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Offline Ken Hawkins

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Spent all my allowance!
« on: February 19, 2009, 02:29:54 pm »
Just couldn't resist this one since I wanted to rally anyway...


Just took out to Bamfield (80Km logging road) car is covered in mud now. Excellent run!

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Offline CamWeiss

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 12:17:16 am »
hehehe... Looks fun.

Gonna start rallycrossing it as well? There's a club mid-island that holds them.
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Offline Ken Hawkins

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 12:36:23 pm »
Thats the plan...I'm too far away to attend meetings (in Duncan), but IIRC they run a gravel driving class in May, and manage to get a few events rolling over the summer.

Not shown are the 4 Yokohama gravel tires and the 400watts worth of driving lights on a removable rack that came with.

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Offline Matt Mann

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 12:13:57 pm »
Where did ya find that little gem?
Looks like that would be fun to have!!!
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Offline Yas Jandric

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 03:33:50 pm »
Those are some bumpy ass roads leading to Bamfield.
Even so I'm sure you had a blast.

Looks like a fun car.

Offline Ken Hawkins

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2009, 09:49:37 pm »
Just got back from Bamfield to Port Alberni...car is covered in muck. The DSM suspension is great at soaking up the rough stuff. It was a blast! I had to keep it reined in, as you never know if one of those monster off-road logging truck (or any logging truck for that matter) is just around the next hairpin. :o

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Offline Matt Mann

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 05:06:49 pm »
So is that gem got any special goodies in it aside from the rally comp??
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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 10:56:49 pm »
Just got back from Bamfield to Port Alberni...car is covered in muck. The DSM suspension is great at soaking up the rough stuff. It was a blast! I had to keep it reined in, as you never know if one of those monster off-road logging truck (or any logging truck for that matter) is just around the next hairpin. :o

K
There are some nice sections where you can really open it up. But like you said, you never know whats around the corner.

Pics of the dirty car. :o

Offline Ken Hawkins

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2009, 02:40:25 pm »
Nothing special in terms of performance.

cage, seats, 6-point belts, intercom, camera mount, set of gravel tires, but AFAIK, no special mods; I have noticed a significant difference in the way the car pulls out of corners (as compared to my other '90 DSM AWD), so I *suspect* it may have a limited-slip front diff of some kind, but can't confirm.

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So is that gem got any special goodies in it aside from the rally comp??
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Re: Spent all my allowance! PICS
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2009, 02:47:15 pm »
here is a pic; not mud bog dirty, but I splashed through a couple of big puddles just before getting into town, so some got washed off...

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Offline Matt Mann

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Re: Spent all my allowance!
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2009, 03:21:00 pm »
I *suspect* it may have a limited-slip front diff of some kind, but can't confirm.

Light em up on gravel that way you should be able to know lol!!!!
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