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  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Feb. 24, 2009 3:47 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 New Reader

    I wanna start it so bad!! A Spec Kia Rio Challenge!! Do you think NASA would do it???

  • Snowdoggie

    Feb. 24, 2009 3:51 p.m. Snowdoggie Reader

    What can you do with a Rio? I like the 5 door version.

  • ClemSparks

    Feb. 24, 2009 3:54 p.m. ClemSparks UberDork

    Sounds like fun. NO mods unless they are cheaper than stock replacements. Factory wheel size (and weight), Stock brakes (unlimited pads?), Passengers required.

    Clem

  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Feb. 24, 2009 3:55 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 New Reader

    dunno... 4 doors run more weight, cinco no weight penalty? Sealed motor, roll cage, spec 15 inch wheel, spec nitto 555s, what else?

  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Feb. 24, 2009 3:56 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 New Reader

    leave the hubcaps on

  • thatsnowinnebago

    Feb. 24, 2009 3:59 p.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork

    mandatory nitrous controlled by the audience

  • Bobzilla

    Feb. 24, 2009 4:00 p.m. Bobzilla Reader

    Na. . . . Spec Accent is more my taste. 3dr HAtch, all run the SE suspension with 205/45/16 spec tires.

  • Rusty_Rabbit84

    Feb. 24, 2009 4:03 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 New Reader

    accents are too sporty, rios were hit with an ugly stick!!

  • ClemSparks

    Feb. 24, 2009 4:03 p.m. ClemSparks UberDork

    Stock cam and compression ratio with the intent that a TRULY bone stock engine would be competetive. I like this rule.

    I'd prefer to have tires with a treadwear limit. That way I can run whatever cheap tires I want to. Exhaust free after the stock manifold (so we don't have to replace expensive OE cats) but with a sound limit. Stock intake and throttle body (or whatever the restriction is) with aftermarket filter/housing being fine (read cheap)

    Keep all the glass and interior, possibly (I'm thinking along the lines of showroom stock, but that might not be practical/safe).

    What other "cheats" are there to outlaw? I don't know the rio aside from a rental or two that I've driven.

    Clem

  • 16vCorey

    Feb. 24, 2009 4:04 p.m. 16vCorey SuperDork

    thatsnowinnebago wrote:

    mandatory nitrous controlled by the audience

    That is awesome.

  • ddavidv

    Feb. 24, 2009 4:42 p.m. ddavidv UltraDork

    Doesn't Spec Focus already sort of address the cheap, plentiful, ugly car class?

  • Per Schroeder

    Feb. 24, 2009 7:52 p.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director

    Yes, but it's not as cheap, plentiful or ugly as the Rio.

    kidding!

  • internetautomart

    Feb. 24, 2009 8:27 p.m. internetautomart SuperDork

    hey now, I wouldn't mind a new Rio wagon, doesn't look bad to me.
    Spectra does look better and the older Rio was/is ugly

  • Keith

    Feb. 24, 2009 11:49 p.m. Keith UberDork

    Sign me up for audience nitrous control! As a member of the audience, that is.

    For tires, make it a spending limit. You have $100 at Costco to put tires on your car. Stock wheels. Heck, make the whole class a claim class, for MSRP of a brand new Rio.

  • maroon92

    Feb. 24, 2009 11:59 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    Rio's on Costco tires actually sounds like fun...cornering speeds would be about 10...

    maybe there should be a max budget of 15000 for the whole season.

  • 92dxman

    Feb. 25, 2009 12:36 a.m. 92dxman Reader

    How about everybody wait a few years until they hit GRM $200x prices? Seriously, they are decent cars. My mom has had an 06 as her dd the last couple years and no trouble in 30k miles and always gotten damn near 30 mpg.

  • skullsroad

    Feb. 25, 2009 1:37 a.m. skullsroad New Reader

    As a Costco employee I must defend my honor! You can't buy tires for $100 at Costco so poo on you!

  • minimac

    Feb. 25, 2009 5:06 a.m. minimac Dork

    92dxman wrote:

    How about everybody wait a few years until they hit GRM $200x prices?.....

    Don't you mean "wait a few months"?

  • PorschesOnTheCheap

    Feb. 25, 2009 5:32 a.m. PorschesOnTheCheap New Reader

    I think a Spec-Rio class would be fun!!

    FWIW I would race a spec Rio.

  • ddavidv

    Feb. 25, 2009 6:25 a.m. ddavidv UltraDork

    GRM-TV presents... Replace it with a Rio and Per as the Stig's Krispy Kreme devouring US cousin. First celebrity can be Leno. For added fun, give Tommy the remote for the nitrous.

  • CarKid1989

    Feb. 25, 2009 8:24 a.m. CarKid1989 Reader

    I have seen Rios pop up for pennies on C-List. Worth getting? At all?

  • Per Schroeder

    Feb. 25, 2009 8:27 a.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director

    Funny thing is Dwight, I don't actually like Krispy Kremes that much, but when I'm working my ass off and there's nothing nearby to eat, that will do. I'd much prefer bagels.
    Kthnksbye.

  • Wally

    Feb. 25, 2009 8:57 a.m. Wally UltraDork

    thatsnowinnebago wrote:

    mandatory nitrous controlled by the audience

    The Greatest idea ever. Tires should have no name and the whitewall must face out.

  • Bobzilla

    Feb. 25, 2009 9:04 a.m. Bobzilla Reader

    You know. .. our last points event in the Indy region I used the wife's 2000 4dr accent on stock 150k mile suspension and terrible tires.... it was actually quite fun. Lots of body roll + people giggling + oversteer = FUN!

  • Keith

    Feb. 25, 2009 9:21 a.m. Keith UberDork

    Um, Per is Stig's dad. Not his cousin. Some say he sleeps inside out...

    Can't buy tires for $100? Okay then, you have to run the Rio on $100 worth of tires. If that means one good right front and three junkyard tires, then that's how it goes. Chassis tuning via tire decrepitude.

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