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Long story short, radiator cap was busted that came with the car. Once i found that out and pressurized the coolant system, white smoke was pouring out of the engine.

Took the head off, figured it had to be warped as the headgasket was brand new. Got the head resurfaced. Hopefully will be back in business by tomorrow. Getting down to crunch time; 2 weeks from today I leave for the race.

Well I've been so damn busy I havent taken many pics. Race is a week from today, still have lots to do...







This is actually kinda funny to me...

Awesome! That not only looks the part, it is the part.

So did resurfacing the head solve your smoking issues?

wow, car looks awesome, looking forward to good results on the race.

Yep resurfacing the head fixed it. It had better because if it didn't I really had no idea what the problem could have been. The head was warped .006".




As far as good results hahaha..... i'll be satisified with finishing. I've had a lot of drag racing exp, limited road racing exp, and absolutely nothing related to dirt/rally. On top of that the car is slow as hell haha. Itll just be a learning/fun experience.

Dave Mirra ? whaaaat

What does BMX have to do with Rally?



Just teasing, but I think you meant Collin McRae, or Ken Block, or Travis Pastrana, or Tanner Faust.

any way we can convince you to mount a camera inside the cabin to record this thing in action?

x2 ^

wow...really cool, win it for the team....when you're completely done with this car...sale it to me...or donate...yeah! GOOD LUCK

This post has been edited by chacha: May 29, 2011 - 2:26 AM

Well unfortunately you guys will probably have to wait until august for video. It's not very high on my list right now in terms of what I need to get done. I do plan on mounting a camera though, just not going to make it in time for this race.

Wow your car has come together very nicely!
amazing amount of work and time went into this, and in a very short time period.

Good luck in the race...I might show up to the one in WVA, its not too far from DC.

flawless work!!!

What is your opinion of the AWD setup now that it's installed? Oversteer? Understeer? Light in the corners or grip of days? Any changes to your suspension? Sway bars? shock springs?

It's hard to get an assesment of that, considering I haven't driven it extremely hard on the street. Keep in mind I have gravel tires on the car. They are basically snow tires on steroids. Plus I've never really driven it in stock form other than a highway drive from when I picked the car up.


No front sway, don't really need one for rally. The rear is the GT4.

As far as my suspension, it cost 4 times as much as I paid for the car. We'll see how the front A-Arms survive. Hot-Bits coil over system. 30 step compression adjustment and 40 step rebound adjustment. They are rebuildable, which is key.




My opinion on the AWD is that its slooooow. Haha, it was to be expected, but yeah. It will be good for me though, hopefully i wont kill myself with speed.

This post has been edited by czwalga: May 31, 2011 - 9:04 AM

Car passed tech. Survived the practice stage. Mirra was getting tech'd in beside me.... he's looks bigger on tv. Car was badass though.



It's really underpowered though. I launched at 5k dumped the clutch and couldnt spin the tires on gravel... haha.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Jun 2, 2011 - 10:06 PM

I feel like this has been covered but why cant you add power?

just think, once you throw a build 3s in there you'll definitely be the underdog since your running the slow 5s right now haha

I'm sure it cant be worse than the day my ct20b turbine shaft snapped and I ended up driving a 2.0L NA AWD with 8.0:1 CR and a loud death noise lol

This may be a stupid qeustion, but since you added the all wheel drive system and roll cage, is the car considerably slower than before?
Or does the weight reduction kinda cancel out the added weight?