New co-driver found (well, ok...he found me)

I am very pleased to announce that Mr. John Hall will be co-driving for the Gopher Rally team at Pacific Forest Rally in October. John has significantly more rally experience that I do, so I hope I don't dissapoint him too horribly.

I've also been promising some pictures from Rocky Mountain Rally. The following pictures are property of flatovercrest.com (please support their website).


Shot at 2007-08-20


Shot at 2007-08-20

New Engine

Well, I've finally decided to make the leap from the 1.8 8v to the 2.0 16v engine that nearly every other vw in my class is using. This will provide us with the power and torque that we have been lacking to be truly competive (as we found at Rocky, where our lack of hp was particularly noticable due to long flowing stages, even when the car was running right). As well as the new engine, I will be converting the car from a manual steering rack to a power rack with a steering quickener.

As a result, I have a number of 1.8 8v performance parts for sale here: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3395000.

Next event is Pacific Forest Rally in Merritt, BC held between October 18-20th. I am hoping that I will have all modifications to the car complete in time for the rallycross at the Sports Car Olympics in Regina (at the beginning of Oct, I believe) so that I can have a brief shakedown with the car before an actual event.