project 91 240 (AKA: Spycar)

Direction change!

Since I am not daily driving this anymore and I found a local SCCA Rally X group I've done some things to my car to get me there.

The rear seats, radio, speakers, and head liner have been removed. The trunk has been stripped of everything. I got my car entered into the end of February Rally X Here are some of the photos I took leading up to the event.

Wheels and Tires. 15"x6" Deseones with 205/60R15 Goodyear Ultra grip tires.


Made some graphics with plasti dip to make it appear that i know what Im doing



Got it registered and had a good time!







Most everything held together but I'm pretty sure some of the 300K mile bushings in the rear gave way as it felt like I had some rear wheel steering going on during the drive home.

I've ordered all the required bushings to replace them all. I need to double check the IPD torque rods to make sure it was not them that failed as well.

To come:
bushing replacement fun (I made the Tool for the Axle bushings)
Racing seats
Door card modifications

I swear I'll get to that B230Ft sitting on my engine stand some day . . . . . . year.

Rally X #2 pre prep
Replaced those rear bushings, All of them. Homemade tool did the job!




I noticed my driver side engine mount didn't survive the last event either so I swapped in the Jaguar XJS mounts I had laying around. Definitely more NVH from these. I wonder if they'll soften up after a few abuse sessions on the course.


Added my number and class with exterior Vinyl courtesy of my wifes neat cutting machine. Oh and yellow tire letters because race car!


It was quite the dust bowl event. we kept getting false starts or finishes from the dust being thick enough to trigger the sensors.


Video of my fasted lap of 52.938 sec
https://www.facebook.com/chris.graves.37/videos/2410243385667721/?t=0

The only good photo of my car thanks to Kris Martison's photography skills


My only competition in my class was from a guy in a VW beetle. He was constantly 5-8 seconds faster than me. but he has been at this for a few years and I'd guess about $30K vested into his car. He's also one of the the regional champions for the Modified Rear wheel drive class.

well, that's a fun direction for that car.