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SVT rally car

Have you done any modification to the Ebrake system to help out in this kind of racing? I know mine got pretty junky after a winter of 'rallying'
 
The stock brakes work just fine. I just replaced the pads and rotors about 3k ago. I don't have an upgraded LSD. The stock one works pretty deceint, but a better one is in my future.
 
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Goumba said:
The stock brakes work just fine. I just replaced the pads and rotors about 3k ago. I don't have an upgraded LSD. The stock one works pretty deceint, but a better one is in my future.
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Was just curious. I'd think a hydraulic Ebrake set up would really help rotate the rear end in the mud!
 
that is sweet! if i were you id glue in the jack point covers. then you dont have to worry about them falling out. that looks like so much fun! i kinda used to do that with my old zetec but there was no competition just me and a muddy field lol
 
hotdimmes said:
so how does that fwd stand up against all those awd fellas? is it all in the tires or what?
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The most important thing in any race is the driver. I'm nationally competitive on tarmac. I have yet to prove that at a national event, but I'm always on par with most of the national guys at local events. I don't suck on dirt, but I'm still figureing out where i can squeeze out some more speed. Then tires are thee second most important thing in any race. I've got that area covered. If I got all my runs in I would have ended up anywhere between 2nd to 4th overall at the rate I was going. That includes the twenty or so awd car drivers. But I did 5 and a half of eight runs so my ending result wasn't favorable. I had lots of fun, and it wasn't and event that the contingency sponsors were going to pay me for, so it doesn't matter. If I had a little more power and a car that was set up a little better, 1st isn't out of the picture. I don't plan on doing any national events in my contour nor sentra this year, so it's all practice anyway.
 
Goumba said:
The most important thing in any race is the driver. I'm nationally competitive on tarmac. I have yet to prove that at a national event, but I'm always on par with most of the national guys at local events. I don't suck on dirt, but I'm still figureing out where i can squeeze out some more speed. Then tires are thee second most important thing in any race. I've got that area covered. If I got all my runs in I would have ended up anywhere between 2nd to 4th overall at the rate I was going. That includes the twenty or so awd car drivers. But I did 5 and a half of eight runs so my ending result wasn't favorable. I had lots of fun, and it wasn't and event that the contingency sponsors were going to pay me for, so it doesn't matter. If I had a little more power and a car that was set up a little better, 1st isn't out of the picture. I don't plan on doing any national events in my contour nor sentra this year, so it's all practice anyway.
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Well that's good to hear. I like seeing cars do well in areas where they are generally looked down upon and proving you don't "need" awd/rwd to have some fun.
 
You should probably change out those heavy contour seats.

Over alll good job man. Those pics look really good. It seems your doing a great job representing the svt crowd.:cool:
 
Beleive me. I want new seats. I want a lot of things actually. But unless things are just given to me, it's going to take the rest of this year to get what i want. Seats are over 200 a peice. I can spend 500 dollars a little better for now. The time will come though. I'll keep everyone posted of the progress of this car. It takes a while though. It's almost been two years now since I started converting this car from a street car to a race car.
 
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