gravelRX

Great, my post has been hijacked by nonsensical jibberish. Here, something else that doesn't really belong in this post: Now we are completely off the topic. Jay

Cluttering up my post, that's what the whipsnappers are doing. Stay out of my yard! what are you two babbling about? J

I checked the Solo II rulebook and you are right and Lane Borg is wrong. Congratulations. Visually my car has a rake, but put a tape measure to the center axis of the wheels and go up to the bottom of the fenderwell and it sits perfectly level. 14 3/8". If I go any lower in the rear the lower control arm will go past parallel to the ground and will sweep from neg to pos camber within roll center. I'm going to be getting extra lower control arms today so I can make a jig(front and rear)to incorporate heim joints so the suspension can be adjustable for camber F&R. Perilous to axles, I know. Working on adustable strut top for the front, buy or build, don't know yet. Doesn't one of the Imp sets work? Looked for pictures of your car. Where? And where is the 24hr thing? Link? Regards, Jay

New the tires run about 158.00 ea. That's heat cycled and shaved. I got this set off a Neon challenge car locally for 100.00. He used them for one event, so they are in very good shape. If I don't get overly aggressive and flat spot them I believe I can make this set last the rest of the season. Regards, Jay Pming you now.

Elevation changes! My freakin favorite. Looks really good. I see your posts on Special Stage when I browse over there. Would like to see lots of pictures of your rollcage. I have two white mudflaps I cut for the back of my RX that you may be interested in. My RX has gotten too low to Rallycross now. That's all there is to do in the dirt in this part of Va. And that event is two and a half hours away, once a month. Your in a good location. Be thankful. I'm jealous. Jay

My first time running this car with slicks (Ecsta V700s). They are like a drug. More braking later into the corner. WAY later. I was tentative at first but by the fourth run I was trying to get the tires to slide. Just so I would have some kind of a baseline as to where they lose traction. It just stuck and stuck. Was faster than a surprising array of cars. Much slower than others but I had a lot of fun. RX in Autocross livery. I have a small movie but nowhere to put it so everyone can see it. (20meg) Just thought I'd share. Jay BTW Will, My car is classed in Street Modified two since it's a turbo.

Stockton wheel $$. J

Redline would be my choice. Jay

When people get them, they usually drive them until the car dies. Hence the low market turnout. I have been quietly looking for a straight drive, early non turbo sport wagon for awhile now. I recommend the straight drive because the easier you are on the clutch and tranny the longer it will last. Good Luck, Jay

How about this one? Jay

Will is talking about front sway bars. JWX are you saying put a bigger bar on the front than on the rear? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cut and Paste from a post I made in 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sway bars are put on a car to limit the roll angle of the car during lateral acceleration and deceleration. Since tires develop the maximum amount of traction when they are perpendicular to the ground (and the tread is parallel) that’s what you’re going after. Subarus are notorious for little to no usable camber adjustment. It has an innate inability to keep the outside front tire perpendicular to the ground during corners. In fact, they are forced to positive camber setting when pushed hard. Understeer. Standard Subaru engineering. It’s also a safeguard when Japanese manufacturers brought over cars to the US. The average driver can control understeer, not oversteer. Domestic cars too, for that matter. Sway bars increase roll stiffness and they are, by far, the cheapest and easiest modification to increase roll stiffness on a Subaru. When you turn your car, one wheel will be up because of compression and one will be drooping down. The sway bars limit the roll angle of the car by using torsional stiffness to resist one wheel going up and the other going down. If a car has understeer, too much of the load is on the front outside tire. By increasing the size and effectiveness of the REAR swaybar, some of the load can be transferred during cornering to the outside rear tire. This will decrease the load on the front tires and make the car handle in a more neutral fashion. The very opposite is applied when increasing the front. The stiffness of a swaybar increases very quicky as its diameter is increased. The stiffness is a function of the diameter to the fourth power. For example: A 1 ¼” diameter swaybar is 2.44 times as stiff as a 1” swaybar. A 1mm change will change the understeering characteristic of the wagon enough to notice. Especially in sharp, on throttle turns. Let’s not forget about weight transfer. Get that long wheelbase car nose high in acceleration, with the weight transferred to the rear, then cut the wheel. Push. Panic, jump on the brakes, overload the fronts, transfer weight off the rear. Push. A rear swaybar will help balance out the weight in a lateral manuever by not letting the trailing wheel get too high and thus not help with traction. It will help take the load off the fronts, too. Jay -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will, why would you want that big of a swaybar on the front? What's the rest of your set-up and how does it accomodate such a big bar in the front without adversely affecting turn in? Or where you just surprised that Whiteline made anything for theses models? Brian, IIRC the 20mm bar is from the rear of the XT6. Tizzle, If you lower the roll center of these cars it has more of an effect on the body motion than doing anything else. Shorter springs with higher ratios and appropriate rebound and damping combined with correct swaybars would be the way to go. Regards, Jay

How does your car handle now? What are you trying to accomplish by mounting a bigger front bar? Jay

I knew you were going to get run over by that train when I read the post. Jay

Glad to see it running. I have been following your progress and I have to say Good Job to you. The true heart of grassroots engineering. Any idiot can buy a fast car. Let's see them build one. Jay

Will, that picture was taken where and the cars to the left of yours belongs to? coworkers? Isn't the wagon yours too? What exactly did you cut out of your RX and what did you replace it with? Wheels look good. They look like the 15" steel wheels I just painted white for the slicks I just got to autocross here locally. Didn't make it to Verona though. you headed up this way soon? We are in the same class now BTW. Jay

I just lowered my RX another inch in the rear and got Ecstas mounted on steel wheels for autocrossing . I'm trying to get the roll center low enough where it won't jack the rear up in the air during heavy trail braking( Rotation, rotation). I may be able to snap some current pictures if anyone cares. Jay

Not so fast! I'm located on this wonderful coast, although I can't see the water for the mountains. I'll check the build schedule for work and see if i need to work on those weekends and let you know. Jay

Just open the hood and look to see if there is a turbo in the right rear section of the engine bay. Am I missing something here? Jay

Three for HH routing. I noticed my HH routing is different from Tizzle's car.

Bump for an update. How's it going with the uppipe? Jay

EXACTLY what do you need man? just saw the post. I could just email them to you. Jay give me a ping. gravelrx1(at)cox(dot)net

Aren't the heads on the dual set-up engines different from the singles? Something about intake/exhaust valve placement inside the heads.Will the dual EA81 intake work on a regular EA81 head? Not trying to throw siht in the game, just remember reading something about differences awhile back on the board. Jay

That is a Starion intercooer that I modified with straight in and outs. 100.00 plus a borrowed Tig. I think I have around 200.00 in the whole set-up including silicone hoses. Lots of grassroots fabbing. Jay

Little children? Keep your secret. J

Don't forget the front mount option. Running two fans isn't the best way though. Parasite to the engine power. Jay I have found a way around the hoodpins too.