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hackbunny posted:What American cars would you call good rally cars? I've seen some photos of SCCA events of the 80s and lots of words come to mind seeing the cars, "fascinating", "interesting choice", "charming", but "good" I'm not sure. As a rule, there's always a guy with a Willys Jeep and a guy with a Beetle, sometimes there's a gigantic V8 pick up truck, and the rest of the lineup is what passed for muscle cars in the 80s and a plain weird assortment of (often outdated) imports. And Oldsmobiles Omegas. They were actually pretty common as rally cars, from what I see on eWRC-results, and hey, third place at the 1982 Reno International Pro Rally is not too shabby I know the AMC Eagle SX/4 competed in SCCA rally, but I was never sure how well it actually did.
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Alaois posted:I know the AMC Eagle SX/4 competed in SCCA rally, but I was never sure how well it actually did. Yeah, I thought about it. It's a constant presence in entry lists but it never seemed to do well, which is odd as it certainly looks the part of the rally car. SCCA Pro Rally stats paint a really weird picture
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 ?I have no idea how they do/did at pro-rally, but rallycross neons are popular and competitive.
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triple clutcher posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ7byW6CxHM
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Oh come on, now they're yanking my chain  First place a Ford F-150, second a Suzuki Cultus?! and who the hell still drives a Saab 99 in 1988? a Fiat 131?!For too long I have neglected SCCA Pro Rally. I really should look for stories from back then because it all sounds crazy and unpredictable hackbunny fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Feb 3, 2018 |
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hackbunny posted:Yeah, I thought about it. It's a constant presence in entry lists but it never seemed to do well, which is odd as it certainly looks the part of the rally car. SCCA Pro Rally stats paint a really weird picture i almost don't even care how well they actually did in competition, this picture is so good 
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hackbunny posted:Oh come on, now they're yanking my chain brb, building a rally F-150.
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hackbunny posted:Don't grill my balls over an awkward sentence Easy tiger, it was a joke. I enjoyed your rally write ups.
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Crustashio posted:
seems accurate. used to run deliveries in a $200 neon and once i fixed the rear drum brakes it surprisingly took more abuse than any american car i've ever seen. i treated it like poo poo because i spent less for it than it cost to put plates on and insurance. that thing somehow mounted curbs better than the crown vic and that was the source of most of my repairs so i'd just hitup the junkyard for $10 wheels beforehand and it was all good. other than that all i had to do was get a new coilpack because wires don't seem to age well after a decade or so
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I can't find the source but basically the Omega was the same thing -- cheap, tough, and easier to drive thanks to being FWD.
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Crustashio posted:
I think they do decent enough iirc. A buddy of mine volunteers in their pit team. I think they've moved to a second gen neon these days, they were selling that specific 1G last year.
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  From this album: https://imgur.com/gallery/TQT6M
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hackbunny posted:What American cars would you call good rally cars? Something not FWD, but I have a bias. see what I did there? You race what’s available, but those FWD X-bodies were terrible, miserable cars. More so that the usual ‘80s GM dreck. The list of recalls on them is impressive.
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Darchangel posted:You race what’s available, but those FWD X-bodies were terrible, miserable cars. More so that the usual ‘80s GM dreck. The list of recalls on them is impressive. The only reason J-bodies are more notorious is that more of them survived, iirc. I'm not sure I've ever seen an X-body car in person.
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Alaois posted:i almost don't even care how well they actually did in competition, this picture is so good Yeah it is! And basically a Jeep Cherokee underneath, so probably not terrible at its job.
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Enourmo posted:The only reason J-bodies are more notorious is that more of them survived, iirc. I'm not sure I've ever seen an X-body car in person. Still see a few around. My buddy with all the Fieros happens to have a Phoenix as well. Don’t remember if it’s a coupe or sedan. Coupe, I think. More j-bodies survive probably because they’re more modern - fuel injection and better electrics, although the x-bodies did have tbi on most years, I think. FWD X-bodies can be usable, like anything with wheels that moves under its own power, but parts availability is declining, desirability is non-existent, and they just weren’t good to begin with. I actually have a *tiny* soft spot for the Citation X11 coupe with the 2.8 “HO”. Would be entertaining to cram a supercharged 3800 in one. Or even a 3400. BTW, the X-body front suspension and drivetrain is what’s in the rear of an up-to-‘87 Fiero, if you didn’t already know.
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hackbunny posted:Oh come on, now they're yanking my chain Ohh Rod Millen on this list, driving a 323 GTX
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That guy has been rallying an f150 for a long time. I recognize the name/vehicle from the rallies I've worked at. And the one i saw was basically a baja race truck, so yeah that's going to do alright in a rally. jamal fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Feb 4, 2018 |
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D C posted:Ohh Rod Millen on this list, driving a 323 GTX I had one of those! I loved it and it was my pride and joy. It was stolen when I moved house about 7 years ago, by people who clearly brought a trailer because I had taken the distributor rotor button out while I was between houses to avoid that very occurrence.  Checks out. Memento fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Feb 4, 2018 |
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jamal posted:That guy has been rallying an f150 for a long time. I recognize the name/vehicle from the rallies I've worked at. drat that's an impressive career
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I assume the break was having kids 
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Memento posted:Checks out. just another day in Gosnells
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I always love the fact that the armour plate over his balls is thicker than his chest
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Ferremit posted:I always love the fact that the armour plate over his balls is thicker than his chest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rAFMC2O9dQ
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Ferremit posted:I always love the fact that the armour plate over his balls is thicker than his chest No sense in living if your balls are blown off.
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Snowtracks on road cars will never not be awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3aFtwRjnJc
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I'm the brake assemblies still on the front wheel hubs. But for real that's the coolest 370Z. A low bar, but still.
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Guinness posted:I'm the brake assemblies still on the front wheel hubs. Why would you take them off? You’d have to block off or otherwise handle the front brakes in such a way to not gently caress up the master cylinder, and this way you can just bolt wheels back on. Doesn’t hurt anything to leave it, basically.
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BlackMK4 posted:
That’s a shame.
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BlackMK4 posted:
Should be popped into a Beat.
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eyebeem posted:That’s a shame. Until you price a questionable used F20C1 at $5k or realize that a F20C1 longblock from Honda is about $7k (if you can get one, they don't make them anymore) BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Feb 6, 2018 |
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I got back from SE Asia a month ago, but haven't had a chance to edit pics until recently. I think all of these are from Chiang Mai, Thailand, and I was just surprised by the condition of the vintage cars I saw, as well as a few kei cars and other stuff.       Not special, in fact these were everywhere. I think I'd rather import one of these than a diesel hilux    I don't think I've ever seen one of these in the US    Not a ton of weird cars in Cambodia, except for the abundance of willys-styled vehicles(Jeeps, jimnys, I can't tell them apart)    Our last stop was Singapore, which I lived in for three years while Bush Sr was still president and haven't been back to until now. Apparently my old neighborhood is full of ballers now  
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eyebeem posted:That’s a shame. Until you realize the K is just as capable as the F, and way cheaper. Fastest Honda on the planet is powered by a K engine.
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BlackMK4 posted:
Was it in a fire? 
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Larrymer posted:Was it in a fire? It's at KTuned in Phoenix. They basically have shells of every Honda chassis that they use for developing swap mounts.
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