Autocross Setup

[lifebythemile]

New member here, new Mach E owner. I had a 2013 Abarth for a number of years that I tracked and Autocrossed. Now we've got some clubs back locally putting on events I want to get back into it and see what my RWD Select can do. On my Abarth I used to run Hawk HPS 5.0 pads, rear sway bar, and Bridgestone RE71R or Dunlop Direzza tires. I would smoke Corvetts on raw time running H Street, it was so much fun!

I've done a quick search, both on here and google, lots of talk about suspension changes, but I didn't come across any talk about brakes (pads) nor tires. I don't see any "autocross cheater" tires on any of the major sites in the 18in wheel size, so just curious those of you who do AutoX your Mach E, what do you run for pads and tires or what realistic options do I have?

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[ack154]

I've started autocrossing mine - but I have a GT PE, so there are a couple differences.

And yes, one of my biggest issues is no good tires. I went back and forth between the Bridgestones and Dunlops a number of years ago when I had my WRX but there's pretty much nothing good for the Mach-E (and I have the 20s, not 18s). My first couple events I just ran the OEM all seasons (and even after just two events, they're trashed, as you can imagine). Later today I'm having a set of Potenza Sports installed, so we'll see how those hold up. The only other decent performance summer tire I could find for my size were Pilot Sports but they're $400/ea - and I don't want to go through a set of those every year at that price.

I haven't done anything different for brakes but I do have the Brembo setup too. So until I feel like that's limiting me, I probably won't touch it.

I do have a rear sway bar waiting to install - but held off a bit until I can get some real tires on it and see what it does. It has been very tail happy with the all seasons, so I may not want to end up stiffening up the rear any more than it already is.

Here are a couple videos from our first two events:
- https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/babys-first-autocross.35946/
- https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/autocross-2-yesterday-in-mach-e-gt-pe.36777/