DirtyImpreza.com Project Rally RS – Episode 2 – HID Lights
Posted by 409industries
Aaron Ekinaka Professional Moderator Location: Southern California Join Date: 04/04/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 17 Rally Car: 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS |
Title: Project Rally RS – Episode 2 – HID Lights Runtime: 3:29 Release Date: 4/2/08 The Project Rally RS saga continues, and in this episode we document the installation of six 4†Fuego HID lights (Soltek Light Systems / Baja Designs). These lights will be used to improve visibility on those dark night stages. The entire installation was custom, from having machined aluminum brackets from Jackson Rally to hold the wide cornering HID’s in the OEM fog light positions, to designing and wiring all the electrical components. Each light contains its own internal ballast and weighs in at a mere 3.5 lbs. Four of these lights are attached to our custom Jackson Rally GC light bar, these particular Fuegos feature “Driving†lenses for superior beam penetration into the darkest night roads. Fitted into the stock fog light positions is two more Fuego lights, these feature “wide cornering†lenses for a broader field of vision. This should be helpful when sliding through corners on the loose stuff. The electrical components were tricky, but nothing that can’t be handled by someone with minimal understanding of relays and fuses. The 3 universal relays are mounted in a splash-proof Hella relay block, which is fed by a splash-proof ATC fuse block using 30A fuses. Both of these boxes have been mounted to the inside of the engine compartment. The relays are controlled by 3 toggle switches in the cabin which are tied into the factory high-beam switch to be NASA compliant (Article 3.2.1.1 Section 4). The light output from this system is truly awesome! If you want to learn more about the DirtyImpreza.com Project Rally RS check out our journal here 
 -Aaron http://www.dirtyimpreza.com |
Tim Taylor Infallible Moderator Location: Oakland, CA Join Date: 02/02/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 622 Rally Car: Mazda 323 GTX |
Aaron Ekinaka Professional Moderator Location: Southern California Join Date: 04/04/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 17 Rally Car: 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS |
Jon Burke Super Moderator Location: San Francisco, CA Join Date: 01/03/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,402 Rally Car: Subaru w/<1000 crashes |
Tim Taylor Infallible Moderator Location: Oakland, CA Join Date: 02/02/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 622 Rally Car: Mazda 323 GTX |
Jon Burke Super Moderator Location: San Francisco, CA Join Date: 01/03/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,402 Rally Car: Subaru w/<1000 crashes |
Aaron Ekinaka Professional Moderator Location: Southern California Join Date: 04/04/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 17 Rally Car: 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS |
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Brian Driggs Elite Moderator Location: Glendale Join Date: 06/08/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 832 Rally Car: Keyboard. Deal with it. |
Greg Donovan Mega Moderator Location: Fargo, ND Join Date: 04/12/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 423 Rally Car: 95 Impreza Sedan |
John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Aaron Ekinaka Professional Moderator Location: Southern California Join Date: 04/04/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 17 Rally Car: 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS |
Eddie Fiorelli Infallible Moderator Location: Long Beach, CA Join Date: 11/20/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 243 Rally Car: mk2 VW GTI |
Heh, if you are building a 2001 Imprezza 2.5RS I'd say that's starting pretty high up there. If you really wanted to do stage rally, you should thinking about rallying an affordable car now. Sure it might not be OBDII even, but you'd be rallying.
Indeed, imo rallycross is a good intro to rally, but it seems like rallycrossers place this barrier between them and stage rally. On a stage its just you, alone, drive as slow as you want. The learning curve is up to you. It is not mandatory to learn the ropes at rallycrosses. I'm not trying to be a dick, just trying to give you my feel for some of the misunderstanding from rallyists to rallycrossers. Anyway, the last thing I'd be worrying about is lighting if I was serious about rallying. I know its tough when it seems like you are being insulted, but I'd take John's words as a challenge and encouragement to actually step up. The sport needs more competitors. Regardless, I liked the video and thought it was well done. It is definitely good to promote the sport anyway you can, every little bit helps.
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Aaron Ekinaka Professional Moderator Location: Southern California Join Date: 04/04/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 17 Rally Car: 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS |
Greg Donovan Mega Moderator Location: Fargo, ND Join Date: 04/12/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 423 Rally Car: 95 Impreza Sedan |
John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
409industries Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > We can't all start at the top, so you have to > start somewhere right? Rallycross is a great place > for most people to get their feet wet, since the > majority of aspiring drivers don't have much cash > to dive head first into the stage rally game. > > If it takes a 2-3 years... so what. I was looking > around at the CRS awards banquet a few months ago, > and theres lots of guys two and three times my age > still rallying. Its never to late to get into it, > even if it takes a while. You missed the irony. Everybody is a hero in advance. > Quote  nce they build their cars and put cages in
> and do a driver school and find a race... > ...in several years. > > Is that supposed to be some kind of insult? Way to > go, I hope it feels good trying to put someone > down who with is in the early stages of getting > into some serious rallying. Its a reference to absurd cockiness in Scuzzyimpreztle. > > Most everywhere else i've discussed this build > both on the net and in person, there has been > nothing but advice, support, and kind words. I > don't get why theres such negative criticism > here... > > :confused: Its only because we've been subjected to extremes of bullshitting and braying by several guys who brag about their "victories" and their "career plans" and their "professional relationships", just Blah blah blah. Pure hypped up bullshit for what is certainly fun, but ultimately totally worthless. Also we've read the little self congratulatory stuff on the fan-boy sites which seem full of rage and hate directed generally at anybody is just doesn't want to fall down worshiping guys rally-Exing Subarus, and specifically at this site and me in particular. See most people don't like it when we know somebody like Jon Burke is acting all buddy buddy to your face but in his little coterie of 1st and second gear heroes, he's calling you names, and getting e +1s. It sucks. Build your car, I've helped plenty of Subaru guys with parts, advice, built a couple of Regional Winning STI motors, done 40 and 50mm suspension for Leones, Legacies, and various Imprezas, and I'll help you if you ask. But we don't want or need to hear the same old hype. HYPE is what's wrong with rally in USA. > > > > -Aaron > 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. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2008 02:12AM by john vanlandingham. |
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