NEFR 2011
Posted by tedm
Tim Chevalier Senior Moderator Location: Grafton, MA Join Date: 02/10/2010 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 18 Rally Car: 1985 Merkur XR4Ti |
Ted and Keith - not rough? - did you drive the southern and eastern loops of the Middle Dam stages? Most of the stages were nice, but there were sections that were old school - POR type rough. You could avoid most of the rocks, but it seemed like a rallycross with all the dodging around orange objects in the road I was doing at times.
NEFR was a shakedown for us - went into it with that attitude, finished the event, and came out with some lessons learned about the new car. 1. Stock 1980's XR4 Spatula rims are mega strong on the outer rim, mega weak on the inner. Broke (as in split apart) two rims causing flats and bent at least 3 others to the point that they still held air, but are no longer usable. All the damage was on the inner side of the rims. 2. JVAB suspension rocks.  The suspension handled some pretty rough sections without a single complaint.
3. Need a co-driver's foot rest. Said rough sections caused co-driver to yelp a few times because he couldn't really brace himself much and took it all in the butt. 4. BFGs are worth the money. Not a single failure due to the tires. The tires that went flat due to rim failures are still good and will be reused as spares. 5. Need more power... 6. Need a limited slip... 7. Need real rally wheels... 8. Need more money (see points 5, 6 & 7). 
9. Freakin' love this car! Handles fantastic, does exactly what you tell it to do, very stable, and a riot to drive. 
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didn't get a good chance to look at what he had done. figure he was running mostly 1-3mph/stage faster on average than we were. rough is relative but it only took a couple good hits at speed to do some damage. we managed to make it through without any real drama. Only changed one wheel all weekend since it was bent a little more than I was comfortable with and we had a ton of time at the turn around. car needs a few control arm bushings and a new center section for the exhaust thanks to the soft fill from fridays stages. Big plus of the weekend was the new grading on the middle dam transit section. it was ugly the year before. |
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