Q - Rally car in Canada?

[passat TS]

Zsolt,

Everyone involved in Rally told me to buy a car ready to rally.
It should be cheaper, and you'll be in the woods way quicker than building
one.
Although, one needs to be careful, as Tim said, there are cars and there
"cars"... Things like:
Is the car complying with the current rules(2002)?
Is the cage good or junk?
etc...

I, being the stubborn my wife claims, decided to build one. I don't have
much spare time, but I'm on 6 months and counting. I probably need another 6
months if you ask me today.

BTW, I'm building a CGT for G2.

Last thing, get a copy of the current rules (scca web site), and see what
you need.

Good luck,

Carlos.


>From: "Tim Penasack" <tpenasack at mediaone.net>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>, <zed123 at telusplanet.net>
>Subject: RE: Q - Rally car in Canada?
>Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:26:31 -0500
>
> >Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 21:43:14 -0700
> >From: Zsolt <zed123 at telusplanet.net>
> >To: "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com>
> >Subject: Q - Rally car in Canada?
>
> >I am considering to get into rallying. I was thinking about the 4000
> >series, but I'm not sure I can get enough power out of the 2.2 without
> >turbo. There was no turbo version available was there?
>
>I own a 4000 rally car and I agree somewhat with both Seth and Martin.  The
>2.2 NA engine, if
>tuned and setup properly has great torque and a strong power band for most
>of the rally's on the
>east coast. A great and durable engine to learn how to drive -if they are
>setup properly.
>They are durable and their are a lot of parts out there (BTDT - just
>replaced the
>front right nose due to an off) and they are cheap.
>
>Regarding buying a prepared car - I looked around a lot at the other cars
>that where already prepared and
>I was not happy with either there construction or they took a major hit in
>the body, went through a major
>rebuild, and that made me leery.  It is typically cheaper to buy a prepared
>car
>but you will also inherit the problems and usually allot of spare parts.
>
>I went with 5k front struts and 90 (URQ) rears with a 5 bolt conversion.
>Since I am a heavy left foot
>braker I would run out of brakes early so I installed G60's from a 5k as
>well.  I bought the
>URQ ball joints and VW A2 tie rod ends to work through problems that Martin
>talked about.  Everybody
>has a their own priority list for what is important in there car and after
>the safety (cage, seats and belts)
>I felt that suspension was next (I know others who felt that paint job was
>more important than suspension!)
>
>I can go through the details for both the suspension swap, cage and there
>are real experts on the list that can talk
>through the turbo swap (I am half-way through it currently)
>
>Let me know
>
>-Tim
>"Driver, owner and chief financial officer Wazoo Racing"
>01 S4
>95 100s Wagon
>86 4ktq Rally car
>
>
>




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