Adrian_Thompson wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but what ground clearance are you running. Stock US or higher?
Trying to figure out what ground clearance I need on the SAAB. Right now it's stock but with a bunch of weight removed so it looks like you could drive a Lotus underneath it! WIll be adding weight back in, but not sure how much.
I guess the Q should be, how much ground clearance do you need to Detroit region events?
I'm running stock US ride height when it has it's rally tires on. The autocross setup is a full 2" less in diameter though.
Great Lakes challenge is in Hebron, OH this year.
EvanB wrote:
Great Lakes challenge is in Hebron, OH this year.
When? I wouldn't mind throwing the car at that.
End of August, I think we are going to have a huge MR turnout.
teamilluminata wrote:
irish44j wrote:
teamilluminata wrote:
irish44j wrote:
Looking forward to heading to the Great Lakes regionals this year - are you guys going? If so, will be very interested to see how my car (and/or driving) matches up in its last season before I actually add some reasonable power to the car.
This is one of the threads that motivates me to work on improving mine, knowing I'll probably end up running against you guys one of these days. I still have a ways to go to get the car to your level of prep though :)
Great Lakes Regional RallyCross or Autocross?
believe me, if I'm doing well its all car, even though, performance-wise its basically stock.
I'll take that to mean that you don't follow my build thread 
Rallycross, lol.
No, sorry, where is it?
right down the page...
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/mein-e30-mein-sammlungkreuz-baugewinde-my-318i-rallycross-build-thread/40440/page1/
irish44j wrote:
teamilluminata wrote:
irish44j wrote:
teamilluminata wrote:
irish44j wrote:
Looking forward to heading to the Great Lakes regionals this year - are you guys going? If so, will be very interested to see how my car (and/or driving) matches up in its last season before I actually add some reasonable power to the car.
This is one of the threads that motivates me to work on improving mine, knowing I'll probably end up running against you guys one of these days. I still have a ways to go to get the car to your level of prep though :)
Great Lakes Regional RallyCross or Autocross?
believe me, if I'm doing well its all car, even though, performance-wise its basically stock.
I'll take that to mean that you don't follow my build thread
Rallycross, lol.
No, sorry, where is it?
right down the page...
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/mein-e30-mein-sammlungkreuz-baugewinde-my-318i-rallycross-build-thread/40440/page1/
Thanks. Looks like a lot of reading in my future.
I thought we hadn't done much to the car recently then I looked at my pictures in my phone and thought "oh poop, better do an update". So here it is:
Removed the rockers for weight savings and bad-arse look.
Then thought. I need a bad-arse helmet too:
Then we took some cars to some coffee (cars & coffee)
RallyCross in South Lyon this weekend . Let's see how the new helmet performs.
:)
Sent the car on a diet again. Removed antenna:
added a foot rest, removed front carpets, removed sound deadening, removed center console, removed ac blower:
The result, -52lbs:
Also adjusted the valves on the right side of the engine, tried to adjust the clutch but I think we need a new helper spring. Adjusted the handbrake.
teamilluminata wrote:
Also adjusted the valves on the right side of the engine, tried to adjust the clutch but I think we need a new helper spring. Adjusted the handbrake.
Hmm....now within 300lbs of my e30, but with a lot more power. Guess I need to get going on those last 30-40lbs that I can easily lose while still keeping it street-legal 
So before this round you were at 2630 lbs. What was your oiginal start point as I thought Carrera's were only around 2700 to start with, I'm guessing you were well over that.
Adrian_Thompson wrote:
So before this round you were at 2630 lbs. What was your oiginal start point as I thought Carrera's were only around 2700 to start with, I'm guessing you were well over that.
2745lb with ac removed and heavier Acropolis wheels on.
Well, it finally happened; the RallyCross 911 got beaten in a RallyCross! So now it's for sale. Nah, we're keeping it silly. It did get beaten though but we have an excuse as the clutch was slipping. At least that's Scott's excuse. My excuse was slipping talent. Here's a video of it launching with the slipping clutch. We thought it was tire spin but tires don't smell like that PU.
So do we need a new clutch? We're not sure. The clutch disc was changed last year even though the old one was only 50% gone, but the pedal has felt funny the last few weeks. We thought it was our inability to adjust it properly but upon closer inspection we discovered the helper spring, the horse hoe shaped one under the transmission was binding and possibly taking some pressure off the clutch plate. It also stopped the clutch pedal from coming back up all the way too. That's all freed up now and it seems to be working but we need to test it under race conditions to be sure. Fortunately there's an autocross own the street this Sunday that will be perfect for such an occasion.
Other than this hiccup we finished cleaning up and painting the driver's side floor which meant dealing with the ECU, handbrake and gear stick.
Just need to source a better pedal plate and passenger footrest. The wooden ones fell apart.
(slipping clutch excuse noted for future use )
So what beat you?
irish44j wrote:
(slipping clutch excuse noted for future use )
So what beat you?
Yes, that guy and some..............
Fixed clutch. New tires and a supercharger on the way. ;)
In reply to teamilluminata:
That sounds awesome!!!!
Some pictures from the last RallyCross courtesy of Nathan Usher.
bluej
SuperDork
6/4/14 10:34 a.m.
So with a "slipping" clutch you lost by ~3/4's of a second on the day. Yikes!
JM35
New Reader
6/4/14 10:55 a.m.
Sweet plans! Hopefully it works as intended!
No. I lost by a lot more than that but the car lost by 3/4 seconds, yes. I'm blaming my new helmet.
Curious, what's the story with that 83 celica that was right on your tail? Just wondering since we had an 84 celica driven by a fast driver (NONACK) last year in MR (though his was mostly stock) and another one running this year in PR. So, basically a metric for my own comparison, lol...
I assume this one must be pretty heavily modified to be that close to you guys.
I don't know much about it other than it's a stage car.
