Rally Legacy featured in Popular Mechanics
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Rally Legacy featured in Popular Mechanics
If you go pick up the January 2013 issue of Popular Mechanics, you might find a few familiar faces in there! On page 56 starts a multi-page feature about the Sno*Drift Rally, as well as a few quips about my little Legacy. There are a few errors in facts, but nothing that takes away from the great photos.
FYI, we were bolting that skidplate on MINUTES before I had to check out of the time control, not hours.
FYI, we were bolting that skidplate on MINUTES before I had to check out of the time control, not hours.
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Re: Rally Legacy featured in Popular Mechanics
Thats cool man, i bet that would be a blast.
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"hodgepodge of home-brew fixes and junkyard-acquired parts"
I love outsiders' take on car enthusiasm and motorsports.
I love outsiders' take on car enthusiasm and motorsports.
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Re: Rally Legacy featured in Popular Mechanics
Very cool!
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Fantastic!
That's exactly how I would do it
That's exactly how I would do it
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Thanks! I bought the leggy off CL for $1800, nearly ready to rally with a full logbooked cage and such. Spent another $1k or so in safety equipment and went rallying. It truly is a frankencar... this is a handful of the parts on it:
- 1994 Legacy Turbo Sedan body
- 1991 Legacy front end (rebuilt after a wreck)
- 1997 Impreza 2.2L with deltacams
- 1998 Impreza 4.11 5-speed
- 2001 Impreza Rear LSD
- 2004 STI aluminum control arms
- 1993 Impreza radiator
- 1999 Impreza Rear subframe and lateral links
- 50mm rally suspension
Next race is 100 Acre Wood in Salem, MO in late February.
- 1994 Legacy Turbo Sedan body
- 1991 Legacy front end (rebuilt after a wreck)
- 1997 Impreza 2.2L with deltacams
- 1998 Impreza 4.11 5-speed
- 2001 Impreza Rear LSD
- 2004 STI aluminum control arms
- 1993 Impreza radiator
- 1999 Impreza Rear subframe and lateral links
- 50mm rally suspension
Next race is 100 Acre Wood in Salem, MO in late February.
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Nice feature! I'm glad rally is getting a bit more spotlight and especially cool that they looked at something other than the pro teams!
You have to drive and you and have to try if you want the win, you don't achieve anything if you just cruise around - Jari-Matti Latvala
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If anyone follows the Rally America series, Matt did pretty well while at 100 Acre Woods with his budget build.
http://rally-america.com/drivers/view/1042-Conte
http://rally-america.com/drivers/view/1042-Conte
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We killed it at 100AW.
For some reason I felt completely at home with the ever-changing ice/snow/gravel conditions that the roads presented all weekend. In a little 130hp engine, 4.11 RS transmission, and some street winter tires, we were setting top 15 overall stage times on most all the stages. Sometimes coming within 10 seconds of setting top 10 stage times overall! Beating out a lot of open class cars, and very experienced 2WD cars. The stages we fell back on were the ones with tight corners followed by long open stretches. That is where the turbo cars could really catch up.
Check out some of the stage times compared to the surrounding cars. Was fun sitting in control while some very very expensive (and fast) cars were sitting behind us since we were beating them.
http://rally-america.com/events/2013/10 ... es/stage/2
http://rally-america.com/events/2013/10 ... s/stage/16
http://rally-america.com/events/2013/10 ... s/stage/12
For some reason I felt completely at home with the ever-changing ice/snow/gravel conditions that the roads presented all weekend. In a little 130hp engine, 4.11 RS transmission, and some street winter tires, we were setting top 15 overall stage times on most all the stages. Sometimes coming within 10 seconds of setting top 10 stage times overall! Beating out a lot of open class cars, and very experienced 2WD cars. The stages we fell back on were the ones with tight corners followed by long open stretches. That is where the turbo cars could really catch up.
Check out some of the stage times compared to the surrounding cars. Was fun sitting in control while some very very expensive (and fast) cars were sitting behind us since we were beating them.
http://rally-america.com/events/2013/10 ... es/stage/2
http://rally-america.com/events/2013/10 ... s/stage/16
http://rally-america.com/events/2013/10 ... s/stage/12
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Re: Rally Legacy featured in Popular Mechanics
Congrats matt, you and biggreen make me proud to be a 1st gen legacy owner!
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Josh Colombo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2002 10:23 am Wait....I'm confused now.
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Yeah Matt! Great driving! Feels great to be in front of cars that cost 4 times more than ours!
You have to drive and you and have to try if you want the win, you don't achieve anything if you just cruise around - Jari-Matti Latvala
Long live the forums! Down with FB!
Long live the forums! Down with FB!
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That's awesome! Congrats Matt!!!
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surrealmirage.com/subaru
1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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Congratulations on the great finish Matt!
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That's totally awesome, living the dream
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