911 Carrera RallyCross Project

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One or two of our runs came to grief however as we both had instances of instananeuos oversteer in some of the faster sections, resulting in a few spins and multiple cone penalties between us. Still, the other competitors suffered similar fates and we came out on top again.

Many people were getting caught out by the transition from grippy gravel to slippery mud-snot.

You and Scott were entertaining to watch, for sure. It looked like one of the more controlled cars out there, while also covering ground quickly.

Thanks Pete. You should have seen it from inside

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

Here's some more videos of the event from Brian Thorpe:

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

Or should I say...Jesus Tach-dancing Christ?

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Something about something....dirt.

thats a nice looking trailer your car is on.. mind sharing the info on it?

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

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mke723
thats a nice looking trailer your car is on.. mind sharing the info on it?

It's a borrowed aluminium Trailex mke. That's really all I know about it.

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

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Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

Or should I say...Jesus Tach-dancing Christ?

These guys have a new car now running BRAIDs. Think it's them anyway.

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

I just found out the car produced the fastest time of the day at the RallyCross this past weekend. Scott was driving not me but it's still very gratifying; it was faster than all the heavily modified Subarus and other well developed cars.



As the car was still on the trailer Tuesday morning we decided to drop it off at [URL="[url]http://www.thompsonracingfabrication.com/"[/url];]Thompson Racing Fabrication[/URL] to get some "Porsche Protection" installed. That's skid plates and oil cooler system shields in English.




Their almost completed rally Lancer in the background is amazing.




Despite spending $10 of my life savings and the best part of an hour of my life at the local power wash the underside still looked like this when we got it on the hoist.




Still, it's a lot cleaner then the floor of the power wash bay I used. Wont be invited back there again.

Stuff keeps showing for the car. Wish I had time to install it all. Yesterday pedals, foot rest and a throttle pedal lifter from Pelican.




Today some rubber floor mats. I was going to get racing red but bottled out and got safe grey instead.




I'll post pictures of Ryan's handywork when we get the car back next week.

Have a great weekend.

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

Some images are emerging from the University of Thompson Racing Fabrication.

Front skid plate




Oil tank armor








Oil cooler protection




Oil line shielding







I can't wait to see the harness bar he is creating.



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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com



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Picked the car from Ryan Thompson today and found this gorgeous custom harness bar in the back. Better and cheaper than Sparco. Perhaps you should get one.







and the MOMO steering wheel hub arrived.

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com



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We took the car up to the Sno*Drift rally in Lewiston, Michigan this past weekend. Well, my friend Ray did. I drove the van. It was the cars first long distance run so we were a little apprehensive but we needn't have been. The car performed flawlessley and was a big hit.

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

your above photos, the skid plates, dont load... fyi.. great build none the less..

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

Thanks.

Fixed

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

thanks for fix. looks fantastic. are you worried about the holes in the oil cooler plate filling with mud, and reducing air flow?

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

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thanks for fix. looks fantastic. are you worried about the holes in the oil cooler plate filling with mud, and reducing air flow?

Thanks.

I'm a little concerned but ot as much as I am about rocks hitting it. The first time out mud coated the oil cooler and the temperature nosed up so you kind of can't win.

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Paul Eddleston
BRAID Wheels USA www.BRAIDUSA.com
Team Illuminata Motorsport www.teamilluminata.com

I think if you had the oil cooler safely wrapped in a Ziploc in your tow vehicle, it would have been covered in mud.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.