A few notes:
Waergle is right, DON'T RallyCross a car you want to not break. I was going to do it until I did some research. It's VERY tough on the car. Think like bent strut towers happen frequently.

Autocross on the other hand, is fine. The oil starvation problem isn't an issue. If you run 6.5-7qts, you should never find a right-hander long enough to run it dry. You're changing direction so quickly that it's just not a big deal. If you're really, really worried, show up early and look for any really long right handers, and express your concern to the course designer. Every region I've run with would gladly put another element in a sweeper for you, provided you tell them early enough. Then again, the odds of even finding a corner where you will be cornering at max. speed for more than three or four seconds is very slim.

I encourage everyone to change their oil, check bearings/wheel lugs/tie rod ends, and go try it. I've sort of semi-retired from CEG because of the direction it's taken, as have some others who used to frequent this forum. There's just not much interest anymore, so it's usually pretty empty. Check out SCCAforums.com: Kremit, Moxnix, myself, RogerB (I think) and others are there. Not much Contour information, but lots of autocross talk. Come on over!


-Philip Maynard '95 Contour [71 STS | Track Whore] '97 Miata [71 ES | Boulevard Pimp] 2006 autocross results