Any E30 rallyists here?

[KennyT]

Snow tires actually aren't all that bad for Autocross. Better than your 100 billion mile all seasons. My Blizzak's make a lot of noise right at the limit, and have such a low threshold that once broken free you can easily regain grip. The really soft compound also makes for decent drift control.

[FredK]

ahahah sweet

It must have been quite a squirmy tire!

[SlapDash]

Here's a shot of my favorite AutoX tires...

[SlapDash]

Sweet! I can't believe you autocrossed using snow tires! haha.

Us rally people live on the fringe. At the end of the day, there was more fringe on my tires than a John Denver suede jacket in 1978.

[SlapDash]

Sweet!

[KennyT]

This weekend at LSPR



Scott Sanford was the driver.

[FredK]

Sweet! I can't believe you autocrossed using snow tires! haha.

[SlapDash]

Shakedown autoX

So the Slapdash Racing BMW survived its first shakedown in the form of an airport tarmac autoX yesterday.

Running on 10-year-old bald snow tires, the 325iS did pretty well as far as holding together. I did however, find several 'extra' parts from the build as they rolled around the floor during hard cornering.

There were several spins (unintentional) and a few 'oh sh*t' moments, but all in all, everything stood up well.

My only major complaint was that city bus steering wheel and the 20-minute, lock-to-lock steering time.

I was a full 20 seconds behind a Lotus Elise on the mile course, but hey, he had ABS and, uh, a Lotus.

[SlapDash]

Yes.

[u3b3rg33k]

A friend of mine was in a rally and he hit a rock so hard that the top of the engine dented the hood -- and that was with a skid plate.

Moral of the story:
Don't hit rocks.

[SlapDash]

I'm still relatively new to the scene as far as what engine is what, but I would, if you haven't already, spend the money on suspension reinforcement, skid plates, bash plates, diff covers, etc.

A friend of mine was in a rally and he hit a rock so hard that the top of the engine dented the hood -- and that was with a skid plate.

[QUKBMER]

nice im in process hurry up w the pics

My friend and i are trying to get this car going,maybe a s50 or stay with the m10.

[KennyT]

There is 325 registered for the Lake Superior Pro Rally this weekend. Is that any of you?

[psyber_0ptix]

yaayy

[SlapDash]

Here's the Slapdash car so far. Still needs a lot, but it's under its own power, all the lights work, wipers, fan, Speedo, etc. This is the first time its seen daylight in months...