Re: Gorman Ridge Rally

[Mike Zamikhovsky <MikeZ755@sprintmail.com>]

ptimmerm@mashtun.JPL.NASA.GOV wrote:
> 
>         Gorman Ridge Rally Report August 22, 1998
> 
> This past weekend, Suzi and I competed in the Gorman Ridge Rally.
> We brought the new, Groupe A Spec. 323 GTX, dressed up all fancey
> in King Dragon Racing Livery.  That's more of a serious race car
> than the largely production based car we ran before.  Having
> purchased the car only two weeks earlier, it was a struggle to
> get ready.  It did not start or run right from the start.  After
> considering a major overhaul, I decided a tune up would have to do,
> despite the perilously low compression numbers I was getting.
> A combination of a new secondary ignition, a rebuilt ditributor,
> a change in plugs, and a mixture adjustment seemed to help out.
> By race day it was starting about half the time without a push,
> It pulled well once running, but could we run with the big dogs
> in 4WD open?  Time would tell.
> 
> Gorman Ridge was my first race last year, and we cooked a motor
> big time after less than 15 minutes. It was terrible.  With a
> car that was still iffy, I hop


Who's 323 did you buy. Does it have international spec tranny? 
Peter Moody's 323 on sale at Ben's rally page with X-track tranny should 
be faster than any Audi if driven properly. 

Have fun with it.

Mike Z