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1st Rally-X

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:14 am
by Opie
Here's what I did this weekend!

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2nd Place in the class called O4! What a blast! More info here: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ost5901957

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:32 am
by THAWA
that's hot man

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:44 am
by georryan
Sapposedly they have some rally-x stuff in woodland I think. That's only 30 - 40 minutes from here Thawa. I'm tempted to try it.

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:27 am
by THAWA
no joke? I'd be down if I could ever get new struts

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 2:56 am
by entirelyturbo
Bad-ass rally! I'm so hooked, I think I'm going to buy a second 4WD sedan, gut it out, and rally it!!!

The Eclipse was driven by my friend with the 91 turbo that I always talk about, and his brother co-drove my car. Yes, he's the one who won the U4 class and got the second best times of the day!!! :shock: :mrgreen: Yep, beat every last WRX, STi, RS, etc. etc.

I unfortunately didn't do as good, being my first rallyX :(, but here's a pic of me driving:
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Here's a pic of my co-driver driving, looks so much cleaner... :lol:
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EDIT: New pics were put up a few days ago, here's some more:
Co-driver:
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Me:
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I'm on the left, co-driver is on the right, holding his second-place trophy in his hands :D
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Car escaped unscathed, just washed the wheels and brakes off and the car didn't even know what happened!

Lots of fun, and there will definitely be more events at that spot!

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 2:58 am
by ciper
Automatic?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:27 am
by THAWA
man, I didn't know taht was you. I kne you were doing the rally but didn't even cross my mind that taht pic would be ours silly thawa. Either way, good shit my man good shit.

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:47 pm
by Opie
ciper wrote:Automatic?
Mine is...

subyluvr2212's is a manual

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:30 pm
by ciper
Nice, did you drive with both feet?

When I did my last autocross I found the best method was to basically keep the throttle wide open and control speed with the brakes, leaving the shift selector in 1. If the RPM reached 6500 it would shift to second, but as soon as you slowed down slightly it would go back into first. I know it was killing the fluid and eating up gas but it made a big difference.

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:19 pm
by Opie
Brakes? I wasn't using the brakes! :lol: I was starting in 1st and upshifting to 2nd....might have to try leaving it in 1st next time....

Need skid plate up front....I kept getting slowed but the deep ruts, just need a skidplate to "surf" on top of the ruts! :D

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:07 pm
by NuwanD
nice pics! all of the local rally-x's in my area have been cancelled in the last 2 years :(

as i remember with the auto tranny's the torque split is locked at 50/50 only in 1st and reverse, it's variable in all other gears, so keep that in mind when trying to power out of corners

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:26 pm
by ciper
"I wasn't using the brakes"

You will be alot faster if you do, especially with turbo because you can stay fully spooled even in the lower side of first gear.

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:46 am
by LegacyPGT
Here is me having some fun on ICE!
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Not all too bad this day, came in third in Open Prepaired and first place was a 04 STi[/img]

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:36 pm
by legacy92ej22t
Nice shots guys!

I live about 90 minutes from Rally Park Northeast and really want to run in at least a few rally X's this year. I don't want to jack my CES TBE though, that's my only real fear, damage wise.

I wish I could afford another SS just for rallying and autoX.

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:04 am
by Sean
Awww, yeah! Sweet photos...always nice to see oldschool Scoobies getting romped on!

The Legacy is the daily driver, but I thrash around in this rig:

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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:43 pm
by rallysam
Love the rallycross! Love the subbie!

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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:50 pm
by rallysam
legacy92ej22t wrote:Nice shots guys!

I live about 90 minutes from Rally Park Northeast and really want to run in at least a few rally X's this year. I don't want to jack my CES TBE though, that's my only real fear, damage wise.

I wish I could afford another SS just for rallying and autoX.
Matt,

If you're worried about damage, then you're right about RPNE. But you should at least check out one of the more gentle places. You should be fine assuming your car is not lowered, assuming your shocks aren't completely worn out, and assuming you don't do something silly. Hell my exhaust was still fine and I DID do something silly with totally blown shocks (see pictures above!)


try one of these places:
Oakland Acres: http://www.dcrally.com
Beaverun: http://www.beaverun.com

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:54 am
by legacy92ej22t
Thanks for the links Sam!

So RPNE is pretty rough, huh?

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:42 am
by BAC5.2
I don't think I could ever do that to my car :(. I think I should get a Beater and do it though :)

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:43 pm
by rallysam
legacy92ej22t wrote:Thanks for the links Sam!

So RPNE is pretty rough, huh?
Yeah, it's rough enough that I felt like I had to slow down on the straightaways to avoid bottoming out (which is lame). They have some courses that are fine, and some courses that are insane.

BAC5.2 wrote:I don't think I could ever do that to my car . I think I should get a Beater and do it though
It's not so bad! Those pictures are kind of "unusual cases" Oakland Acres and Beaverun (see links above) are nice smooth dirt roads that have been graded flat. In fact, Beaverun sometimes runs races on a nicely-groomed gravel parking lot (aka "vehicle dynamics area"). First rallycross at Oakland Acres is this Sunday! Getting riled up!