How to get started in Rally video
Posted by SeanP
Sean Lane Ultra Moderator Location: Sacramento, CA Join Date: 07/29/2011 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 334 Rally Car: 2000 Dodge Neon G2, bruised |
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John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Yeah particularly the unstated but explicit assumption that a person will "work they way up" inevitably to a turbo 4wd car..., which is one of the major detriments to the growth of the sport.... Also notice that no (so far) mention of any dollar amounts. "Oh reasonable for used Fiesta...." to start with... Yeah reasonable to start with : 
That's $5,200...in Alabama This is 
$6000 in New Yawk City And here in Sleezattle only $10,000 for this: 
For stock cars all with autotragic... "real reasonable cost" John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Sean Lane Ultra Moderator Location: Sacramento, CA Join Date: 07/29/2011 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 334 Rally Car: 2000 Dodge Neon G2, bruised |
Tony Wells Professional Moderator Location: Omaha, NE Join Date: 07/08/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 191 Rally Car: SP Evo IX #112 |
John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Scott Creech Super Moderator Location: Jane, MO Join Date: 12/02/2012 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 415 Rally Car: Audi 90 Quattro (WIP) |
Aaron Luptak Elite Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
Actually, I'm pretty sure either Wyatt or Billy (or both?) pretty explicitly said that a person will want to work their way up to an open class car. Comparing the Fiesta and a Mk2 GTi kind of makes sense, at least until you consider that the GTi was rated for as much as 130bhp (at 2400 lbs), and the Fiesta is about 120bhp @ ~2600 lbs... Also, as one would expect: * you have to learn LFB to be fast * FWD is always (ALWAYS!) faster than RWD. (I realize that current Australia results do actually bear this out to some extent, but the differences between the two are still a fraction of the time that both Reeves and Orders were putting into most of the field.)  KF7RWG 
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Sean Lane Ultra Moderator Location: Sacramento, CA Join Date: 07/29/2011 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 334 Rally Car: 2000 Dodge Neon G2, bruised |
John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Banned Godlike Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 03/27/2009 Age: Ancient Posts: 1,798 Rally Car: (ex)86 RX-7(built), (ex)2.5RS (bought) |
Shocker... guy who owns a shop that builds rally cars for people says people should build their own cars (which often involves outsourcing the high labour items like cages and custom fab work) First Rally: 2001 Driver (7), Co-Driver (44) Drivers (16) Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Last Updated, January 4, 2015 
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