Rally X

[petrified.rabbit]

i would suggest checking the dog bone mount, if your engine is rocking, it will pop of of gears, specifically 2nd and 4th, because those are "push" selections in the linkage, so the engine rocking forward would through you back to neutral. not sure thats it though, could just be worn linkage. or something more serious (which i'm sure you thought of).

[exodus0784]

I was thinking the torque mount, myself. I don't think it's anything serious, because I would think it would happen in normal driving as well then. No death whine from the transmission, either.

It's just really annoying, because there's no good way to diagnose it, since I can't exactly take a peak down there when it's happening

What are my options with the dog bone? I know I saw someone on here with a poly bushing for it, and subachad who just made one out of window weld...

Would filling the other mounts help any at all? I just don't want to make it so stiff that it breaks stuff instead of just popping out of gear.

[petrified.rabbit]

the hardness of the window weld wouldnt be hard enough to break anything, although in a rally setting, conditions are extreme.

you could put the car up in the air in second gear, and rock the ending (pry a little if comfortable) and see if it moves enough for the gear to change. it will happen differently if without load on the gear though.

i'm not sure about the availability of the poly one, only because he hasn't posted to see interest, just that he has one.

[exodus0784]

Attached the results.

2nd to last, due to a DNS/DNF!

Was about 1 minute behind the guy in front of me... but if you look I did post a run faster than an STi haha!

Times were going in the right direction, though... I just need to work on being a little more consistent, and I think the car could actually be competitive. I'm hoping that next month the guy who drives the golf in PF will be there so I actually have a good benchmark.

Closest thing to my class was a race-ready Focus SVT... and a rally prepped FWD Impreza (DNSed the PM, but look at his AM times ).

Next event is 10/17 at Summit Point Raceway in WV!

[one_man_jam]

wow thats awesome
i'm jealous. i just recently got the auto x bug , but i have always wanted to do rally x.
nice work though.

[exodus0784]

It's that time again.

Sunday October 17th at Summit Point Raceway in Summit Point, Wv.

Paddock opens at 7:00am, drivers meeting at 8:30am.

[one_man_jam]

best of luck to you
i wish i could get out there but i'm here in AZ

[thehunterooo]

yeah good luck man, have fun

[zaklax13]

sweet stuff, im jealous

[NYChevoo]

Hey best of luck Exodus! Have fun and be careful!