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Old May 30, 2004 | 04:39 PM
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3rd gen able to rally?


discuss please
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Old May 30, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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the front suspention looks messed up, so much camber
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:05 PM
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his engine bay must be a pain to keep clean
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:17 PM
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holy ****, iv never been that high haha in anycase, some cars were ment to rally (wrx/evo) and some were ment for street/tarmac (fd, mr2,supra,300zx,3000gt vr-4)

i would rather use a fc or fb to rally as who the hell cares if they get beat to hell and back haha. also, you need ground clearence to rally, i dont think a dropped fd would do very well as it will probally get stuck going over a small bump (hell i almost get stuck going over speedbumps hahaha )
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:26 PM
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Didnt some dude win a bunch of rallys/uphill stuff in a 3 rotor FC??
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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I think I saw a rally rx-7 in SCCA mag awhile back...

that car on the other hand looks just like he is screwing around. The suspension isn't set up for rally and it looks like it has street rubber on it.
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:33 PM
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Not nuff suspension travel, probably would tear the car apart the first time you land on one wheel at 60mph...
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:34 PM
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that guys an idiot poor fd.
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Old May 30, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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...and to think of all the owners of black FDs complaining of the appearance of dust.
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Old May 30, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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Dust? Who cares about dust? You can expect to ball up rally cars with some regularity. Real rally nuts usually have one or two spare shells in the stages of being prepped with a cage and paint, just ready to swap any salvageable parts from the soon-to-be-wrecked current car over onto it.

Or just for spare body parts... http://www.rallyplanet.com/index.php...limit_start=48 pix in reverse order, start on page 5 and work towards 1.

I can think of how to build up an FD to be a decent rally car, but it rather involves eliminating the stock suspension entirely (in favor of strut front/solid axle rear - need TRAVEL and STRENGTH), as well as the turbos (why bother in a 2WD car?).
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