Autocross and a 904 transmission

I have never autocrossed but I drive hard and fast on the street if you catch my, um, drift. Have you driven your car hard and fast? How does it feel going through a corner or curve? When you go hard through a right hander and the right side pops up and the left side drops do your sphincters loosen up? Or vise versa? The Max is one of the few vehicles that I have never done that with. It’s set up for a straight line! Everything else from the ’59 Plymouth Big Block wagon I learned to drive on to the ’92 Dodge 1 ton window van and the ’90 Subaru with the 4EAT I now drive I know what they will do or won’t. Yes my late wife and I would road race through Levittown, me in the wagon and her in the ’68 Corona. Can you drift it? I had a ’66 Valiant wagon, 225/904 and yes I could! And the ’59 wagon too! What happens when you brake hard? What happens when you brake hard in the middle of a corner? What happens when you punch it in the middle of a curve or corner or entering or exiting?

Much has been said about leaving it in second, but practice 1st to 2nd shifts you may want to drop it down either manually or with the kickdown. And know where your kickdown is. If you have a normal 904 it’s gonna kickdown. Be ready for it and use it. Kick it down then drop it into first and use the engine braking, then shift it up, that’s how you road race a ’59 Plymouth! 30 years ago I had a ’77 Newport 4 door with a 400/TQ and, yes, I drove that hard and fast and showed at least one Acura driver how to do it in a C body!