Abington Rally

We're moving up in the world!

2009-11-16T15:28:00.001-05:00

Coming very soon. www.abingtonrally.com Right now it just redirects to Dave's homepage, but the site should be up soon!

Rally NY

2009-10-22T09:48:00.000-04:00

We'll be headed down to Rally New York tomorrow morning, pics to follow!

555

2009-10-07T09:21:00.000-04:00

We got the 555 graphics in from England!

Evo

2009-10-07T09:14:00.003-04:00

To help out a fellow CT rally team, I took in this Evo to do a little work.

It turns out that the cage was built slightly outside the rule book. The a-pillar reinforcing tube, from the floor to the top of the windshield, wasn't properly positioned so there was a dead-end load path. Noah, the car's co-driver, brought the car to me and I cut the old tubes out so their cage guy can put new ones in.

They are also upgrading the roof reinforcements from a single tube to a V configuration.

We look forward to competing against them, even though they have twice the horsepower!

Rally BBQ

2009-08-12T12:48:00.000-04:00

Chris Wilson, owner of the now retired Legacy Rally car, is hosting a rally BBQ on Saturday August, 15th, we're looking forward to meeting more New England Rally People!

Flappin' and Switchin'

2009-07-08T10:23:00.003-04:00

Had a chance to get the mud flaps and switch panel installed in the rally car last weekend.

Flaps look nice, they really make a rally car look like a rally car!

The switch panel is all made up and partially wired. It will ultimately control the pod lights (4), fuel pump, ignition, master disconnect, map lights, interior light, rear fog, fogs etc.

Mirra at STPR

2009-06-11T10:18:00.002-04:00

My 11 second clip of Dave Mirra hitting the stop sign at Asaph at STPR has gathered 11,000+ hits in three days, check it out for yourself:

Wicked Big Meet

2009-06-10T15:10:00.001-04:00

We'll be brining the rally car up to Wicked Big Meet this Sunday. It should be a good time. The car still has a fair amount of little things to do to it, but it is running and driving so that is a big step. I have the scoop for the roof vent coming in this week, so hopefully that will be painted and installed in time!

Mid Winter Update

2009-02-04T11:00:00.004-05:00

The car has languished for a couple weeks while we do some much needed upgrades to ARU world headquarters. My 700 square foot garage just wasn't big enough, so we added about 400 more square feet of storage space to clean it up a bit, nothing worse than a cluttered work space! Once this work is done, we'll be back on the machine, just in time for the nice weather!

Hesitation Fixed

2008-12-18T22:00:00.005-05:00

A new set of NGKs fixed the hesitation that the new (used) 2.2 had since installation. It was very nice to find such a simple fix to the problem! Next step is to get the new harness' installed! BTW, it looks nice on the low suspension!

Coilovers

2008-12-16T08:30:00.004-05:00

We scored a set of free coilovers for the rally car. Hat tip to Justin! The rally car had been stuck up on jack-stands for the past month or two because of a lack of suspension, now we can get road testing again. I got the rear set in last night (have to adjust them up a bit as it currently has about 6 degrees negative camber), gonna try to get the fronts in tonight. Next step is figuring out the tire issues, gotta get something grippy for the rally cross. We're going to try to get a new clutch in too.

Justin's Car

Bought the harnesses for the car today

2008-12-12T09:17:00.004-05:00

I ordered up some G-Force 5 point camlock harnesses today for the GC8. After consulting with my female office mates, I went with black, I guess it matches everything? ;). I'm looking forward to getting these in the car, we're hoping to do a couple turns at the Stafford RallyX in January.

SafeDrives Website

Link to G-Force discussion on SS

Int'l Rally New York

2008-11-04T09:51:00.007-05:00

ARU just got back from watching International Rally New York, it was a blast. We used the new road cam to get a couple of nice shots, check the videos below.

From rally ny 2008

Dirty Road Meet

2008-10-10T09:39:00.006-04:00

On Sunday, October 5th, we met up with several suburu enthusiats for a scenic drive throughout Northeast Connecticut, aka, The Last Green Valley.

The weather was cool and damp, which was nice because it kept the dust down. Initially we were all going to drive off at intervals, but with no dust we decided to caravan. Everyone seemed to have a good time, and we’ll be doing another drive in the future!

Rally Car at the New Shop

2008-09-20T18:19:00.005-04:00

My brother's business, SportsCar Restoration, has outgrown the 2000ish square feet of the old shop, up next 6000+ square feet of new shop. I was lucky enough to get this nice pic today while doing some work. Click the pic to see it in full size!

2008-09-19T16:16:00.001-04:00

Maine Forest Rally 2006

Dirty Road Meet, October 5, 2008 1pm

2008-09-19T10:56:00.027-04:00

On Sunday October 5th at 1pm, there will be a 25 mile fun drive around northeast CT, from Union to Pomfret.

The drive starts here...

goes over this...

and ends here....

The drive is about 40% dirt or so, all public roads. The plan is for each car to drive at their own pace, leaving the start area about a minute apart, this will allow for dust to settle and allow each car to drive at their own pace. This is not a race. Each car should bring a printout of the directions which will be available soon. These directions are identical to the map here, but are will change before October 5th, so make sure you check back the Friday October 3rd.

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Welcome to Abington Rally!

2008-09-19T10:56:00.012-04:00

This is the blog to keep track of Abington Connecticut's most exciting, highest funded, most succesful (and only) rally team! Abington Rally is currently preparing a 1996 Subaru Impreza for entry in events during 2009.

Headed by driver Dan McGinn, Abington Rally is looking forward to some kind of an existence in the rally community. Co-driving the firebreathing 1.8l monster will be the duo of Matt "LeBoner" LeMasters and Todd "Gritty" Foley (tm).

Cage Work

2008-09-19T10:56:00.009-04:00

The cage is just about finished, here's Gritty doing some TIG welding.... We decided to TIG the majority of the cage because Gritty has been welding for longer than he's been drinking...and that's a long time.