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Birmingham, Michigan Latest News: November 26th, 2009
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Rally Wagon IWell, we've finally bit the bullet and comitted to swapping a new engine into the Legacy rally wagon. We've been close before, thinking we needed more power only to be proved wrong by lending the car to a better driver who typically spanked the field with the current N/A powered car. This saved a lot of money as driving schools are cheaper than engines but now the 2.5l lump is getting tired and blowing quite a bit of smoke out of the tail pipe and this lovely 3.3l H6 presented itself for a very reasonable price. 3.3 liter H6 with ~60K miles out of a 94 SVX OBD1.
Follow the build on Dirty Impreza or MISubie
July 13th, 2009
TIM
gets down and dirty
Surprisingly, the M4 win was blown away by the times set by Nathan Usher in is Prepared all wheel drive WRX wagon who now threatens to move up to M4 later in the season. God help us when he does. June 24th, 2009 SuperRally-X
The timed heats went off without much trouble, proving the timing system we had come up with and producing eight qualifiers for the final knockout rounds. Eddleston, running on R compound autocross tires, essentially very soft slicks, managed to make the finals much to the surprise of the other, non-R compound shop competitors. "In Europe, where they do this sort of thing a lot" explained Eddleston "they set up the car for the predominant tarmac and take it easy on the dirt. I was actually surprised how much grip I had on the dirt section. The car was surprisingly driveable and I probably could have gone faster if I'd had more confidence in them." Eddleston survived the first round but was knocked out in the semi final by Jon Armstrong in his Honda Civic who went on to finish second to Justin Kollien in his STi. Full results can be found at the event web site along with photos and videos. A great start to the series the next event is on August 9th. February 28th, 2009 Two in a Row for TIM Now, no longer able to refer to himself as a "tarmac specialist" TIM driver and owner Paul Eddleston slithered his way to his second snowy victory this year in Detroit SCCA's RallyCross at Capac, Michigan. Held at the same venue and in similar conditions where he made the said declaration after a dismal performance, things turned out for the better this time. The course started out covered in snow with two tight 180 degree turns at each end of the field connected by sinewy, back and forth slaloms between them. The track soon revealed itself to have hidden ice patches under the snow and that the two 180s were the key to fast times, by taking them slow. By the afternoon, in the rising temperatures the course had developed a top layer of slimy mud on frozen dirt making it even trickier than the morning. One spin put Eddleston out of the overall top spot but he still retained the lead in M4 and 3rd overall behind Doug Harvey and Steve Baumbach.
A great shout out to the Cassidy's for once again letting us abuse their lawn and to the organization for another great event. Some great video of the wagon in action courtesy of Chris Lanctot (red Tacoma Pickup) more footage here
February 8th, 2009 TIM wins at Sno*Drift! Not
what you think but the team did score a victory at the Rally America
event in
the Sno-X held at the special
stage venue.
It was kind of appropriate that we won the sno-x but only coincidental that we sponsored the Super Special stage in conjunction with our new wheel supplier BRAID. The stage was a great hit with spectators who lined the rim of the bowl-like gravel pit to see the stage cars fly through the snow between the piles of frozen gravel. .
Can't wait for next year's event . January 24th, 2009 TIM off to Sno*Drift No TIMAlba rally car in action this event as the crew is off having a baby (lame excuse) so the rallycross wagon, in it's new BRAID livery will have to carry the torch for us. So please stop by and say "Hi". in fact, there's a free TIM beanie for the first person to drop in and say "WOW, these BRAID wheels are really cool. Now where's my free hat". Archives |
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In
surprisingly the first outing on dirt this year for TIM
driver Paul Eddleston he came out on top this past weekend in the
Modified all wheel drive class despite the presence of ace RallyCross
exponent Scott Harvey. The event, the fifth of the Detroit Region's
RallyCross championship, was held at the Crystal Motor Speedway on
a grass surface that quickly turned to dirt. The trick seemed to be
to stick to a tight line and use as much of the remaining grassy areas
as possible as that's where the grip was. As usual, missing cones
was key and unusually for him Eddleston only hit one all day.
