Mans, we need to get some rally cars...

[Nick]

We need some rally cars. AWD or RWD little bundles of gravel road fun. The blazer is just too fat to be much fun, it is still fun though.

[zourtney]

The Blazer ranks about 1.5 on the funness index and it's still fun to drive in the woods! Just imagine how much fun a semi-capable car could be. 

[Nick]

With a tiny lift and overtall tiers to clear the ruts and rocks it would be a blast. Especially if the vehicle managed to make more then 150hp!   

[zourtney]

There's no way that thing is making anywhere near that kind of power. Yeah, it's geared like a truck (boring), but my car has about 160hp and it could practically do laps around the Blazer while driving down the highway. The Blazer feels like it must be losing about 20% from the flywheel, 20% from the torque converter, 20% through the transmission, 20% through the driveshaft, 20% through the differential, and another 20% at the axles. (I think that makes it a small black hole)

[Nick]

Wow, is that 20% of the remainder each time or the base power?

Moved my huge long blazer post to the blazer thread. Maybe all we should make are general discussion threads

http://randomland.net/forums/index.php/topic,128.msg1506.html#msg1506 <- go there for awesome blazer talk (all of the awesome belongs to people other then me)

[zourtney]

Right, ok, back to rally cars! What type of car would one look for? Molding Subarus?

[Nick]

Yes. I would love an old impreza or legacy or even something older. But those cars we went and saw in Washington would have been a blast too. Too bad that guy had ZERO documentation for them. Otherwise I would have bought them in an instant. I need an adventure. I have been sitting around doing housework for too long now.

[zourtney]

Yeah, totally understandable. I like adventures, especially when vehicles and woods are involved

[Nick]

http://salem.craigslist.org/cto/1479583762.html

Merge that thing with the parts that are good off Francine and you will have maybe a 2.5 on the funness scale. That's a classic 1-10 scale, right?
Good old 80s celicas.