Pics from this past weekend's all tarmac (paved) rally in New York. Some hairpins and tight junctions, and lots of very fast sections over some nasty crests and jumps, roads were cracked, wet, dirty and foggy at times... ie. foockin fun lads :nice:

For now its just pics but vids will come soon.

Regards.

 

Rally videos! Yummy.

That is the fookin' coolest thing I've ever seen.

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That's a badass picture.

 

Wow so nice on pavement too! It's so rare to see pics from pavment lol provide videos now.

 

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someone missed a turn.

 

thats so sick, I love rally

 

Are those all using the handbrake? Do you ever stretch or snap the cables?

 

That looks like a blast. Liking the Portuguese flag on the window I run one on my roadrace race car's side window as well. See your from Boston. Was up there this past summer as I have alot of cousins in Dartmouth and New Bedford you guys got some HOT girls up there.


Modified by 1999all_motoR_teg at 9:45 AM 4/11/2008

 

If you can, detail out what modifications you have made to the car. Suspension, tires, swaybars, safety, etc.

 

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Please! Please! Please!

How are those lights attached?

 

jeeezz is that thing on stock suspension? lol.........

 

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Its a rally car, would you want to be in a rally car with a lowered car????? I think not...

 

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Yes I would!

 

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umm... im not referring to the height im talking about the amount of body roll im seeing

 

PLEASE, you guys are comparing a rally car sponsored by <FONT SIZE="10">FORD / WRC</FONT> with one put together by FerreiraCompetitions? LOL! Save the A/C forum talk.

You know what it costs to road race? Yeah, double, triple, quadruple that for rallying.

Ofcourse those heavily sponsored cars are going to be pretty.




Modified by 1200 Hobos at 7:23 PM 4/12/2008

 

Rally cars arent really as low as the Focus there looks to be, note that the suspension is compressed on the side that you're looking at. If a rally car was that low it would scrape everywhere and would have no suspension travel for jumps or cutting ditches/corners. Here's a Tarmac spec WRC car, not that low huh? Link My setup is at about the stock ride hight for tarmac and slightly higher for gravel.

I run in a Production class so performance modifications are not allowed except for exaust and suspension.

As far as suspension goes, I have custom made strut tubes with 50mm Bilstein inverted inserts custom valved for the weight of the car. 275lbs front, rear's are Biltein as well with 300lbs coils. The springs are softer than stock but the shocks are pretty firm, what it does is it provides better grip in corners and doesnt slide all over the place. Swaybars are stock for tarmac and no swaybars at all for gravel.

Front struts

The safety: Full rally cage, FIA seats, FIA belts, fire ext, etc... Oh and the lights are only attached for the night stages.

Ohh and the hand brake is only used on tight hairpins, the rest is just a regular slides initiated by pendulum and left foot braking.


Modified by FerreiraCompetitions at 1:27 AM 4/12/2008

 

I was wondering about the body roll too, especially the rear compression. Is that normal? This pic is the one that seemed to exaggerate it most:


Edit: Those shock pistons are huge! Very interesting to see the comparison to roadracing cars there.

 

alright so im not crazy, the spring rates shed some light on why there is so much body roll.

 

Guys...this is a front strut-based RSX we're talking about here. The RSX is not known for a lot of suspension travel, so height must be kept near-stock for a rally environment.

Also, most shock pistons are huge on performance-based strut setups.

 

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wow, I didn't even notice that. That does seem a bit extreme back there.

I guess those slippery tarmac conditions it's better to have more flex than slide.



Modified by 1200 Hobos at 7:25 PM 4/12/2008

 

awesome pics and amazing car

 

YO FerreiraCompetitions IM TRYING TO GET THAT STEERING WHEEL THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEND U A MESSAGE HIT ME UP AT BESTOFBEST@KILLAMAIL.COM LEAVE UR #

 

That looks like so much fun. It looks like the car takes a beating though.

 

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When it comes to loose surface conditions (gravel, mud, snow or rain), mechanical grip is the name of the game and one of the best ways to get it is to run little or no sway bars.

You do give up body roll.

Anti-sway bars (among other things) help with balance at the expense of overall grip.

That shot is probably worse case scenario, hard corner after a large dip.

 

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Yeah, you guys really know how to break ****, I'll give you that...