rally 240sx?

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

Hey,

I was thinking...if the s13 chassis is so well suited to drift racing...requiring good/neutral balance...wouldn't that make it a good off-road/rally racing car?

I'm just asking cause it would be different!!!

Anyone know of any 240 rally cars, or any companies that make off-road suspension stuff that could be used to build a rally 240???

Just a thought...

Sean

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

I really don't think it would be that good, but I don't know too much about rally anyway.

Post by **nametakennow** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

Minor detail, RWD doesn't do too well in mud.

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

Thats what I was thinking too but I wasn't real sure.

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

thats true, but weren't all the group n cars of the early 90's rwd???

granted they stopped group n cause of the danger but whatever:)

i guess maybe not mud courses but i know that there were tons of rally cars of the 80's running RWD...

Sean

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

SCC had a rwd datsun rally

What is group n cause?

I think you would have better luck with an old altima or old VW Golf

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

yeah i know if i was going to really build a dedicated rally car i would start with an awd platform...subaru or audi most likely...

i had an audi a6 quattro before the 240 so i can vouch for their mudhandling abilities..it had a locking center diff. how cool is that! never got stuck!

I just was thinking that rally cars rule and i already have a 240

That and there is an abundance of dirt roads near me which are waaaay fun to fly down w/ rwd!!!

Sean

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

oh i was saying they stopped "group n" rally racing BECAUSE of the danger of it..i don't know exactly what was dangerous just that many of the cars were rwd at the time

Sean

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

NeedCAfors13 -- You have a ton of dirtroads? dang, screw the rally car, build a sand rail

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

haha..yeah, did you see that dune buggy using a wrx powerplant (fj20 i think)..now that would be sick!

yeah i live kinda on the outskirts of orlando and there's alot of country roads..some are pretty sandy..almost got stuck in the 240 yesterday! lol

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

lessthanjakejohn, is that blue 510 a real picture of your car? that looks NICE!

some guy here in orlando stopped by my house to check out my ca18det..he wanted to put one in his 510 wagon! lol

what sort of stuff have you done to it?

Sean

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

NO way, that is not my car. notice "dream" Here is the page to the guys car, Kelvin Dietz: http://www.datsuns.com/510/deitz_page.htmIn two summers I am going to take on a project 510.Can only dream till then...

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

haha, i'm getting tired! didn't read that close enought

but, HOLY SH*T that is sick! a vg30 powered 510!!! that thing must haul ***...what are you driving now?

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

you can't say a*s how weird is that..lol

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

Do you know what a Honda Odyssey is? well ya i'm driving mom's car. 240hp>>>zoomzoom haha. And then an 1992 Accord also

Post by **jrc90240sx** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

hey a 510 use to be a rally car. there are all kinds of rally cars out there, and just about anything can be made into one. the 240 shears alot with the hardbody, so maybe just pull its trany and center dif and make a custom 4wd 240sx.

My friend and I are looking into making a custom zuki 2 door sidekick rally/drag car, but we are still trying to decide on an engine/drive train. i think Sunny GTi-R sr20 with the awd transmission, make a custom drive shaft to the back axle, and some custom suspention work up front, and there you go, a 300+ hp Sidekick, with a wieght of less then 2200lbs, it would be one fast mother. but my friend thinks ford 2.3i 4 with ranger transmission/centerdif, or maybe coswarth engine (heres to wishing)

Website · Post by **Bandit240** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

How about a 80's Sentra for a rally car? Im gona run my 83 Sentra in AutoCross for awile and maybe find another for a rally car. FWD platform and i already know it does good off road from all my adventures 2 Summers ago

Website · Post by **daniel240** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

lessthanjakejohn wrote:Do you know what a Honda Odyssey is? well ya i'm driving mom's car. 240hp>>>zoomzoom haha. And then an 1992 Accord also

hey those things are actually pretty quick.

Post by **undertaker** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

This is a bit late in coming but... Nissan's rally car in the mid eighties was the 240RS S12, powered by a FJ24E. It was reasonably successful but didn't have the traction of the 4WD cars in the same class.

Post by **BadMojo** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

Not related to the 240SX, but this is some cool stuff.

http://zhome.com/History/rally.htm

I freakin' love watching rally. I never miss a WRC program on the Speed Channel.

Post by **Rockenreno** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

you can definately make a 240sx into a rally car, lots of rally cars have been RWD. It would be harder to handle than an AWD car but it could work. Someone was just selling their '93 Supra TT rally car on ebay about a month ago. That thing was amazing

Post by **C-Kwik** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

The problem I see for the 240 in a rally course is that the front suspension travel is rather short.

Post by **miteymax86** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

Yeah, you'd definitely need to up the suspension travel, but it'd be do-able with enough $$ just like everything else, but realistically speaking, it could probably be done pretty cheaply. Order some back-issues of SCC with "Project Rally Beater" and see what translates.

Post by **GLOVEN** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:09 pm

it's going to be hard.... b'coz of RWD

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