Hi guys,
I logged on this morning and read a thread about some Mustangs rallying. I went out to a meeting and came back bu the thread has dissappeared however it got me a-thinking.
There a bit of criticism about the chosen car and how bad it would be (and believe me, it wouldn't hold a candle to STi/Evo evo in terms of stage times) but speaking as someone who has been building and competing in rallying for over 10 years, thats the great thing about the sport - you can take just about any car, get some mates involved and have fun in it.
One of the guys I started rallying with now rallies a lamorghini (in car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvwssyLyPAs) which is a work of art, just jaw droppingly fast and magnificent to listen to whereas another of my mates competed at sub professional national level and now rallies a datsun 180B (in carhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VWCD2MNMM).
Take alook at the datto video - if you ever wanted to get an idea of the teamwork involved with rallying and how much fun you can have in a low tech, cheap car, look no further.
Ayham and I are working on a rally project at the moment, which is progressing against Ayhams wishes (I have a 66,000km E46 M3 that I am "performance enhancing" with the target of converting to gravel rally spec in stages - Ayham says I'm mad) but which will make one hell of a gravel car eventually.
Anyway - thanks very much for the rally post, whoever did it and whereever it went - its great to see a little sideways action every now and again.
Jamie
I logged on this morning and read a thread about some Mustangs rallying. I went out to a meeting and came back bu the thread has dissappeared however it got me a-thinking.
There a bit of criticism about the chosen car and how bad it would be (and believe me, it wouldn't hold a candle to STi/Evo evo in terms of stage times) but speaking as someone who has been building and competing in rallying for over 10 years, thats the great thing about the sport - you can take just about any car, get some mates involved and have fun in it.
One of the guys I started rallying with now rallies a lamorghini (in car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvwssyLyPAs) which is a work of art, just jaw droppingly fast and magnificent to listen to whereas another of my mates competed at sub professional national level and now rallies a datsun 180B (in carhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VWCD2MNMM).
Take alook at the datto video - if you ever wanted to get an idea of the teamwork involved with rallying and how much fun you can have in a low tech, cheap car, look no further.
Ayham and I are working on a rally project at the moment, which is progressing against Ayhams wishes (I have a 66,000km E46 M3 that I am "performance enhancing" with the target of converting to gravel rally spec in stages - Ayham says I'm mad) but which will make one hell of a gravel car eventually.
Anyway - thanks very much for the rally post, whoever did it and whereever it went - its great to see a little sideways action every now and again.
Jamie
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