The MSP as a rally beater?

[Manach]

Hiya!

Well, on the night of X-mas, after a family supper, I had to come back to town..

It snowed alot.. about 2-3 inches of snow, and ice was underneat the snow, as it melted the day before.

I drove normal for a while, until, on a turn, the back of my car left.

I pratice alot of rally racing with my Mx-3 before, and Colt 100e too, and, well, the car went back on the road like a charm. Nothing compare to my rally cars.

I did that on all the others turns, as there was ice everywhere. I know it is not recommand to do that on normal road, but those techniques save my butt a lot of time.. But for the MSP, it was sooo easy to slide, and drift.. A fun ride, but the recommand speed was 70km/h, I went at 90km/h without trouble.

Called my parent to pay attention on the way back that night.. I didn't want my father to have trouble.

I know I have played a little with fire, but, question is, Is the MSP a good car for rally too? I know Mazda have produce good car for that activity, maybe the MSP is one of those too.. My car is completely stock.. and I'm on 15 inches rims with 185/65/15 88z.

 

[loj68]

they ran a Protege in the 2WD exhibition class in SCCA Pro Rally this year and it did really good. It and the SRT-4 car won the class quite a bit this year.

 

[Manach]

they ran a Protege in the 2WD exhibition class in SCCA Pro Rally this year and it did really good. It and the SRT-4 car won the class quite a bit this year.

Nice to hear!

I saw a movie about a MSP doing Solo1 or 2.. quite nice to see its time..

 

[shaolin]

Keep in mind that the MSP suspension is tuned for auto x and road racing. In other words, it's stiff. Too stiff for rally. A gravel or dirt road, and the MSP would be toast. IMO the best Protege for rally would be a Sport 20 with a softer but rally tuned race suspension.

 

[Midnight22]

yup

 

[slug420]

msp seems like a poor choice for a "real" rally car.

first of all ur payin for a highly tuned, stiff, lowered, on-road suspension which would need to be completely gutted before going rally...

then you are paying for the stereo/subwoofer/pretty seats/pretty paint....paint wont last long when rallying, stereo and subwoofer i imagine would be stripped for weight, and the interior would be gutted and replaced with 2 racing buckets.

you are also paying for 17"rims - bye bye, and a turbocharged engine. the turbo is no good cuz having FI will put you in a different class with the srt-4 and other turbo'd FWD cars that make much more than 170hp. (there is a neon that is in the protege class in pro-rally but the srt-4 is in a diff class since it uses FI)

so maybe a protege would be good for rallying (talk to eric), but i dont think the mazdaspeed protege would be any better than an ES.....

 

[shaolin]

Actually an ES would be better because then you could do what you need to as opposed to removing what you don't need, and adding what you do...

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

323 GTX.....MSP is a fun on the road/parking lot rally b****, otherwise, no dice..and only in snow, don't wanna go shotting rocks onto that soft/thin paint, or the rims either.

 

[Captain KRM P5]

323 GTX...

amen

 

[shaolin]

w3rd.

 

[Captain KRM P5]

sad thing is i have had the chance to buy two GTXs around here and both times i passed on them

 

[daperspeed]

The day the MSP can be a good rally car is the day fat chicks get dates.

The suspension is too low and stiff and the stock tires are strictly for pavement.

The MSP is a tight autoX bish and a 1/2 tho...

 

[Dr.Sound]

we have like 4 inch travel on our suspension....where evo's and sti's jump 3-4 feet, msp bottoms out and blows 3 tires........it's been done........

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

we have like 4 inch travel on our suspension....where evo's and sti's jump 3-4 feet, msp bottoms out and blows 3 tires........it's been done........

, I may also know this, rims also bend, and alignment is also knocked out....lol...only 2 though..and it was accidental/traintacks...******* things...I wasn't even speeding...the city paid for that expense, those tracks are now smooth as my babies hood

 

[Dr.Sound]

, I may also know this, rims also bend, and alignment is also knocked out....lol...only 2 though..and it was accidental/traintacks...******* things...I wasn't even speeding...the city paid for that expense, those tracks are now smooth as my babies hood

LOL

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

or yours...damn I love seeing how clean you kept your first darling, and now your second...too bad about the demise of the first one though huh? nothing like jumping a 150foot cliff eh?

 

[t3ase]

damn elusive deer.

 

[Dr.Sound]

............nothing like jumping a 150foot cliff eh?

.....350 foot cliff