Rally anyone?

[Mike]

Anyone on this board into rally racing? I've been watching it on Speedvision a lot lately. I've always been into racing, but, this looks like it would be a lot more challenging than a standard race.

I'm interested in it, where do I start looking and who do I talk to?

I'm really interested in the Zcar aspect of it.

[ninja240z]

I love the crap out of rally racing. If I would use a Z car it would be a 73 model 240z because the gauge of the panels are a little thicker. Also I think that it would be the perfect motorsport for those rusted out 240z's because if you wreck there is really no lost ().

[Mike]

Here's a link to a video from Speedvision. It's about

18MB, so, better have a fast connection. I also paused

it once it started playing to let the video load all the way.

Anyway, awesome video compilation with music by

Linkin Park.

http://216.149.233.131/files/movie/wrc-high.wmv

(looks like that link no longer works )

[StinkyFatPig]

Yeah rally racing is the only kind of car racing I really like. Never cared for NASCAR, not enough excitement. I live on the west coast of Canada, Vancouver island. And I heard rumors of them bring a race to a mountain range about 30 mins from my house. So if they go with it I am building a care for sure. But I probably wouldn’t use a Z, I am going with an older carolla, like early 80s. I had a 1980 corolla once and it was basically a rally car stock. Sweet cars

[shock96]

Rally racing looks as fun as can be! I think that a Subaru Turbo coupe would be a pretty great car for that as well. You can pick them up cheap and you can't beat AWD.

Mike

[Z-point]

Hi all,

Yep mike, I am considering also to do historic rallying in Europe as well. I even adjust the colors of my Z car to it. It now has the looks of a Monte Carlo ’72 Z car.

I will tell you the whole story later.

regards,

Guus vd Bol

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[Mike]

Hiya Gus,

Looks like you've figured out how to add a picture to your name field on the left side of the messages! Good job! If that's the Z you're talking about... yes, it does look like it's ready for rally.

[Mike]

Originally posted by StinkyFatPig

Yeah rally racing is the only kind of car racing I really like. Never cared for NASCAR, not enough excitement. I live on the west coast of Canada, Vancouver island. And I heard rumors of them bring a race to a mountain range about 30 mins from my house. So if they go with it I am building a care for sure. But I probably wouldn’t use a Z, I am going with an older carolla, like early 80s. I had a 1980 corolla once and it was basically a rally car stock. Sweet cars

Ya, it seems to me that the Zcar might be too heavy for sufficient rally results. The little Toyotas, Hondas, and Peugeots will probably run circles around it.

But, I don't know for sure... that's why I asked here.

[Z-point]

Originally posted by Mike

Ya, it seems to me that the Zcar might be too heavy for sufficient rally results. The little Toyotas, Hondas, and Peugeots will probably run circles around it.

But, I don't know for sure... that's why I asked here.

I’m not quite sure about that statement . Go to the next links to find out its possible to rally with an old Z and by victorious as well

http://www.lightman.co.uk/mjp/rally.html

Check out Rick Hintz's Z-TEAM at http://zhome.com/Racing/RALLY/Hintz.htm

A Z car has already a natural height from its self, you could see this as an advantage, that’s why it outraced the Porsches and the Ford Escorts in the safari rally’s in south Africa.

They went flat out thought the deserts, bushes etc.

Guus

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[Mike]

Great links! Thank you. It is surprising to see how well the Z can do in rally. Starting as an amateur could work very well with a Z. It's a cheap car, easy to work on, and is a great performer.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Z-point

Hi all,

Yep mike, I am considering also to do historic rallying in Europe as well. I even adjust the colors of my Z car to it. It now has the looks of a Monte Carlo ’72 Z car.

I will tell you the whole story later.

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So, what's up with the black hood? How did that become a color scheme for rally ? Did someone make this popular when they couldn't manage to finish painting their car before the race ?

How did this fad start?

[Z-point]

Originally posted by Mike

So, what's up with the black hood? How did that become a color scheme for rally ? Did someone make this popular when they couldn't manage to finish painting their car before the race ?

How did this fad start?

It started in the early seventies. All the cars that participate in rallies had that color scheme,

the Volvo’s, the Fiat’s, Porsches, BMW’s Datsun’s, Peugeots. The whole bunch, they all believed in it!

This color scheme was modern at that time because it reduced the sun reflecting in the bonnet. That rallies mostly where driven in the Mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy, Greece, the Middle of Africa, and Portugal.

They were a head of the world rally championship http://www.worldrallychampionship.net/ that is going on right now.

If you visit this link a lot will be clear how ‘we’ did it in those rallies!

Here are some nice links. I copied the pics from the Kyosho program. And as you could see, the rally cars and the Z432 from Datsun are equipped with a black bonnet.

regards,

Guus

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