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Shamelessly stealing Lurch's link from John V.'s thread, www.theedgeusa.net/buggies_piranha.htm
The topic was introducing some form of kart to feed into rallying, so the kids can start young. I say "kids schmids, lemme get in on this!"
Why I wanna rally. #1. Go sideways, fast, in the woods. #2. see #1. I can't really afford to spend the bucks to build and maintain a rallycar. I still haven't finished repairing all the damage from Doo *** back in March and I didn't even really hurt the car all that badly. I was thinking rather than trying to keep an Open AWD car going, that some cheap Gp5 car would be the way to go. But I don't think there's any such thing as a cheap rallycar. OK, the spec Metros are pretty inexpensive but, well, I wanna go fast, and sideways...If we could get a spec class of buggy or kart or whatever, based on f'r'instance what the above link describes, I would be all over it. OK, no codriver, but look at all the advantages... roll it, who cares, get out and right it yourself and keep going. No big bucks spent on replacing body panels and roofs and such. Easy to see if something is broken, and easy to get at all those parts. You can use powerplants and drivetrains that were *designed* for the sort of abuse that rallying doles out, instead of hoping that the street-based parts in your rallycar will last the whole event. And I daresay that 700 lb and 100 or so hp would keep any of us well entertained and very very busy...I hereby propose that we make this spec class and wanna see if anyone else thinks this is a good idea.
The topic was introducing some form of kart to feed into rallying, so the kids can start young. I say "kids schmids, lemme get in on this!"
Why I wanna rally. #1. Go sideways, fast, in the woods. #2. see #1. I can't really afford to spend the bucks to build and maintain a rallycar. I still haven't finished repairing all the damage from Doo *** back in March and I didn't even really hurt the car all that badly. I was thinking rather than trying to keep an Open AWD car going, that some cheap Gp5 car would be the way to go. But I don't think there's any such thing as a cheap rallycar. OK, the spec Metros are pretty inexpensive but, well, I wanna go fast, and sideways...If we could get a spec class of buggy or kart or whatever, based on f'r'instance what the above link describes, I would be all over it. OK, no codriver, but look at all the advantages... roll it, who cares, get out and right it yourself and keep going. No big bucks spent on replacing body panels and roofs and such. Easy to see if something is broken, and easy to get at all those parts. You can use powerplants and drivetrains that were *designed* for the sort of abuse that rallying doles out, instead of hoping that the street-based parts in your rallycar will last the whole event. And I daresay that 700 lb and 100 or so hp would keep any of us well entertained and very very busy...I hereby propose that we make this spec class and wanna see if anyone else thinks this is a good idea.