CORE Rally Day, May 28th

[Bimmerman325i]

Dude, literally EVERY m20 e30 I have owned, driven, or ridden in, at operating temp, has coolant temps of 1/3 from cold on the temp gauge. On track, beating the piss out of my e30, twmp never moved from 1/3. Venting is NOT needed if your cooling system is in good order. That, and venting looks fucking stupid.

[clarkkey594]

ha ha ha ha

also, externally open-able hood is a rule in RA.

You guys do know that it costs nearly 20 grand in fees to compete in Rally America for regional competition. National comp can run up to 50 grand. None of this includes car prep.

[MasterOfPuppets]

Wtf is up with the vented hood, hood ties, blue kidneys, and orange grills? Fugly.

Especially the venting...ricey as fuck.

Fugly, yes. That was a design goal. Ricey... if it were plastic and neon backlit, yes. But I won't do the underhood neon until I get my underbody kit installed so I can make sure to slightly mismatch the shades of green.

I'll bet Mike DGAF

Damn straight.

Thats pretty obvious.

Charming and observant!

Dude, literally EVERY m20 e30 I have owned, driven, or ridden in, at operating temp, has coolant temps of 1/3 from cold on the temp gauge. On track, beating the piss out of my e30, twmp never moved from 1/3. Venting is NOT needed if your cooling system is in good order. That, and venting looks fucking stupid.

Big "if" there, given the future use of this car. I know you car-coddling, chamois-wiping smooth-track guys may not understand this, but things can sometimes break in demanding situations and having extra precautions in place that may appear unnecessary in regular daily use could very well be the difference between spun main bearings and champagne.

You guys do know that it costs nearly 20 grand in fees to compete in Rally America for regional competition. National comp can run up to 50 grand. None of this includes car prep.

I'm well aware of what everyone and their mother thinks it will cost to do rally (I made the mistake of stating that I will be building my first rally car on the specialstage forum). I have no plans to contest a regional championship in the first several years. But yes, I fully understand that rally is an expensive sport. That's why I'm prepping a $1000 E30 for rally instead of prepping a $25k Z06 for track use, which I was going to do before.

PS, don't bring up the drag race 'vette, that one I'll continue to spend too much money on.