MitsuStyle - my subaru rally project

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MitsuStyle (http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/index.php)

- Project Talk (http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5)

- - my subaru rally project (http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22017)

311evo

01-23-2009 02:45 AM

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Damn! Thats a sweet subaru! I would LOVE to take that out on a snowy night!

rose0529

01-23-2009 07:27 AM

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Wow, nice looking car.... be fun to catch it in action some time.

carlvr4

01-23-2009 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower (Post 273982)

Still have the airbags and steering wheel?

steering wheel is gone but I still have the passenger airbag in a box somewhere

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Originally Posted by cmspaz (Post 273995)

You think it's awesome in pics, you should see it in action. It's total sex ripping through whatever non-tarmac surface you can think of.

This car is one of the main reasons I photograph the rallyx events, no joke.

yep, appreciate the pics! I'm pretty fast, could be faster but always entertaining to watch lol

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Originally Posted by hippiekiller (Post 273998)

Carl's car is pretty badass. Not sure that is the direction I would go if I had an STI, but mad props to you for sure. Best of luck with the Rally Cross this year.

stage rally now! look for the car at nemadji 1 and 2, gravity park, ojibwe forests and lspr

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Originally Posted by rose0529 (Post 274022)

Wow, nice looking car.... be fun to catch it in action some time.

come on out to a rallyx or stage rally!

polishmafia

01-23-2009 09:26 AM

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Props on all the work you did to the Subaru.

All I know is that you do take some good pics that I've seen on MNSC.

Tachyon

01-23-2009 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by carlvr4 (Post 273830)

haha, not only is it somewhat unsafe without a helmet on the street it is also deafening and highly uncomfortable if not completely pumped full of adrenaline lol. I just spent 3 days in it ice racing - my back and ass hurt a lot

Wait, you icerace? IIRA? Are you going to be racing at Lindstrom Lake next weekend?

carlvr4

01-23-2009 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Tachyon (Post 274044)

Wait, you icerace? IIRA? Are you going to be racing at Lindstrom Lake next weekend?

not IIRA - my car is too "nice" for door to door. last weekend was the mnsubaru ice "race". otherwise I'm planning on getting the car to some WAG ice trials this winter (maybe not if the car has to go under the knife sooner than planned to get the stage rally motor in it)

Kevin 1G Drummer

01-23-2009 11:01 AM

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Hmm, very interesting to say the least! Looks like fun.

Tachyon

01-23-2009 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by carlvr4 (Post 274046)

Ahh, so it's like a rally X on ice then?

C3L1CA

01-23-2009 01:22 PM

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Very sick setup Carl!

carlvr4

01-23-2009 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tachyon (Post 274081)

Ahh, so it's like a rally X on ice then?

yea pretty much. once I roll the thing or wrap it around a tree I would use it for door to door lol

Goat Blower

01-23-2009 01:57 PM

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Let me know if you find them, I'm looking for a set of STI airbags, I forgot I don't need the steering wheel itself.

carlvr4

01-23-2009 02:28 PM

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well the steering wheel airbag went with the wheel. I can definitely find the passenger side one this weekend - I'll pm you when I locate it

Goat Blower

01-23-2009 02:34 PM

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Thanks.

TurboDomestics

01-24-2009 05:38 PM

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What on earth do you do for a living??

carlvr4

01-24-2009 06:42 PM

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manufacturing engineer

Goat Blower

01-24-2009 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by carlvr4 (Post 274228)

manufacturing engineer

Ha, that was pretty much my guess based on the quality of the build and attention to detail. Makes me want to get out on the lakes and race again.

bluntedelvis

01-24-2009 09:44 PM

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Any vids of you ripping it up on ice, grass, or snow? Props to an insane build. Dont know many people who would ripp the shit out of their STI just for weekend fun, keep up the very good work.

carlvr4

01-24-2009 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower (Post 274248)

Ha, that was pretty much my guess based on the quality of the build and attention to detail. Makes me want to get out on the lakes and race again.

B.S. in mechanical engineering and a minor in electrical has proved to be pretty useful for working on this thing - there are still some things that are ghetto rigged but it all works! lol

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Originally Posted by bluntedelvis (Post 274251)

Any vids of you ripping it up on ice, grass, or snow? Props to an insane build. Dont know many people who would ripp the shit out of their STI just for weekend fun, keep up the very good work.

here are some vids from last weekend (there is sound, it's just quiet, the gopro doesn't do sound well).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQfaIQneiWA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVvtl8Xa84w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j3Ojw5tUf8

I'm hoping I can do some modding on the gvr4 next year once I'm done with the big expenses on this car (assuming I don't ball it up against a tree at 80mph lol). I don't think it'll get the rally treatment though... (maybe some mudflaps)

carlvr4

02-05-2009 10:47 PM

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"fixed" front bumper
http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/465808291_yzVDZ-M.jpg

Andrew and I needed to mount my terratrip so we went off to the camera store, bought a bar clamp for studio lighting as the base. Then we bent up some brackets.

http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/468391478_BRMF6-M.jpg

http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/468391749_CADZ7-M.jpg

http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/468391659_vjYAm-M.jpg

http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/468391691_RYwg2-M.jpg

http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/468391954_huE7n-M.jpg

tomorrow I need to wire it up, add some D rings in the trunk for my spare tire tie downs and put the exhaust back on

carlvr4

02-15-2009 08:30 PM

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still dirty from the road rally
http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/474421846_DyUgB-O.jpg

I'm kind of rough on mudflaps
http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/474421839_qFNTv-O.jpg

picked up some more rally wheels and tires!
http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/474421850_Uauz7-M.jpg

http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/474421959_RtWgN-M.jpg

exedy stage 2, fenderliner, t-belt, engine gasket kit waiting for a big install in the next few weeks (once the custom Wisecos arrive)
http://carl-s.smugmug.com/photos/474421941_JQLu9-M.jpg

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