<![CDATA[Forks AutoX]]>Did anyone make it to the Alerus Centers autocross event... I wasn't able to make it and I'm wondering if they set it up like last year that they were catching air?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/3308/forks-autoxRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 03:34:28 GMTSun, 10 Jul 2005 23:28:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:24:57 GMT]]>quattro might be good if your looking for safe or whatever. modded cars, i would preferably not have quattro if i had a 1.8t or 2.7t. all it does is weigh it down. (i heard it weighs like 900 more pounds if it has quatro/4motion.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/58195https://fargostreet.com/post/58195Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:24:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:14:55 GMT]]>well the skyline awd system was designed way beyond its years. the computer can adjust the power setting from 100 percent rear to all the way up to 50/50. the computer is very sensitive and VERY VERY fast to react to wheel spin (hundreths of a second). wouldn't this also get rid of the top end problem that awd systems have since when tires aren't spinning it is putting all power to just 2 wheels? here is an article scan down to transmission then attesa-ets.

http://www.jbskyline.net/R32/GTR/index2.php

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/58171https://fargostreet.com/post/58171Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:54:19 GMT]]>well in all my years i have been wrong a time or xxx.
from where i was at i did not have a totally clean view of that area. so i was just going by what i thought i was seeing and what i thought i heard. as the heat increased i think i became dillusional.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57863https://fargostreet.com/post/57863Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:54:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:49:18 GMT]]>

musthavemuzk wrote:
i must have been hearing things then. when that duster went across it sure sounded like free spinning wheels then a big chirp as he hit asphalt again.
could have been the heat making me delirious though.

Monty

Hey monty you may be correct, but in my 4200 pounds of dodge, i didn't get air, at least nothing compared to the air i got in the gsx last year, so other cars may have, but not mine!!!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57831https://fargostreet.com/post/57831Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:49:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:18:06 GMT]]>i would hope it is not that bad to adjust for wheelspin.
as that would suck bad. not only serious chance of accident, but revved up and slamming in cannot be good for parts. at least not to have a long fun life from them.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57805https://fargostreet.com/post/57805Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:18:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:13:38 GMT]]>That's why the DCCD is a beautiful thing 🙂

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57753https://fargostreet.com/post/57753Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:13:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:50:52 GMT]]>While that is true, some AWD is better than no AWD, I tend to follow the school of thought that its nice to have predictable AWD w/ power going to all the wheels at all times rather than the computer thinking "don't need to power the front, don't need to power the front.....shit!!!!..spinning.....immediate power to the front......BAM understeer....shit....front is spinning.....BAM over steer due to lack of front wheel power allocation.....BAM guardrail"

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57748https://fargostreet.com/post/57748Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:50:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:41:12 GMT]]>well hopefully this link works to his thread
http://www.wpg-autox.org/cgi-bin/yabbnew/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1120925080

i would assume AWD is good period. no matter who makes it. as it gives you more drive wheels in the event of wheelspin. but that is just my guess.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57717https://fargostreet.com/post/57717Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:41:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:43:25 GMT]]>

Hatchling wrote:
As far as i know the best awd system to date is the audi quattro or the vw 4motion. As well as the Evo 8 has an outstanding stabuity system in it. The quattro system was banned from many racing events because they far superior. As for the Subaru having a good AWD system (they do) but is has been campared to the 70s verson of the Quattro system.

Depends what you want your AWD system to do for you. Subaru's AWD all the time which makes them a great candidate for WRC type events compared to AWD systems that only apply power to the front wheels when they detect wheel spin. Subaru pretty much pioneered the modern AWD system and is considered by many to be the only real competition that Jeep has for AWD/4WD design and enginuity and reliability. I'm not saying the Quattro is a bad AWD system as I've never driven a quattro, just stating what I have read/heard, so take it for what its worth

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57667https://fargostreet.com/post/57667Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:19:51 GMT]]>meh, skylines arent all their cracked up to be.

hooraw. saw an R34 at HIN. didnt jaw drop or anything.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57664https://fargostreet.com/post/57664Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:19:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:58:42 GMT]]>As far as i know the best awd system to date is the audi quattro or the vw 4motion. As well as the Evo 8 has an outstanding stabuity system in it. The quattro system was banned from many racing events because they far superior. As for the Subaru having a good AWD system (they do) but is has been campared to the 70s verson of the Quattro system.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57661https://fargostreet.com/post/57661Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:58:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:23:56 GMT]]>STi's have variable center differentials...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57577https://fargostreet.com/post/57577Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:23:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:01:00 GMT]]>

wannabe wrote:
do r32s have electronically adjustable power distribution? didn't think so!

Yeah but GT-Rs are 100% RWD until the car has some rear wheel slipping then they switch to 50/50 power distribution... I dont know for sure, but I dont think an STi can do that?

I do beleive the skyline is still hailed as having the best power distribution to date... and no one has re-created it yet.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57565https://fargostreet.com/post/57565Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:01:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:03:58 GMT]]>will have to find that thread and link it.
i do not recall exactly what he said so i will not comment.
and well i did not even know til verry recently that skylines were AWD. tells you how much i know about the imports.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57545https://fargostreet.com/post/57545Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:03:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:46:13 GMT]]>do r32s have electronically adjustable power distribution? didn't think so!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57536https://fargostreet.com/post/57536Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:46:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:37:48 GMT]]>i suppose advancement help out a bit.
he was talking about the proportions and when they were applied.
whatever though.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57419https://fargostreet.com/post/57419Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:37:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:00 GMT]]>yeah cause its an R32 GTR...its missing 15-16yrs of advancements on the STi...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57302https://fargostreet.com/post/57302Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:14:06 GMT]]>i read on the winnipeg forum that he did not have his suspension yet, the skyline.
as for the silvia..well i saw badging and called it that. since i am far from knowing the difference of JDM or USDM. it was pretty clean though.

so is this skyline legit then?
where i read about his suspension he was saying he had an STI before the skyline and its AWD was superior.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57297https://fargostreet.com/post/57297Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:14:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:44:19 GMT]]>unfourtunately the skyline wasn't there. i was looking forward to that. and as far as the white "silvia" goes, it was just a 240sx with silvia badges on it that you can buy off ebay. silvias are only sold in japan. not sure if he had a swap or anything. it was a nice car but i'm not a fan of putting jdm badges on usdm cars.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57255https://fargostreet.com/post/57255Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:44:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:29:03 GMT]]>i do not recall the skyline being there. there was a white Silvia.
then again i am far from an expert on these kind of cars. one day i hope to be.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57224https://fargostreet.com/post/57224Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:29:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:45:16 GMT]]>skyline a no show again?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57222https://fargostreet.com/post/57222Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:45:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:06:12 GMT]]>

Phats wrote:
here are some pics if you guys are interested, it's a buddy's dad, he's a good photographer, but here ya go

http://hughesphotos.com/Cars/SCCA%20rally%207-9-05/Alerus%20lot.htm

Love that first shot of the black subie..

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57208https://fargostreet.com/post/57208Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:06:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:07:13 GMT]]>well i got mine online this afternoon. then i lost power at my place for a couple hours.
http://monty.soundillusions.net/thumbnails.php?album=14

enjoy

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57192https://fargostreet.com/post/57192Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:07:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forks AutoX on Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:46:14 GMT]]>i must have been hearing things then. when that duster went across it sure sounded like free spinning wheels then a big chirp as he hit asphalt again.
could have been the heat making me delirious though.

Monty

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/57120https://fargostreet.com/post/57120Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:46:14 GMT