Greg Donovan Mod Moderator Location: Fargo, ND Join Date: 04/12/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 423 Rally Car: 95 Impreza Sedan |
John Huebbe Godlike Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
http://www.rally-america.com/events/2013/OFPR/stages/stage/4
Proof that you don't need an AWD car to set good stage times. A 43 year old VW Beetle and a 1991 GMC Sonoma should not be this high in the stage times 
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Mike Lindenfelser Mod Moderator Location: Minnesnowta Join Date: 10/17/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 154 Rally Car: 1995 Impreza L |
Greg Donovan Mod Moderator Location: Fargo, ND Join Date: 04/12/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 423 Rally Car: 95 Impreza Sedan |
John, you guys were just as popular as ken on the stages. Adding up the days puts you in 4th 2wd! Did they not score SS7? Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/2013 10:59AM by Greg Donovan. |
John Huebbe Godlike Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
Far from what I'd call "Modern" Mark and I keep it well prep'd but it is not a modern car by any means. It does have a bigger motor in it (2.2 liter), but we are actually making the same horse power as what they ran in the 70's off of the 1600, but they were running better fuel and crazy high compression ratio (and building new motors all the time). (we run pump gas)
stock front & rear suspension setup (just Bilstein shocks) weber carbs (ran in the 70's) 009 distributor engine is type 1, just larger displacement transmission is nothing special, gear ratios are different and it has a LSD from a VW Thing, but so was the car from the 70's (and they ran a Porsche 914 5-speed gearbox). you also can't shift very hard, just has single cone syncros and there is slop in the linkage. You have to plan ahead with downshifts
disc brakes (they used ATE solid discs & calipers in the 70's) The motor and transmission combo are essentially the same performance from what the Porsche Salzburg team ran in the 70's on their bugs, we just have better longevity in our motor. And, I don't even think you can call what we are experiencing "longevity". Case was linebored after 2 years and was finally cracked after 4 years. Heads were rebuilt twice and replaced once (and will most likely be replaced or rebuilt after Perryville rally) The motor is out of the car after almost every event. Carbs are tuned up constantly. It does have a steering quickener, so I guess that's a modern comfort that the 70's car didn't have. It is essentially a cheap version of the 70's car without spending metric tons of cash doing everything like the FIA papers. It's not like we took a modern car and stuck it on an old body. It's just all air cooled VW beetle stuff that they have been doing for years and years. When either of us talk to bug guys about little modifications, they inevitably say "oh yeah, I remember doing that back in the 70's and 80's to my race bug" I honestly don't know why so many other modern cars were slower than us at this rally. |
John Huebbe Godlike Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
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http://daronhume.com/rally/combine.php5?rally_id=OFPR&rally_id_override=&rally_year=2013&start_stage=&end_stage=&watch_cars=&ignore_cars=&class_alias=&class_filter=&stage_skip=7
removes SS7 which only had times for nat'l competitors, making it look like only 12 finishers. That Aussie kid can definitely pedal the car.  KF7RWG 
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Greg Donovan Mod Moderator Location: Fargo, ND Join Date: 04/12/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 423 Rally Car: 95 Impreza Sedan |
John Reed Elite Moderator Location: Portland, Oregon Join Date: 06/09/2012 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 176 Rally Car: Toyota AE86 |
Greg Donovan Mod Moderator Location: Fargo, ND Join Date: 04/12/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 423 Rally Car: 95 Impreza Sedan |
Banned Senior Moderator Location: the end of the universe Join Date: 02/12/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 1,432 Rally Car: 1980 Opel Ascona B |
Why not?
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John Huebbe Godlike Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
Honestly, The other guys should be driving faster. 
But I'm not complaining
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Allan Dantes Junior Moderator Location: Herman, MI Join Date: 01/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 176 Rally Car: 87 Mazda LSRX-7 |
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