Rally Car

[Stali08]

Well went running today on a stoney path with one of my friends, well I ran ahead and she walked (lazy) well when i got to my car i drove back to pick her up, and turned around, on the way back man i was flying going about 60 up hills around turns, and i actually stuck to the road pretty good, when we got back to the parking lot which is also stone, i needed to do a U-Turn to get back onto the main road, i pulled the ebrake and woom did a 180, and pumped the gas back onto the main road. Damn that was fun.

After doing that I go to thinking about maybe making a rally cross type car. My question is what makes a good rally car,in your opinion, like suspension, tires, driver or what?

thanks

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by Stali08
My question is what makes a good rally car,in your opinion, like suspension, tires, driver or what?

thanks

Honda aren't really popular for rally cars. Go get a subura wrx/sti or mitsubishi evo if you want to rally.

[CAptynCrunch]

Originally posted by Stali08
My question is what makes a good rally car,in your opinion, like suspension, tires, driver or what?

Simply, everything. You have to have everything done properly just like in any motorsport. However, as with every type of racing that involves turns the driver is what makes the biggest difference.

As for a car, for loose surface racing you would want a small, lightweight, AWD vehicle preferably with a manual transmission. Older subarus are good, even and old justy 2-door

[Stali08]

yea right now, my honda is good for screwing around and plus with my type of budget wouldnt work out too good for a hig priced car. what would a good running mitsubishi or subaru run for? used of course

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by Stali08
what would a good running mitsubishi or subaru run for? used of course

Suburu impreza from like a 1995 or something. They're not that expensive.

[Stali08]

cool, im gonna look into that..that would be so cool

and wow, i loved pulling that ebrake into that turn....awesomeness

[DarkImportGrey]

suspension travel, stiff chassis (if you're serious about rallying, i would get your unibody stitched), dependable and low-geared power.

there is a honda rally team that runs a FWD rally car, and there is an interview in this month's honda tuning magazine... they run a civic and an integra.

i wouldn't worry about power so much as suspension and brakes if you're just starting... what good is power if you can't put it to the ground. i want a rally beater so bad, but there's no where to rally in idaho.

[slammedcivicsi]

You want to see a rally car....its a group of 4 local guys.....1 of them is on the board....his nickname is Gen4TurboCivic.....but here is their rally car.

http://team4.truenuff.com/theteam.html

[Rufes1]

You could get a subaru impreza RX (non turbo) which is absolutly awesome and isnt that expensive for an older model.

Its AWD and is a realatively well made car.

[Stali08]

yea, ill start looking for something like that. I hate it when I get excited before I even have something.

[flip888]

i did the same thing in my accord, lost of fun.
Its true though that suspension, brakes, and tires are just as important as power. mabe even more important.

[flip888]

woop-sa-daisy
Sorry i didnt realize this was so old, i forgot i found it in a search
at least i was using the search button.

[91CRXTC]

Yeah man when we get snow over here on long island NY, i love goin out and e-brakin around corners to slide the ass out and gun it to pull me the rest of the way through the corner....man i cant wait for the snow again!

[4thgenracer]

i know of hondas in the lower class of rally races,but the best are evos,sti,renults,pegout,and some celicas,and a awd drive escort from england.put some perrelis on your car and go hit the gravel

[jeef]

you're a couple years late there buddy