86ruguy Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 man, i am so glad i went down there. i had more fun than i have had in a long time.... i hope i can go to more of these events in the future. definately gonna have 2 get different tires tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I shoulda let me use my wagon wheels with hakkipellitas on them. Nice to meet you, your wagon looks pretty sweet. I shoulda asked to look under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmiller Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Good to see USMB members out there, and nice to meet all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 man, i am so glad i went down there. i had more fun than i have had in a long time.... i hope i can go to more of these events in the future. definately gonna have 2 get different tires tho. Glad you had fun! Wish I woulda been able to make it, but circumstances were against me on Saturday. Wish most of all that I coulda been there to witness Ed's little 1.8 with plain old Goodyear snow tires whip on that 96 WRX with the turbo and rally tires and everything. You go ED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I did have a blast also. The new Imp worked well for the most part. The rallycross school on Saturday gave me some much needed seat time in the new ride. Much easier to go fast that in my Brat. Car is basically stock EJ18 with stock supension except for a hefty 22mm rear swaybar and whiteline bushings. Zap was kind enough to lend me his Goodyear snowtires mounted on 14" wheels for the ride since I wanted to stay in the class I ran with the Brat. Great course from Paul Eklund; pretty much fast and wide open altho you had to think a bit to insure the best line. My first run was after the water truck wet down the course at 1:35 which I thought was respectable; as the course dried out, I posted a 1:25, 1:22 and 1:20. Fastest time in my class was a 1:18 I believe, so I'm not unhappy with the debut. Funny thing happened as I was about to start the 2nd run, the car wouldn't start! Thanks to a push start from qman and a couple of other competitors, I took the 2nd run. I made sure to leave the car running after that finished. When I wanted to start run 3, the engine was off! Another push start! Same thing happened on run 4. I finally discovered the cause when I started to load the car. The previous owner had installed the battery in the rear trunk but it didn't survive the rallycross rigors. Battery had torn loose from it's mountings and actually ripped the negative wire out of the terminal lugs fastened to the body of the car. The reason for the engine stopping even though I kept it running is the remains of an old burgler alarm system; sensing the battery had been disconnected, it cut the ignition after a set number of minutes of running! Qman and Dr. RX were helpful in diagnosing this one and we finally managed to find the black box and unplug it so I could manage the 3 hour drive home without too much trouble. It was great to see so many USMB folks at the event; I would have to guess as a group we had the largest percentage of attendees other than ORG club members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmiller Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Ed, good to see you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Glad you had fun! Wish I woulda been able to make it, but circumstances were against me on Saturday. Wish most of all that I coulda been there to witness Ed's little 1.8 with plain old Goodyear snow tires whip on that 96 WRX with the turbo and rally tires and everything. You go ED! The only loser was you for not showing up. I think that I did pretty good for a first time RallyX, I got very good comments from my instructor. Like my instructor said, if he had to run a RallyX, he'd run it in a RS 2.5, if he were running a preformance rally, he'd choose my car. My car is not really set up for RallyX and that make a big difference. You should really take the school Zap, even you could learn something from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Trust me, I wanted real bad to be there. Things just didn't go my way on Saturday. My first time ever was in Sean's 01 RS. It was also the first time I'd ever driven an impreza. Although his car was stock, the stricter techs of the old days put it in open class because of an aftermarket muffler. (before the rallitek days) 17 inch wheels with 40 series street tires. Sean won the class, (his first rallyx too) I took sixth in Open out of 20 cars or so. Back in those days you actually got an award for 6th. lol We both stole points half way thru the season. You'll do fine Corky, and I bet you might just be hooked. More familiar faces at the rallyx the better. The comradery and competition is a blast. I have one drop, so it may as well be the one where the car broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobyclimbs Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I had a great time ! It was my first Rally-X ....My best time was a 1:24 in my '03 outback.... not bad for an N/A wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydrifter Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 hey, scoobyclimbs, your pm box is full - look me up at the PIR RX to exchange phone #s. bill need yours, too, chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Zap, ask Ken about the second section of the afternoon, is was so dry that you could run on any type of tire, there was a guy who turned in a 1:15 time on street tires, and won the Prepared AWD class, he was driving a 2.5 RS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmiller Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 hey, scoobyclimbs, your pm box is full - look me up at the PIR RX to exchange phone #s. bill need yours, too, chris I will hopfully be there, I wil look out for you. I will be in my red Loyale wagon pictured inmy avatar. \ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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