? | Mazda Miata | Project Car Updates | Grassroots Motorsports

Keep us posted. Many of us would love to follow your build. Feel free to create a build thread here: Builds and Project Cars forum | Grassroots Motorsports

I've been reading the articles and forum posts for years but just signed up for an account yesterday. Me and a friend are instructors with Turn 2 lapping in the Seattle area and been endurance racing since 2019 in Lucky Dog.  A few years ago we decided to build a c5 z06 racecar and it's been a fun learning experience. Looking to meet good people in the PNW area and on the west coast that want to endurance race.  So far we have stayed local racing at The Ridge, Pacific Raceways, ORP, PIR ect. We did do one race at Thunderhill and would like to do more CA tracks in the upcoming season. I also enjoy building/training on simulators and always trying to learn more to go faster (and help others get faster too)! 

- Conor 

Hello,

First off all, English is not my main language, apologies if my wording is not perfect. I'm Arya, I'm from Jakarta, Indonesia. I dont think anyone here is from Indonesia, or are there? Anyways, I've been reading posts and following the builds here for several years and I have finally decided to join. I've been into automotive since childhood. I think the collective minds here are amazing.

Since 2018, I've come to the world of rallying and speed off-road. I'm lucky to have the opportunity to be a co-driver and learn on building a '83 Toyota Corolla KE70 to participate on our local and national rally sprint events. It has a carburated 4 barrel Weber on a 4AGE 20V engine, combined with a W58 transmission, and a rear differential from a Suzuki pick up for better final gearing ratio  (5,28).

I also have another KE70 that has been in the works to build and compete, its been five years waiting on the car port. I hope i can contribute here by showing some form of rallying thats going on in Indonesia and also hopefully can share my on going projects here.

Here are some action shots at Rally Sprint at Meikarta back in I think 2022, its 90 percent tarmac with just 10 percent gravel.