@@CrazyLeoNet Whaaaat!!! I live out my rally fantasies in my very-stock, Impreza on residential streets at 1am the first snow of the year on old summer tires where the edge of grip is like 30kph haha! I know which fuse to pull to kill the wheel speed sensors to actually turn off traction control and call it "beast mode" but the two child seats in the back spoil the illusion lol. I'll have to look those up!
The trick is to get the car to rotate early then do your braking as once the car is rotating it's turning but if you try to just brake late the only thing you'll do is go straight. E brake or a wheel flick will usually upper the chassis enough to get the car starting to spin. Another words aim before you brake
Not quite, when possible, you always want to brake straight, because you have more contact patch of the tires on the ground that way + the weight transfer doesn't want to spin you off the road. But you are correct that when you've out-braked yourself, of when braking is under control, in these cases it's time to start rotating the car into the corner.
You went off at Oregon Trail Rally in front of me on the Fur Mountain stage and killed the engine in the ditch. You started it back up and ended up winning the stage anyway. It was awesome to see. Always enjoy watching you send it
I see your doing handbrake turns in an automatic Subaru! Do you need to modify the transmission or center diff to make that work? I ask because we race exactly the same 2007 automatic n/a impreza (plus some (dis)tasteful modifications) for RallyCross, and have always feared that pulling the handbrake and locking the rear wheels would immediately make the center diff lock up and cause damage to the clutch plates and transmission. Does it work fine for handbrake turns stock or did you guys modify something?
The center diffs in these cars (both automatic and manual Imprezas and Imprezas WRX) take using ebrake like we do completely fine. I actually don't know what they are (technically), but they are completely fine with it.
@@CrazyLeoNet We have a plan to create a center diff with our automatic that essentially behaves like a top tier WRC diff, modifying it to completely decouple and become momentarily front wheel drive as soon as the handbrake is engaged. From what we have figured out about the center diff in the 4eat it looks like it can be done quite cheaply and easily. I was wondering if maybe you guys had beat us to the idea 😅
@@matskraft5110 i see... do you think there's a point? We've used these virtually stock NA Imprezas for 9 years at Race Lab and we use a healthy amount of ebrake, and never had issues at all
@@CrazyLeoNet It might well be that from a longevity standpoint they may be fine stock (we weren't willing to test it to find out haha), but I assume there is some hoonability improvements to be had with it. The stock center diffs will always try to bind up to some extent whenever the rear wheels start locking up while the fronts are still turning. Some braking forces will then always also be transferred to the front wheels. What we are looking to do is have a Subaru that could effectively handbrake turn like a FWD car, with front wheels still able to be under power while the rears are being locked up, but immediately be back to being an AWD Subaru the instant the handbrake is released. At the very least, it will be a neat party trick 😎
@@matskraft5110is I see, ok. In terms of reliability, we've been beating the absolute cap out of these for 8.5 years at Race Lab (we have about 10 auto GD Imprezas in the fleet), and not a single transmissions issue
I'm the Chief Safety Officer/Route Master for Tall Pines and drive the stages at about the same time as 000 does making sure everything fits the safety plan.
Incredible. What an inspiration! I am aiming to begin rallying next year, with likely a production front wheel drive car. If you're ever racing in western Alberta or eastern BC (I'm based in Canmore, just outside of Banff) and need an extra set of hands, you know who to call! Cheers
Thanks for the kind words and good luck with your rally program! I definitely want to do something out West again soon, you guys have some awesome stages!
Hey Leo great job at the pines! very impressive pace in the focus, i only had a few minutes to look over the rally car before you guys departed for the start but it looked very well put together. I am curious as to what the build cost was total? I'm in the beginning stages of preparing a stage car for myself,slowly. raising a growing family doesn't leave much for my hobbies but i will kill if i must to get there!
Was awesome watching you make that little Focus scream along this weekend! Fast cars are for slow drivers. Fast drivers make slow cars go BRIP BRAP BRAAAAABAPAPAPAPA!!! Congrats! 🚗💨💥💥
I'm coming up to watch you Leo. If you need an extra hand at service (tires, fuel, extra muscle), you have my cell number, let me know and I'll make sure I'm at your service tent to help if I can. Can't wait.
@@CrazyLeoNet not a problem, I enjoy being involved, that's why I work the Odessa events every chance I get. And finally getting to drive was awsome, can't wait to do it again.
I'm always at it! So, because of what I was able to learn from my new awesome coaches in WRC in 2021/2022, I've been prioritizing training / testing things out, to see how all those things work for me, and it's looking great! So more rallies to come soon. And yes, will try to not be lazy with content
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Elon Musk ludicrous mode hasn't got any competition unless all makes models have his drivetrain 3 cog as 1 motor 1 other and 1 cog belt to axle. Such speed 0-60 under a second has been achieved full electric. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sT6ip1GY13c.html
