"Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow" (chriskf)
10/07/2015 at 22:19 • Filed to: None
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"Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow" (chriskf)
10/07/2015 at 22:19 • Filed to: None | 0
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I need you input on a potentially awesome, or incredibly costly, decision.
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Owner said the bushings are old and need to be replaced, but really just noisy, and a “small leak from the left side of the rear diff and valve cover (just wet)“, but he’s currently dailying the car. Comes with or has recently had installed: 3 sets of wheels (“one set professional lightweight rally wheels”), 2 sets of rally tires (gravel:BFGoodrich w/ 70% left and snow:essentially brand new yokohama ice guards), 2 Drift Innovation HD cameras with remotes , new brakes, new alternator, relatively new turbo with 4k miles on it, 5 gal fuel jug, fire extinguishers, hood pins, trunk locks, new steering pump, and some other stuff
Would I be getting in over my head on this, or should I go for it?
Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
10/07/2015 at 22:37 |
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I think you’d be better off getting something 2wd to start off. This would put you in mod AWD which is a very tough class in rallycross. If you want to actually rally, it still needs a full cage. Plus you wouldn’t be able to run it in any rally America events as an amateur
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Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
> Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/07/2015 at 22:40 |
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Anything I get I’d be planning to run in rallyx/ice racing for the time being, and eventually cage it for stage rally. Good point about not being able to run the events as an amateur though.
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Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
10/07/2015 at 22:44 |
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Yeah amateur will have to be NA and under 3L for 2wd or like 2.6 for AWD. I think you’ll get better at driving by starting with 2wd. I picked up my ralle36 for $1400 with tons of spares
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Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
> Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/07/2015 at 22:46 |
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I was going off reading the NASA Rally Sport stuff, which has no restrictions, but just remembered back to when I was looking at Rally America rules. E36 is a good idea too...
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Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
10/07/2015 at 22:49 |
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Yeah geographically doing whatever’s close of either group is my plan. For an e36 make sure you don’t get a 96-99 m3 because they have 3.2s
MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig
> Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
10/08/2015 at 11:07 |
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AllTracs are awesome cars but they are quite heavy and a MASSIVE HUGE MASSIVE MASSIVE pain in the ass to work on. I’ve been wrenching on one that belongs to a friend whenever she needs some maintenance done for the last few years.
That said I want one so very badly, an ST165 just like that one.