by "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
Published 11/12/2017 at 21:33
by "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
Published 11/12/2017 at 21:33
Tags: RallyMetro
; #statelinerallycross
STARS: 25
Today’s rallycross was very different. We froze our asses off. We got filfthy. We had a ball. For once, I didn’t come in last!
Full write-up to come later this week.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
11/12/2017 at 21:38, STARS: 1
So much winning!
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/12/2017 at 21:41, STARS: 2
Needs more bar treads!!!
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
11/12/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 4
It’s a fuckin’ rally Geo. You’re winning no matter what order you finish in.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
11/12/2017 at 22:01, STARS: 2
What I wouldn’t give to have you and your local group close by
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 0
We’re a pretty fun bunch :)
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0
Those would’ve done quite well today. The UTVs on mud tires were tearing it up something fierce!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 1
This. This is true.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:06, STARS: 1
Much winning was won!
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
11/12/2017 at 22:12, STARS: 0
I’d be curious to hear and see about what everyone in your group drives for these things
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
11/12/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 1
I need to get into this.
Also... Mazda616's post about the filthy car... Right. City kids. Lol.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 1
I didn’t take many pictures today. It was freezing, so I didn’t take my gloves off much. There’s one crazy dude who pounds the merciless crap out of Neins. I love that guy. There was a surprisingly clean Volvo 240. An LS swapped E46. A collection of clapped out beaters, many Subaru’s. The grand prize today was a lifted supercharged Miata.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 0
Yes, you definitely need to get in on this!
I know, right? I was surprised how easily it came off at the spray wash.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
11/12/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 0
I’ve seen pictures of that Miata floating around and it’s seriously cool.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/12/2017 at 22:41, STARS: 0
It’s not all looks, either. That beast was seriously good on the track!
"djgreenlava" (greenlavaproductions)
11/12/2017 at 22:51, STARS: 0
How’s the modified front class stack up?
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
11/12/2017 at 22:54, STARS: 0
The nearest organized rallycross group I could find is about 200 miles away. Not end-of-the-world prohibitive, but it’s still a big time commitment getting there and back, and then there’s the risks involved with breaking things and still needing to drive back.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
11/12/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 0
Awesome! Do you guys run all winter?
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 07:04, STARS: 0
There was only one guy in the modified front wheel drive class. He’s got a rally prepped MKII Jetta, that’s really cool. I actually finished five seconds ahead of him!
"2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s)
11/13/2017 at 07:05, STARS: 0
That dude in blue reviewed it recently, looks neat
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 0
I understand your hesitation for sure. Fellow Opponaut LongbowII drove his Yaris eight hours north for this event.
Maybe rent a truck and trailer for the weekend to hedge your bet? That’s a big cost though.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 07:12, STARS: 1
No, this was the last one of the year. Conditions were pretty bad. I’m sure they would’ve normally canceled this one, but the previous four events had been scrubbed for low registration and weather. We were all chomping at the bit to rally up!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 07:13, STARS: 0
It definitely is.
"XJDano" (xjdano)
11/13/2017 at 08:36, STARS: 1
Ohoh yeah
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 09:02, STARS: 0
The RallyMetro was in it’s element. It was one of very few cars that never needed to be towed out of a mud-hole. I only go it stock once, and was able to rock it out without assistance.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
11/13/2017 at 12:44, STARS: 0
All I’d need is a trailer. My Jeep can and has pulled both the Jimmy and Niva far enough to tell me there’s no issue there. But the Jeep isn’t currently legally registered. So I need to get through that issue and a couple others before I can do too much more car stuff. Priorities and things... Being an adult sucks some times, lol.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 0
You can flat-tow anything that you can put the transfer case into neutral, if you put the transfer case in neutral. I flat tow the RallyMetro. Kinja won’t let me upload a pic of it. No trailer to buy and store, and less weight to pull.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
11/13/2017 at 16:04, STARS: 0
Not all transfer cases are a true neutral. The Niva’s probably okay because the centre diff lock is separate from the range shifting, so that diff will still be diffing in neutral. The MJ is a different story: neutral disconnects the input from the output, but the outputs are still locked together, meaning you’re still subjecting it to the binding you’d get in 4x4. Can’t really do it safely without dropping driveshafts.
Plus flat towing means setting up the towed vehicle for it (which no, not happening) and then subjecting it to the brutality that is flat-towing. Putting it on a trailer means you’ve got brakes for it, it doesn’t drag the front end sideways every time you go around a corner, and frankly you can’t drag a car down the road on its own rubber with broken suspension. Not to mention I live in the mountains, and would be crossing the highest summit along that highway between the Pacific Coast and at least the Great Lakes, if not the Atlantic. You don’t fuck around with flat-towing out here. Not that you’d talk me into doing it anywhere else, it’s lazy and moronic if you give a shit at all about the towed car.
"2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s)
11/13/2017 at 18:09, STARS: 1
So I found the dudes channels and he posted his POV, thought you may wanna watch it.
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"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/13/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 0
There were some good shots in that. I’m pretty sure the one long POV run where it looks like he’s really hauling ass, they sped up the video. Nobody was really going all that fast, except for the guys in the UTVs.
I also take umbrage with the camera guy’s assertion that theirs was the only vehicle that didn’t need to be towed out of the mud. The RallyMetro never needed a tow, and there were a few others too.
"2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s)
11/14/2017 at 06:32, STARS: 0
Yeah, and you can see the rally metro in the background in a couple of spots. Sad they didn’t film any of your runs
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/14/2017 at 06:37, STARS: 1
Yeah, that would’ve been neat to see.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/15/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0
Looks like abject misery.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/15/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
Not when you’ve dealt with this kind of weather all your life. It was freaking cold out, and my fingers and toes were not happy with me, but it was definitely worth it.
I used to have to frame houses in this crap, now THAT sucks!