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Originally Posted by Midnightsky
Really hoping a few people do rally builds right away on the 22+ twins. The 1st gens made amazing rally cars from what I've heard. I will definitely be doing some autocross this summer and will report back with initial impressions.
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I live in NE PA. No flat/straight lenghty roads here, All rollings hills and tight twisty back mountain roads. Even the cities are all hills, save for two or three avenues along the rivers. Highways are all hills and turns as well. Aside from the seasons it's a ideal environment for drivers/mountain cars.
slamming, lowering for stance etc is not really practiced around here it's not common. Just not practical as you'll just destroy it, if you do it's mostly just for show and you trailer it to a meet.
The car culture around here is mostly rally, hill climb/mountain track and motorsports, A reflection of the areas environment... the street car culture exists but it's a little different from the meets with stanced and lowered car's you expect from other areas. Here you'll find modded cars you would usually see stanced out running near stock height fitted for the hills, Rally miatas/rally sports, RWD swapped grand ams (seriously), and ratrods etc. Lot of backyard mechanic stuff.
Thats why im asking for any information regarding building and improving on the cars purpose as a mountain car, mods that do not sacrifice practicality for that type of environment. The majority of the information coming out is focused on stance, aesthetic and while there are track builds that still involves lowering and and modifications that may not be the best in the using in the wild open roads.
Here is the local STPR rally track, I'd like to point out that most of the roads here.. while paved, Are no different than the rally tracks. It's just how the roads are built through the rolling hills and mountains. So even as a daily, Your car is handling these conditions usually with a speed limit of 45-55.
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