Any issues with AutoX-ing a 2.5i?

[phenryiv1]

I am considering autocrossing my 2.5i 5MT in a local event. The purpose would be to learn my car better- not to win a race. I was going to go to one last month, but I had some family stuff pop up. That one would have been great- it was raining, and 95% of the other cars were RWD. I might not have looked so bad.

 

Anyway, the event is a BMWCCA event that is in a wide open course (Summit Point). I bought an E36 just to autoX, but sold it when a more sentimental project came along. Meanwhile, I still have the urge to autoX, so I might as well run what I have, right?

 

Has anyone had any issues when autocrossing the 2.5i? Has anything blown up or broken? Any issues with SoA?

 

Note: Thread cross-posted in the N/A forum due to the lack of 2.5i traffic here, and the lack of "track" people over there. (Let's face it, if top performance was a goal, people like me would have gone turbo.)

[chongl]

I think you should just go and have fun...I did in my 4 cylinder automatic Accord, so this can't be any worse

[whitetiger]

monkeyhermit on this forum autoxed his 2.5i 4eat before he switched to a LGT.

[RochNY91TSI]

I agree, just go and have fun. Your risk of breaking anything at an autocross is really low. Just make sure you have a higher than normal amount of air in your tires so they're not rolling over

[phenryiv1]

Thanks for the votes of confidence. I am most worried about warranty denial. I can always back off of the car if I have fear of damage, but I cannot retroactively undo a warranty denial.

[RochNY91TSI]

There's really nothing to deny, "they" would have to prove that your activity was out of the normal range of driving and caused whatever problem may have come up. Auto-x is really a pretty safe activity; but if you're really worried about it, take your license plate off when you get there.