anyone ever done rallycross in their mopar?

[DartorDemon]

Just kind curious if anyone has tried it. The local fairgrounds hosts events in their dirt lot ever so often and i'm thinking i might try it out when i buy a mopar(hopefully in a month or so)

For those who don't know, its basically autox on dirt/snow.

 

[Badart]

Not in a mopar, but I used to Rallycross quite a bit when I lived in Texas. Talk about fun. I will give you some advice. Unless your car is set up for rallycross, you will break parts and fast. As soon as the course get rutted it gets ugly (I mean ruts). We would have guys show up in their 4 wheel drive trucks and after one run they were going home because they were afraid of breaking parts.

I used to run a VW GTI in Street Production class (I have quite a few pictures of being on two wheels in that car). Then I built a car to run in Group 2 with the fast cars. I built a gutted Toyota Starlet with a built 4AGE DOHC 1600 with twin weber cars and a 5 speed from a Corolla GTS. Ran adjustable coilovers all around. Narrowed rear from a toyota tacoma, Lincoln Locker and rally tires. The car only weighed 1600 lbs. That car was indestrutible, seriously. I would launch that car on the chip at 8K. That RWD would run with AWD WRXs. I have pictures somewhere.


It is a ton of fun. If you are going to try it bring your car on a trailer, because you will break something.

 

[MopaR&D]

I would love to race a Duster (or any A-body) rally-style. I know there's a member on here with an avatar of an A-body Barracuda racing up a dirt-covered incline (I'm pretty sure he's in Australia). I also know of a guy who lives about 15 miles away from me who built an absolutely wicked '71 Cuda for the Pikes Peak hill climb. He said it was a handful on the dirt though, what with its 525-horse 408 and wide tires. Putting it in top gear would still make the rear end kick out from just the slightest throttle...LOL!