The car has been performing excellently. What a strange feeling to hold FTD for a while! No big changes to the coupe's setup. I did an engine flush/Marvel Mystery Oil piston soak/filter and oil change last week. I switched from the Shell Rotella 5W40 to some Mobile 1 10W40. The middle plugs were covered with oil when I pulled them, which is evidently sign of a leaky valve cover.
I added some more front tire pressure for my last runs at Saturday's test 'n tune: 36 psi front, ~52 psi rear. My final run with a passenger was the fastest for the day. The only change I made for the autocross the following day was purchasing a quarter tank of 93 octane instead of the normal cheapest 87 octane I can find. The SC2 was flying yesterday!
I am planning on heading down to Kalamazoo this weekend for the one and only West Michigan Region SCCA Solo event this year.
Here are all my autocross results in the SC2 together in one place.
28 May 2007, Detroit Region SCCA, Clarkston, MI
Memorial Day Solo at DTE Enegry Music Theater
Street Tire H Stock: 5th out of 10
Fastest dirty time (52.380”) in class
1T 21 Douglas Harvey 02 Chevy Cavalier
54.810 53.750 53.610 52.773+1 53.610 -
2T 55 Frank Putman 91 Ford Escort GT
54.461+1 53.685 53.393+2 52.567+1 53.685 0.075
3T 3 Stephen Dormann 99 Nissan Sentra
56.200 55.185 54.724 53.934 53.934 0.249
4T 91 James Kuo 02 Ford Focus
55.623 56.204 54.471 54.048 54.048 0.114
5 9 Matthew Huizing 95 Saturn SC2
56.775 55.884 54.583 52.380+3 54.583 0.535
3 June 2007, Furrin Group, Martin, Michigan
Knoll Gas Motosports Autocross,
RainH Stock: 3rd out of 8
PAX: 15th out of 70
1T 79 VanDuren, Curt 98 VW New Beetle
1:03.955 1:02.784+1 1:03.944 1:04.297+dnf 1:03.944 -
2T 17 Bahnsen, Rudy 72 Volkswagen Beetle
1:07.580 1:09.714+1 1:08.546+dnf 1:07.209+dnf 1:07.580 3.636
3T 9 Huizing, Matthew 95 Saturn SC2
1:07.973 1:07.935+dnf 1:07.437+1 1:05.879+4 1:07.973 0.393
16-17 June 2007, Detroit/Saginaw Valley Regions SCCA, Oscoda, MI
Rumble on the AuSable, Wurtsmith AFB,
RainStreet Tire H Stock: 1st out of 4
PAX: 44th out of 91
1T 15 Matthew Huizing 95 Saturn SC2
D1 60.467 59.615 59.450 120.428
D2 60.978 -
2T 3 Stephen Dormann 99 Nissan Sentra
D1 61.855 60.922 60.801 123.327
D2 62.526 2.899
30 June 2007, Furrin Group, Moline, MI
ABC Auto Auction Autocross #2
H Stock: 1st out of 8
PAX: 6th out of 72
1T 11 Huizing, Matthew 95 Saturn SC2
0:58.352+2 0:59.194 0:58.540+1 0:58.894+1 0:59.194 -
2T 79 VanDuren, Curt 98 VW New Beetle
1:00.695 0:59.251 0:59.470 0:59.898+1 0:59.251 0.057
3T 6 Armstrong, DJ 84 VW Rabbit
1:04.007 1:03.208 1:00.682 1:01.688 1:00.682 1.431
4 3 Dormann, Stephen 99 Nissan Sentra
1:02.762 1:01.272 1:03.302 1:01.222 1:01.222 0.540
21 July 2007, Furrin Group, Allendale, MI
GVSU Test and Tune
H Stock: 2nd out of 7
PAX: 4th out of 44
1T 79 VanDuren, Curt VW New Beetle
0:54.271+1 0:53.263+1 0:53.916 0:53.365+1 0:53.916 -
2T 11 Huizing, Matthew 95 Saturn SC2
0:54.269+1 0:54.374 0:52.204+dnf 0:54.305 0:52.739+1 0:54.305 0.389
3T 111 Holdridge, Cody 95 Ford Escort
0:58.058+dnf 0:57.098 0:57.764+2 0:57.582+2 0:58.673 0:57.098 2.793
22 July 2007, Furrin Group, Allendale, MI
GVSU Autocross
H Stock: 1st out of 11
PAX: 2nd out of 69
1T 11 Huizing, Matthew 95 Saturn SC2
0:51.060+1 0:50.916 0:49.542 0:49.572+2 0:49.142 0:49.142 -
2T 79 VanDuren, Curt 98 VW New Beetle
0:51.469 0:50.656 0:50.310+1 0:50.240 0:50.209 0:50.209 1.067
3T 17 Bahnsen, Rudy 72 Volkswagen Beetle
0:52.869 0:52.901 0:53.109 0:52.443 0:54.606+dnf 0:52.443 2.234
4T 6 Armstrong, DJ 84 VW Rabbit
0:55.496 0:52.619 0:57.400+1 0:57.057 0:53.439 0:52.619 0.176