Jan Van Is Signed Up For Her First Rallycross

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05/07/2019 at 14:05 • Filed to: None

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I’ll be hungover from a wedding the night before, but still gonna send it.

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Did some sendies through a muddy dirt road this weekend.

Now that I have a spare set of steelies, I’m shopping for cheap snow tires for Rallycross and winter.

215/55R 16 yields me these cheap results:

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Cheapest tire I could find. $313 for a set. Decent rating too.

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Second cheapest.

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These were actually recommended on a Rallycross article featured !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . First s et I recognize.

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These are wider tires (225 to 215) . Not sure about clearance in the wells. I might just stick with stock width so I don’t have to do excessive work to make them fit.

I also am #69. Nice. Other than that, any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.


DISCUSSION (15)


Kinja'd!!! themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > i86hotdogs
05/07/2019 at 14:17

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I’ll let Riccardo give you the proper advice for rallycross

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Kinja'd!!! vicali > i86hotdogs
05/07/2019 at 14:17

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You’re going to want to pump those up as much as you can to keep them from debeading... Winters + rallycross + tall van = leverage..


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > vicali
05/07/2019 at 14:20

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I read that almost everywhere I’ve looked up. Going to purchase a small air pump to keep that up. Doesn’t seem like I need to do much more work to the vehicle itself.


Kinja'd!!! and 100 more > i86hotdogs
05/07/2019 at 14:38

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One of these drove past the other day, and I’m pretty sure it had an aftermarket muffler. Did not sound stock (read: quiet) at all. And it was being driven in a very NSFW manner. I realize that it’s a more squarish  Focus hatchback, but it still surprised me.


Kinja'd!!! KnowsAboutCars > i86hotdogs
05/07/2019 at 14:57

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SHO wheels on Transit Connect? Not a combo I expected but not bad.


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > and 100 more
05/07/2019 at 14:58

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Certain models of the TC share the same engine as the Fiesta Ecoboost. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone tuned one. Mine has a boring 2.5 duratec. Curious how mine sounds with a louder muffler 


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > KnowsAboutCars
05/07/2019 at 14:59

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Found that set on eBay for $100. Matches bolt pattern and offset. I love the way they turned out. 


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > i86hotdogs
05/07/2019 at 16:14

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Where you doing the rally-x?

Would love to come watch if nothing else if it’s close.


Kinja'd!!! Captain of the Enterprise > i86hotdogs
05/07/2019 at 16:49

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Props for the SHO wheels! Looks great!


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
05/07/2019 at 19:20

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Chilli cothe, Ohio May 19. If you really wanna make the trip I’ll never turn down c ompany.


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > Captain of the Enterprise
05/07/2019 at 19:21

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Much appreciated. I love how these look on them. 


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > i86hotdogs
05/08/2019 at 06:47

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Ooooof. I don’t think a 9 hr drive just to go watch is really in the cards.

Too bad, would have been fun.


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
05/08/2019 at 06:49

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Sor ry about that. I’ll let you know of I’m signing up closer to Wisconsin


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > i86hotdogs
05/08/2019 at 06:59

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I mean I’d enjoy the drive, but something I can make in a day would be preferred as the wife usually doesn’t come, so being able to drive out watch/partake in the fun, and drive home is ideal.


Kinja'd!!! i86hotdogs > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
05/08/2019 at 07:11

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If I wasn’t attending a wedding the night before, I’d attend the SOFR which would make a decent weekend.