Rally Yaris??

[MicroHB]

any one rally their yaris??(SoCal)

[cali yaris]

The guy who was on here (and keeps getting banned) "Yaris T-sport" rallies his car in So Cal, he has a roof air scoop. That's all that I know of.

[PETERPOOP]

*Why does he keep getting banned? I just realized I don't see him on here. He stripped everything out of his car and had that ridiculous hood scoop! lol

[MicroHB]

k thnx

[rob323]

Can't have a rally car without a roof scoop :wink:. Unless you actually like eating dust.
Or was it really that bad?:biggrin:

[MicroHB]

Can't have a rally car without a roof scoop :wink:. Unless you actually like eating dust.
Or was it really that bad?:biggrin:

I rather have my rice in my bowl not on my car :rolleyes:

[rob323]

Me too, but if it was an actual rally car, then a roof scoop plays a very functional role of pressurising the cabin and helping prevent the entry of dust. But if it was just a street car, then I wouldn't be a fan either.

I must remember to put a pic up here when I finally cut a hole in my roof and put the roof vents in :biggrin:.

[markitect]

I think they have a rally cup in Europe or something. They use the 5 door TS so not everything they have would work, but there is a lot of potential I think. Good luck getting parts though. Rally is not cheap, and getting stuff from Europe or Japan won't be either.

Things that come to mind:
Get the LSD
Get Adjustable coilovers
Get several different wheels and tire combination for different surfaces.
Get bushings(they make a rally set if you can find them) made or fill in existing ones with something to harden them.

Get extra control arms, and other spare parts, especially suspension stuff. Rally is hard on the car and you will break things. If you have a spare you can stay competitive, and I doubt spare yaris parts will be available on site.

[rob323]

Rallying is only as expensive as you make it be. You don't absolutely have to have mega $$ suspension, tyres for every condition or an lsd when you first start out, and if you don't push the limits and drive to the conditions, you rarely break anything.

When I first started rallying (which was only 5 years ago), the dearest part was the actual entry fee for the events.

[revoturbo]

in Japan yaris rally very popular, but.. right rally very expensive you must hire service car, mechanic, spare tire,extra wheel, susupension parts, & other logistics..

[mojoyaris]

Ahhhh another young budding rallyist. 20 years ago to run competitively in the Canadian Championship it cost $100,000.00 and more.

BUT you can run local events, TSD events to get started and use a street car.
You'll need some tires, safety equipment and stuff depending on the type of event and rules you race under. Some of the TSD events are pretty darn fast and it takes alot of balls to keep up to you class times.

Good luck. Youll have alot of fun. Hood scoops not required......

[rob323]

BUT you can run local events, TSD events to get started and use a street car.
You'll need some tires, safety equipment and stuff depending on the type of event and rules you race under. Some of the TSD events are pretty darn fast and it takes alot of balls to keep up to you class times.

Good luck. Youll have alot of fun. Hood scoops not required......

Geez, I wish the car requirement rules were that relaxed over here in Australia that we could run street cars in a rally (like we used to in the "good ol days"). For us, a roof vent is a must, there is simply no other way to pressurise the cabin enough to prevent the entry of dust.

[mojoyaris]

We don't have as much dust out here. It's either mud, dirt or snow and ice.
Heaters help. There is dust, but nothing like you'd get in Australia. The closest we would get that would be in the Alberta region.

Just a link to a pic of one the regional Ice X / rally X pics.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/2211818664_0e793436ee.jpg?v=0

[toastyjosh]

So what would be a good cheep rally X set up? shocks and strut wise, also what about springs? Do I have to try and find a rally vitz set up from japan?
I want to race rally X now and then but also rive in the snow a lot as well as dirt roads. The stock height is ok, but the ride quality is not to soft for me. Should I just upgrade shocks and struts with stock springs? thanks:thumbup:

[mojoyaris]

for a cheap alternative for rally x get some good stiff shocks, keep springs stock. Good tires, LSD will help.
This will give you a good start.
And you'll have a blast.

[rob323]

Well my roof vent arrived yesterday.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture034.jpg

Follows the roof quite nicely.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture037.jpg

[Thej3sta2]

any far away pics or from the front of the car with this test fit?

[cali yaris]

Where'd you get that? Me likey! Link please...

[rob323]

any far away pics or from the front of the car with this test fit?
Only this one which is not real good (yes the car is dirty, the windscreen gets fitted on Saturday and after that has cured, it will get washed.)
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture038.jpg

Where'd you get that? Me likey! Link please...
It's from a mate who works for LSM Advanced Composites here is Australia. This is their website but it only shows a fraction of what they do.
http://lsm.net.au/
They also have an interior piece to go with it which has 4 adjustable vents in it, but it is more than double the cost of the scoop so it will have to wait a while before I get that.

Shoot me a pm if you want and I'll give you my mate's email address at work and you can contact him direct.

Cheers,
Rob.

[cali yaris]

wow more pics of the cage please. :drool:

[rob323]

wow more pics of the cage please. :drool:
Only cause you asked nicely. Bare in mind it's an Echo, not a Yaris (thankfully, that CAN system would be an absolute prick to work around).

All my build pics (and a few other misc ones) are here: http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/?start=all

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture013.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture014.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture002-1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture003-1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/New_Picture005-1.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/IMG_418005.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/rob323vr4/ghecho/IMG_418104.jpg

[Nagoya_TRD.]

Cage looks great. Please post further updates.

[rob323]

The latest update is that it finally fired up (for the first time in 3 years and 3 months) last weekend (after butting heads with a non-cooperative factory immobiliser for a week grrrrr).
The interior is going back in at the moment and I'm hoping to give it it's first outing at a grass motorkhana this Sunday.

[cali yaris]

Rob,

Thank for the connection, I ordered a roof scoop from them also. :thumbsup:

[rob323]

Good stuff, I bet the current crap exchange rate helped you there nicely.
Did you get the interior bit as well, or just the external scoop?

[cali yaris]

yeah it wasn't too painful. I ordered the inside bit, and one extra top piece in case someone else wants it here. Cheaper than shipping it later separately!

Your cage is beautiful :drool:

Powertrain changes, upgrades or?

[rob323]

yeah it wasn't too painful. I ordered the inside bit, and one extra top piece in case someone else wants it here. Cheaper than shipping it later separately! I can see a few people fighting for the spare scoop once you get some decent photos of the weave in it. it puts some of the Japanese carbon fibre stuff I've got to shame.

Your cage is beautiful :drool: Thanks, but it could have been 600 times better if the nitwit that did it for us listened to how we said we wanted it done, we even did drawings for him which he totally ignored. The cage is a sore point with me, I have had to modify so many things that I shouldn't have had to due to the inbred that did it.

Powertrain changes, upgrades or?
Nothing at the moment, the stock 1.3 litre engine will have to do me for a while until I sort out suspension (http://www.mcasuspension.com/main.htm :bow:) and brakes (eventually to be 4 wheel disc brakes with balance bar pedal box setup).
I have two 1NZ-FE's (with ecu's etc) at home as well as an 8 bolt TRD lsd and C56 gearbox with a 4.3:1 final drive. The plan is to hopefully shove the gearset from the C56 into the echo bellhousing and casings along with the lsd.

But now that it's finally back together and going, I have to get it registered before I can start making it "rally ready".

[Tagrallysport]

Will Be. TagRallySport building one right now for 2013 series. check us out on Facebook, Tagrallysport.
Tracey.

[mojoyaris]

Ahh, I haven't been in this forum for a long time.
Tag Rally Sport, I can't wait to see that car in Action in the US series! Really hoping this will revive the old Yaris forums with something exciting!
Glad that you guys (gals) are taking up on such a great car!

[cali yaris]

^ ha, welcome back!!

[ilikerice]

where might someone watch a rally event on the internets that has a yaris in the line up? I do not have cable.. just internets

[mojoyaris]

Check out Tag Rally Sport who is just completing their rally Yaris 1nzfe 2 door.
And it's an all girls team! Faster than Verena Mei in her Fiesta I should hope!

https://www.facebook.com/tagrally.sport.3?fref=ts