SLODRIVE wrote:Welcome to the forum, and those are some great action shots!
Please share some more details about that rally car, I'm really digging it! +1 on rollcage pics too.
Well, the car started out as a stock legacy Turbo, got it for $1300 Can and my borther ice raced it up in minden for one season in Street studs(small stud class). Before we went ice racing we put in the belts, seats, stripped it etc but didnt pu tin the cage, we didnt know if we were going to rally or not yet, so we jsut ran a bar from one side to the other for belts. then after ice racing, we ran in the Ontario Perfoemance Rally Championship for one season, came second in P4 against a WRX, but did beat him a couple of times lol. We ran stock everything with regards to motor, jsut wth a 32 mm restrictor in the turbo. Ran JVL suspension, custom suspension with bilstein inserts and Blue coil springs. Also rna a skid plate and Silverstone gravel tires on the stock 15'' leggy wheels. Great reliable car, except for the suspension becasue he putin the worng bushings, so they were binding and the struts were blowing and gettign all cheesed up and it was not fun, but we made due with what we had and got through it, until the beginning of last season when we put a vr. 5 JDM sti motor into it(2.0 L) with the 4.44 tranny, i think a 20 KG center diff and basically locked rear diff. We had the insides of our LSD changed to something else I don't remember. Had many teething issue at the start of the season, like the throttle getting stuck open on the second stage of Perce neige and it running on only 3 cylinders also.
We finally got all the shit figured out(motor and suspension) for tall pines of last year and we came 6th overall, finallly showing how the car can actually run. We beat a brand new evo XI?? I dunno the newst body style.
Also when the car was in its P4 status, we ran Targa 2 times, the second time was 2 years ago and we had some times in the rain that were 3rd overall( faste rthen the subaru canada car:D) so that was fun. Also, we took it too the Challenge Sur Glace Ice race in sherbrooke Quebec 3 years ago and put an intercooler in it and ran 12 PSi. id alright, but another subaru which will go un-named( peanut STI that is white with blue and orange on it, driven by a Quebec driver....) felt the need tobe VERY agressive and turn into use, sheering our wheel nuts on the front left corner, making the wheel come off! that was a grat ending to the weekend...... was still fun tho:P
So NOW it is sitting in our shop with no suspension, drivetrain or seats, which have been transferred to our new 2000 impreza rally car. Hopefully we will put it back together some time soon in the future nad I wil get to drie it in P4 in the OPRC. I cnaonly dream right now........
If you want to know anything else feel free to ask here or PM me if its really important lol
(aka co-driver) but it is still great to be running in a great car adn getting to watch my bro drive is amazing. I will get my turn some time soon(fingers crossed) now that we have a new 2000 Impreza for a rally car, maybe get to run the leggy..... we will have to wait and see!
