Trip to the ‘supermarket for rally’.

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I just finished wiring the co-driver pod. It came out fantastic. I have pics of the massive kill switch wiring too.

I was looking up prices for the intercom system and came across Subè Sports. I’m about to make a web order when I look at their contact information. “Huntington Beach?!” Their world headquarters are about 15 miles away. Sweet!

Tine and I went on Saturday to to try on suits and pick up a Peltor FMT110 intercom system. We both fell in love with some new Puma shoes. Andreas at Subè Sports showed us the complete line up, including shoes for the ‘co-pilote’. We have a better idea of our suit size. The Puma suits, although very comfy, are ‘tre’expenseev’.

I also took some time to post up the rally tool kit contents
and the volunteer sign up is also ready to be clicked.

3 thoughts on “Trip to the ‘supermarket for rally’.”

  1. GASP! I have been following this site for a few years… off and on, and i noticed you dumped the steelies for R/T neon wheels…. not to be a “hater” but you do know that the R/T neon wheels are heavier than the 95-96 ACR wheels? Neons.org has a post… somewhere, where a guy weighed the 2 and the acr wheel, with valve stem was lighter than the r/t w/o valve stem.. anyways… i’d say more but wife needs me to go shopping!

  2. Lighter is not always better in rally. Steel rims bend too easy and are not the way to go. So a solid alloy wheel is the better choice. Although it will crack instead of bend, it will take a lot more force to crack it, then a steelie would need to bend. (I’ve come across train tracks and bent steel rims.)

    I would eventually like to move up to a compomotive rim. Crazy heavy, but quite able to take the rock pounding forces of a rally. (WRC Cars run Compomitive Rims) So when my tire goes flat and I have to drive to the end of a 5 mile stage on the rim, will a lighter rim make it? Also, not to say flat out that the ACR rims are not as strong at the R/T rims – but they are also a bit harder to find.

    Thanks for the feedback! Glad you’ve enjoyed the site.
    – Kris

  3. Peltor FMT110 sounds like a good choice:
    ” An attenuation switch to change the driver’s microphone sensitivity, which is set10 dB lower than the co-driver’s as standard.
    Product.code: FMT110 “
    Good co-driver’s tool!!

    cheers!

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