Diesel rabbit autocross videos

[Dr. Diesel]

From the last couple events.
My friend's TD rabbit, running on my old race tires, which rock.
I ended up sharing this car, as I sheared off a brake rotor on my first run, seen further below.
(does anyone know how to embed youtube video on here?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PVtYY69kNY

Here's my run, complete w/ sheared brake rotor, as can be seen in the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr4E8UexitQ

And my pal's very first run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6-IeA3RkiY

And, my wabbit again, just cuz we have the video momentum going.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NQQWPUyPw


The last autocross of the season is this saturday, nov 6th. Giles and I are going. Anyone else?

[rallydiesel]

Nice vids! I want a Rabbit so bad.How did you guys do in your class? And what class did you run in?

[tombarace14]

Ill have to edit some of my video and put it up.  My rabbit has become quite the celebrity at my local events.   

[Dr. Diesel]

silver car was in stock front drive, mine was in the Cmod (unlimited) class. It was a total blast, even though I only got one run in on my own car the first race, and missed one run in the second (having sheared the other brake rotor which i didn't get around to nipping in the bud in advance).
The silver car has stock suspension and hardly anything going on under the hood. Nonetheless, driving it was as much fun as I've ever had on the track. It's very rare that i'm actually able to convince someone to go out and try autocross. They usually seem to be concerned that their car isn't good enough or fast enough, or that they're worried about looking bad not winning.
The simple fact is, it's all for fun, and that silver car is all the proof in the world that you don't need to get fancy with your vehicle to succeed.
Anyway, give it a shot, folks. You won't regret it.

[rabbitman]

What's your suspension setup? Was the silver car a TD?

Nice driving

[Dr. Diesel]

green car has tokico illuminas, generic coilovers--350 front 650 rear, 16v scirocco rear swaybar, front upper and lower strut braces, 3 point rear brace, spherical bearings for control arms, ball joint extenders, flipped tie rods etcetcetc... wanted to put a 2:1 steering quickener in, but never got to it.

[rabbitman]

Wow thanks, I guess it's not stock then haha.

I made a lower brace for the front of mine, it's only 2 point and I don't know if I even noticed any difference. I keep wanting to make an upper brace too.

A few years ago I bought a cabriolet rear swaybar, it and shipping was like 95 bucks, now I wish I'd spent a little more and got an aftermarket bar.


So have you ever ran a front bar? I've heard it doesn't help with handling on FWD cars since it just picks the inner tire up.....

[Dr. Diesel]

i never use a front bar. They only promote understeer.

[rallydiesel]

Are both Rabbits manual steering?

[Dr. Diesel]

silver car is manual, green car is power. I'll never go back to manual for autocrossing!