Paging Joe_Black re wheels/tires recommendation

[Editor Reid]

Here are the main rallies that I have run and/or plan to run:

Thunderbird - BC

Night on Bald Mountain - Washington

No Alibi - Washington

Heart of Darkness - BC

Monster's Revenge - Washington

Totem - BC

Raindrop - Washington

Nor'wester - Washington

Oregon 1000 - Oregon (duh)

The Road Not Taken - Oregon

Rally of the Gnu - Alberta (I've never run this one)


A web search should turn up details. These are true TSD events with different classes depending on the equipment you choose to run, everything from Unlimited for those with an "A-Box" (full computer connected to car) to SOP (nothing but the stock odo and speedo, plus timepieces). These rallies run on a combination of pavement and gravel/dirt (or on snow in some cases), but pavement is in the minority. Most are daytime and some are day-into-night. A couple are nighttime.

Check http://pccrally.com/schedule.html

http://www.rainierautosports.com/

http://www.chuckanutscc.org/

http://www.rallybc.com/

[Joe_Black]

The wheels I've used with good success are from a Nissan Frontier and are 15". You have to remove about 1/16" to 1/8" off the inner wheel lip to clear the front A-arms, the rears are no problem. The first rally with these I didn't know this and my front wheels were loose after first run, tightened them up and no problems, found out after putting street wheels back on the A-arms did the milling for me! There's a lot of good tire choices in 15" as well but the weight of the VX is very hard on tires with poor sidewalls so look for actual rally tires. When I'm done with the Ebony Rally Beast (someday!) I plan to use 15" forklift tires. They're inexpensive, start at about 12-play and are easily siped, grooved and studded to your hearts content. And they've got sidewall to spare!

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