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Topic: Let's Rally!

Ok, we've talked about a rally class.  As it turns out the World Rally Proxy is getting ready to start up and they will be using Scalextric Group B rally cars.  For the most part these are:

Ford RS 2000
Audi Quattro
Lancia Delta S4
MG Metro 6R4

Interested in joining the proxy?  Perhaps this would be a decent start for a rally class.  Ebay has a number of these cars available.  I'm already on board with a Lancia Delta S4 but I'm also considering the Michelle Mouton Audi Quattro.

In the immortal words of Stig Blomqvist at the Maine Forest Rally when discussing dust on the course: "Don't be a wimp, put your foot down!"  Been there, done that, got the autographed t-shirt.

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Re: Let's Rally!

I HAVE SCALEXTRIC METROs....LOTS of them!!!!!................................somewhere...............

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Yeah.  Those aren't going to work.  I wouldn't look too hard.

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...............CRAP..............

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Re: Let's Rally!

Yeah I have a Scalextric Polo WRC and a NINCO Peugeot 306

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Now there's a rally man!

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SCX cars legal?

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For the proxy they are only running scaley cars.

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Interested!

Here's the HRW link:

http://www.homeracingworld.us/viewtopic … mp;t=18216

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Poking around, it looks like cars are reasonable.  I think I'm in.

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If we still had a rally track we could probably offer a round locally.

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Well, I am officially in.  I have an RS and urQ on their way home for testing and development.  Love this era!

13 Reply by reek455 (edited by reek455 February 8, 2018 11:03 am)

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kidvolt wrote:

If we still had a rally track we could probably offer a round locally.

Let’s make one :-)

Like a small hill climb or something.

Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.
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reek455 wrote:
kidvolt wrote:

If we still had a rally track we could probably offer a round locally.

Let’s make one :-)

Like a small hill climb or something.


I'm game!  Will happily contribute to the construction but would need it to reside somewhere else, at least for the near term.

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Those with tuning questions may find this thread useful:

http://www.auslot.com/forums/index.php? … ar-builds/

16 Reply by docdoom (edited by docdoom February 8, 2018 1:19 pm)

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ckouba wrote:
reek455 wrote:
kidvolt wrote:

If we still had a rally track we could probably offer a round locally.

Let’s make one :-)

Like a small hill climb or something.


I'm game!  Will happily contribute to the construction but would need it to reside somewhere else, at least for the near term.

I have lots of extra scaley  track that I can donate for the cause

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17 Reply by reek455 (edited by reek455 February 8, 2018 2:18 pm)

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I was thinking more along the lines of a routed track Doc. A single lane hill climb or a two lane continuous loop. Something that won’t take up too much space.

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18 Reply by docdoom (edited by docdoom February 8, 2018 10:04 pm)

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So was I thinking a loop style lay out.up on the one side and one lane loop at the end and back down the same way you came. But going all wood would work to.

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