Sweet Ed!, did you do the Omori in the stock cup mod?

 

Yep, that's the one.

Anyone wanna buy a Lamco boost gauge, cheap ?

 

I don't want you to buy them, There is not enough tread left to justify it. Just help me abuse them with your 6 speed

 

I hadn't auto-x'd in quite a long time (usually only rally cross), but I couldn't pass up Candlestick since it tends to be a huge, fast course. I also wanted to play with my new external camera head. There's one lap from the front tow-hook, and another on the side of the door.

http://selfmedicated.net/rallyx/autox_may2003/

 

Nothing - my car was stocker than D stock

As OwlBoogie said, it was a scheduling issue. It turned out to be a good decision. The event was running slower than treacle in wintertime.

 

I've heard that the track gets a little rutted, so I would expect it to be harder on the suspension than auto-x. Having said that, it isn't like stage rallying where you could trash the car if you stack. David in DS has taken his wagon to several rallycross events, but I don't know if he reads these boards.

 

Do you still have stock struts/springs?

If so, it would be doable. If you've gone to "tarmac" tuned coilovers or struts, you'll probably break something on the car first.

Also, I'd try and get a set of stock tires/wheels on your car first (i.e. you'll tear up those nice 17s and BFG KDs you have). If you need a set, I've got one that you can borrow.

And finally, you'll get the car dirty.....VERY dirty. Last time, it took me between 2 and 3 HOURS of spraying the undercarriage to get (most of) the dirt out!

On the other hand, if you have a "beater" car or go rent a car for the day (hint : Hertz will rent you a Subaru Forester ) it is a blast!

 

The only real damage I've seen was on an Open Class Ford Focus. It broke a transmission mount, but other than rally tires it was completely stock, so with hardly any clearance it wasn't really suprising.

I've taken my WRX to 4 or 5 rally cross events, and I'm completely stock other than new tires that can handle offroad. My only "damage" has been paint scratches, but that's mainly because of how I drive. I have since used magnetic sign material from Kinkos to protect the paint (some picture of that are here). Your wheels may get some scratches - I bought a second stock set of wheels that I use just for rally cross. I also have a front skid plate under the engine - the stock plastic thing is useless, and I broke it at my first rally cross anyhow. The skid plate doesn't see much (if any) action at the Thunderhill events though - it mainly saves me when I'm doing other stupid things.

All of this aside, you can take it as easy as you want. Just run 40-45 psi in your tires and you're good to go. So go rally cross! It's a lot of fun.

- Skylar