BRS: Who's going to watch?
Posted by BobOfTheFuture
Rob Senior Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
Kevin Turner Super Moderator Location: Newark, DE Join Date: 01/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 364 Rally Car: 2wd Impreza... dude you should do an sti swap |
Anders Green Ultra Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Matt Smith Senior Moderator Location: Wilmington NC Join Date: 03/31/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 546 Rally Car: xr4ti |
Thomas Kimsey Senior Moderator Location: Rochester, New Hampshire Join Date: 10/05/2013 Age: Settling Down Posts: 271 Rally Car: 1988 XRatty |
Mark what happened on the last stage? |
Mark Hille Junior Moderator Location: The hills of CT Join Date: 10/04/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 135 Rally Car: I have two crap boxes |
We had a rough rally. Lost an EGR plug on our manifold at the beginning of stage 2 that left us without boost and with hot exhaust pointed toward some coolant hoses. Limped to service and plugged it with an aluminum -an fitting that lasted until the first stage of day two. Limped to service. Plugged it with another aluminum fitting that lasted 1.5 stages. We ended up withdrawing from the rally before the last stage at the last service. Sucks that a $0.40 plug cost us so much hassle. I had an iron spare but didn’t bring it with somehow. I had my crew buy some plugs but I told them the wrong size. One of these races we are going to make it through without any issues. Rallies are much more fun when nothing is going wrong. When we had boost the car was running good. We also managed to miss the start control at stage 12. Not sure what happened there. Haha. There were no cars in front of us when we showed up at the control so I think the start guys had assumed there were no more cars and we didn’t see them or recognize to stop at them. I take responsibility for not recognizing them. At least we got to watch Dan crash right after he passed us on stage 2. Glad you guys made it back into the race. My initial thought as I drove by and saw your wheel as you were trying to drive up the hill was “oh those guys are done for sure!” The weird part was this was the second time we witnessed an off immediately after the finish. It may have even been the same stage. It was last year and I can’t remember. It is bad luck to be right in front of us at the finish line. hahaha
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Thomas Kimsey Senior Moderator Location: Rochester, New Hampshire Join Date: 10/05/2013 Age: Settling Down Posts: 271 Rally Car: 1988 XRatty |
What we did on my car was just weld that hole up. Saw some good pictures of your car, despite the problems looked like you were still having some good fun. Good luck at the next one! 
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Senior Moderator Join Date: 07/31/2013 Posts: 30 |
John Farnsworth Mega Moderator Location: Chicago, IL / St. Louis, MO Join Date: 03/01/2013 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 54 |
Mark Hille Junior Moderator Location: The hills of CT Join Date: 10/04/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 135 Rally Car: I have two crap boxes |
We did have fun for sure.
Thanks! I'm building a house and getting married so hopefully the next one is sooner than later but we will have to see. 
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Rob Senior Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
Some worker near the end of that stage told me he saw somebody split a big rock in half and drag it down the road a bit. Guess that was you guys! Enablers, All of you. |
Joachim Sandgaard Elite Moderator Location: New Jersey Join Date: 10/17/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 52 Rally Car: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD |
Dave Zajano Mod Moderator Location: murderland Join Date: 09/25/2014 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 14 Rally Car: a pile of electrical gremlins |
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