Originally Posted by
RKC00
Confesson. It was actually my wife doing Autocross. I'm the mechanic. Medical issue keeps me off the track. You guys bring up a number of great issues. Hard braking into a turn then back on the gas is the issue. She manually sets the car in 1 at start then to 2 and leaves it in 2nd for the remainder of the course. Sometimes it automatically advances. It's about a 45 second run. I have a NA Crossfire. Wife and I will go out so she can duplicate her experiences but my best guess is the RPM runs down to 1200-1800 then spools back up. I'll try a throttle re-learn to see if it helps. Overall, yes spending some $$ at NeedsWings will help but I also think practice with manually changing (bbsrt6) the auto trans to keep the RPM in the power band will help too. Billy22Bob, thank you for your tech onfo. Good things to know. Thank You everyone for your assistance. Happy Wife, Happy Life. Next month she'll have the SRT on Road Atlanta so the speeds will be higher and the stopping less frequent.
I agree with the others posts. For Autocross, she should start out in second with the traction control switch in the off position. She can focus on being fast; and only worry about possible downshift if it kicks up to third. It will normally stay in 2nd the entire time unless there is a long straight away, or she loses traction and over revs. out of a corner; which it sounds as though she may be doing.
Edit: Also keep the AC turned off; at least until your done with the hot lap.