...nothing is broken!
It was so much fun. The understeer was brutal though, and the lot didn't offer much grip and the front tires liked to slide. Hopefully soon I can get the suspension sorted out. This wont be my last autocross for sure. I only got 4 runs in, I need an alignment and my right rear is/was getting eaten up pretty bad. My fastest time was on par with the mostly stock WRX so I was happy about that. On to some pics and a clip of part of a run;
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...76325219511894 click the link for the video (I couldn't figure out how to embed it here)

 

Looks and sounds great, and the 2.5 keeping up with a stock WRX sounds impressive.

Your car seems to corner fairly level, I can't imagine what my non-sport would look going around there

 

Mine isn't a sport either, the KW coilovers helped a lot. I have plans (and parts sitting in my living room) for the suspension, I'm just waiting on the last piece of the puzzle to get here so I can install it all.

 

heres a clip of another run, I think my first or 2nd. I love the sound of the Mina mufflers and resonator delete, I've never heard my car from the outside until this ha. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...89514586135549

 

It does sound nice. This is especially interesting for me since I've never really heard my car from the outside, and it's a 2.5 with the same mufflers. How much of a difference did removing the resonator make, both outside and in-cabin?

 

well, I took the resonator out before I got the mufflers, and I don't really remember how much it changed with the stock mufflers, but it did sound better without it. With the Minas and no resonator it sounds pretty quiet from inside, even with the windows down.

 

Well you certainly have the right engine/trans combo for autocrossing an X-Type.

When "Slaloming" (how Jaguar refers to autocrossing... ;-) I found that in both my '05 3l/auto X-Type and my '08 S-Type 4.2l I was losing a lot of time with the transmission shifting. I'd get off the gas on cornering and the trans would up shift I'd then "stand" on it on exit and the trans would down shift before power started being applied. I had the shifter in 2nd and wish I could have kept it in first.

This was a particular problem with JCNA Slaloms since the official course is very tight. A standard would have really helped me keep the motor in the sweet spot!
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Jaguar - it's not an automobile, it's a Motorcar

 

yeah I knew when looking for an X that it HAD to be a 5 speed. This track was so short I had it in first the whole time, not once touching the clutch during the run ha. I cant wait for the next one I get to go to.

 

Hi,

The video is great and your X looks and sounds great...

Keep the pictures and video coming...

Cheers
Simon

 

Thanks. Hopefully I can get a gopro or similar setup by the next race and get more, and better clips. This wont be my last autocross for sure.

 

Sweet! Love the sounds! Mines a stock 2.5 Auto. I wish I'd bought a 5 speed, but when I was looking there were none that were any good.
I always drove mine softly. Paranoid about the transfer case. But i'm starting not to care any more! Above 3000 RPM the Jag actually has a little power! But the MPG goes down the toilet.

 

I don't baby my car, I don't beat on it every day, but I don't baby it either. In December I'll have had my X for a year and I haven't had any problems with it. I'm going to be doing more autocross and I hope to do some track days next year so I guess I'll be putting that transfer case to the test. I don't really worry about it breaking, if it does, it does, but I'm going to enjoy driving and have fun pushing my car until it does, if it does, break. Then I'll fix it ha.

 

Nice photos, and the car looks great! Never been to a track day event or anything, but I have done the occasional romp through twisty country roads. I've always been impressed with the way the car handles fast corners.

 

Nice videos!

I like that attitude. I would have it too if thought I was capable of changing the case out myself!! But the thought of paying someone to install one at twice or three times the cost of the part keeps me treating the car like a newborn kitten whose mother ran of and needs to be bottle fed.

 

I've never been one to take any car to a mechanic. I frankly don't trust 99% of them, and the idea of paying someone to do something I could do if I just took the time bothers me. There are some things I cant do, like paint...so, I have good friends that can do those things haha. Not everyone is blessed with mechanical ability so I'm thankful I am, or I couldn't afford to do the things I want to do.