Crewed for SCL Racing this year at SOFR. It was a night event this year so we were up all night, waiting for the car to come into service. I was a great experience keeping the car in tip top shape to complete the rally. SCI took 3rd place in their class on a fresh rebulid.
i haven't updated in a bit so...
new instagram handle is Rallytege https://www.instagram.com/rallytege/
so i finish off this year with 1st place in PF Class in my home scca region (Susquehanna) and 2nd in DC region can't wait for next year. working on a LSD for for the f-series trans plus a...
Don't get discouraged about our cars power. There will always be faster and better cars out there. Are protege handle very well for being ecoboxes. I got to drive a Celica GTS rallycross in the snow and ice and it was awesome 6-speed manual limited slip and the suspension of that is just set up...
Awesome build a lot of good info. It's amazing what a little seat time in a race can teach you for car control in a hairy situation. With my Rallycross Protege I have rear stiffer Springs and the rear strut bar and my car overseers more than under understeers on the dirt. But there has been...
The 1.6 shares the same MAF that Toyota uses of the Celica and with some cold air setups the OEM doesn't meter the air correctly but the Celica MAF just smooth everything out
Frist Check your spark plug wire boots. Any cracking will cause a misfire. A misfire of this nature can mess with the radio. P0421 would happen because your dumping fuel into the cat.
AC does work there is a leak somewhere. I recharge it periodically but it's not a huge priority for me to try to fix it right now. I'm in prepared front-wheel-drive class in the prepared class they do not allow you to pull for the AC components but it is talk about changing that rule for 2019
To keep things a bit cooler in the cabin, I added a rally roof scoop. This also adds positive pressure inside the car to keep the dust down. I centered things up and held my breath as i cut into my roof
My dad been taking me to summit point race track in West Virginia since i was a litttle guy. We got to race there, well the field next to the track.
after only few laps in the rain
some dryer events pics
some of my normal competition, always good to chat with everyone between runs