My first go at autocross EVER

After my jetta sat for a year and a half i decided to do some last minute work on it and get it to a autocross. Malone did a new tune for it and it rocked on the course. I suck at keeping track of where i am on the track but this was my first time ever doing any racing event ever.
in a nut shell
2052 turbo, 3" strait
Head work, undercut valves, ported and polished
PP .764 5 hole
pd150 intake
and a long list of other things
Malone custom chip with 2.9bar map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soqc0Ye0hgo

ive been interested in going to an autocross event to see if I can do a few ride alongs.

it always seems like I will have no idea where im supposed to go because its just cones and no lines... lol. that's why I want to do a ride and see how confusing it is.

good luck with that. they dont let passengers ride with other drivers. they do have instructors you can ride with or have them ride in your car. 4 of the 5 runs i did was with an instructor.

they have some events around here and I have seen pics with a passenger in the car. maybe that was the instructor. that would be as good or better so that's ok by me.

Main thing stopping me from going is that I work weekends, literally only weekends... but im moving to weekdays this fall so next year I hope to explore autocross a bit.

im going to the PCA autocross at Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD on Sep 17th. I am going to borrow my friends gopro and i got a mount for my DSLR so i will have decent videos of me sucking at trying to remember where the cones are LOL. Anyone in the area?

Just uploaded the video on youtube
https://youtu.be/e6xKUFcGQOE

Just got pictures back from the local photographer at the autocross. I have 3 videos up now and I'm posting pictures too.









Rear cam (ROLLING COAL
https://youtu.be/BZWX8yO3cgE
Front cam
https://youtu.be/zCXDiHKGsjQ
Combo edit front and rear
https://youtu.be/e6xKUFcGQOE

Nice! Is that car black or green?

Those Schmidts or repros?

-Todd

its the darker green of the TDI and the wheels are 17x8 Axis OG Europa SDC

Car has 363K miles stock internals and trans (THIS IS NEXT when i have money lol*)
98 TDI MK3 Jetta (I did 100% of all the fab and work on this car save for the head rebuild and glass)

Head / Intake
Fully ported and polished head
Decked and rebuilt head with ARP Studs with 15ftlb over torque
Undercut valves
Colt 2 cam and better springs
PD150 intake manifold
Custom intake adapter to 2.5”
Cam sprocket bolt at 49ftlb with blue lock tight!
Custom made coolant flange upper and lower (NO PLASTIC, ALL ALUMINUM)
CCV delete and vent to ground near exhaust
100% water injection from WW reservoir DIY

Turbo / Exhaust
GT2052
Custom intake adapter to stock swish cheese air box
2.5” FMIC *eBay
eBay cast manifold
Custom 3” exhaust strait back from turbo and coming out the driver side behind rear wheel in lower plastic 9” past
EGR delete

Fuel
Nicktane uber kit with CAT filter
Walbro pump 11 psi idle and 9.2psi WOT
PP .764 5 hole stage 3 pop tested and tuned by KERMA
12 row cooler on return

Tune
1.4 I.Q
Stage 6 custom tune from MALONE
Basically as much fuel and boost as I can get
3 BAR map chip in ECU from MALONE
Boost valve set to 29 psi

Gauges
Auber gauges
Oil psi
EGT right into the turbo about ¾” from fins
Boost PSI
Scan Gauge II
F* Coolant Temp
F* Intake Air Temp
MPG
62 mpg freeway, long distance on cruse control
39 mpg daily driving average
28 mpg driving the way I do
6 mpg (YES 6) when I go autocross or any WOT event

TIRES / Suspention
205/40ZR-17 SUMITOMO HTR Z II
17x8 Axis OG Europa SDC
Bilstein HD struts
Eibach springs with 1.75 drop front and 1.25 rear
Prothayne Poly bushings on everything
HD strut bearing cap

Braking
Hawks HPS pads
Slotted and drilled rotors
ATE Gold dot3

Interior / exterior
12” eBay steering wheel
Passat lighting and LED map lights on all bulbs
Headliner custom
Upper glove box
Remote Key fob aftermarket
Kenwood head unit
Kenwood speakers all around stock locations
250 mini amp
2400 watt amp
2x 12” sub full box in trunk
AIR ZENITH 3/4hp 80 amp air compressor
2x 3 gallon aluminum air tanks
Horn blasters quad train horns under trunk (triggered from Cig Lighter turned ground switch
Train whistle up front
3 pairs (fogs 2300K, high 6000K, low 5000K with cut offs) HID
Projector headlight dual with LEDs turn signals
3 tier grille badgeless
eBay Euro front bumper (needed the clearance for FMIC)
Fogged rear tail lights

So i just learned a valuable lesson. never go autocrossing with less than half a tank or full tank of fuel. i was taking the corners so hard yesterday that it stopped the engine, sucked to much air into the fuel system. it would not rev like it should. also i was basically cooking the oil in the turbo bearing because it was HOT and the car shut off. had to crank it like a bishnatch to get it to start ASAP to keep it from cooking and help cool it down. LESSON LEARNED

Could you install baffles in the tank, to keep the fuel at the pickup?

i dont know. the only thing i know of is putting a pickup fuel pump in it but i chose to run a walbro inline after the filter. i think im going to grab one from a junk yard and gut it so its just a tube and make or modify the baffle. i never had this problem but i always ran on half to 3/4 full tank. i wanted to have less weight but i don't think it matters and that its obviously not worth it.