Author Archives: Kris

The best money you’ll ever spend on rally.

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Kris

For the 15th consecutive year, the California Rally Series is presenting the CRS Rally School on Saturday, February 18, 2012 with the Ridgecrest RallyX rallycross event, the following day on Sunday, February 19, 2012. The School’s goal has always been … Continue reading →

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If you just joined us…

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Kris

If you’re a beginner and you just found rallynotes.com, keep reading, your quest starts here. Building a rally car is something that is very rewarding, time consuming and expensive. My formula is: Take the cost of ANY car and add … Continue reading →

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The Prescott Rally 2011

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Kris

The Prescott Rally in Arizona is a fantastic event. The roads, the volunteers, the organizers, and the stage are awesome. This year the organizers gave us the opportunity to test out our new rally car on the stages by running … Continue reading →

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The Prescott Rally 2011 – Some last minute drama…

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Kris

Last Tuesday after a marathon weekend of mounting seats, belts, lights, etc. I wanted to drive the 2GN rally car to work and get some miles on it before the rally. I start her up in the garage – *blub … Continue reading →

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The rally car experiments

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Kris

When you build your own rally car – at some level – you have no idea what you’re doing. Whether or not you meticulously plan it all out, at some point you’re going to have to just try it and … Continue reading →

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First test drive – 2nd Gen Neon Rally Car

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Kris

The other day I was pretty excited to pop the axles in and go for a spin. Unfortunately I still had to re-attach the front bumper, lights, and hood. There was also adding fluid to the transmission and the modified … Continue reading →

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The hard work of putting it all back together.

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Kris

The first thing on the agenda was to paint the cage. This is like building a paint booth – – inside your car. After mistakenly buying (and spraying) silver metallic, I went back to the store to pick up a … Continue reading →

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