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Congrats on surviving your first Auto X. the best advice I can give you right now is twofold:
1. don't mod the car between events. learn to drive it the way it is and get faster by driving better- not by modding the car. you'd be amazed how many mods you can do that will actually make you slower at an auto X. (Been doing it almost 10 years myself, so I've been down that road)..
Things like welding your strut tower brace are only going to make things harder for you in the long run and they don't provide any improvement in times at all... so don't waste your time with it.
hone your skills on a stock(ish) car and then when you've got 5-10-15 events under your belt and can see how your changes in driving affect the car, THEN and only then should you start modding the car again. I know it's hard to do, but if you want to be faster, the bet thing you can mod is YOU. improve your skills and get all the advice you can from other people.
When I say this, I'm not talking about tuning and setting up the car. proper alignment and tire pressures are KEY in auto X and you do need to adjust those to fit the event. I'm talking about things like engine mods, suspension braces, things like that. stay away from them for at least your first 1/2 season at minimum. just learn to drive the car you have.
2. find some guys in your local region that are running consistently faster than you in a similar car- Maybe not another Maxima, but at least try to keep it FWD because the dynamics are completely different than when driving a Miata.
I've found that almost anyone at an auto X is willing to help you with advice-- at least until you get to the point you're close to beating them!
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