couple new goodies for the car Options

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so i went to a couple of my sponsors today on my day off. first i went to buddy club to check on a couple things to get an idea of what all i can get from them in the future for the build of the celica that will eventually be running in stage rally.

today i only got a new oil cap, radiator cap, and a muffler. since i am staying in the street stock class in rallyx, i am really limited in what i can do to the car. i am allowed a drop in air filter and a cat back exhaust, but thats it. i'll be putting the muffler on some time in the next month or so. i also checked on seats from buddy club, in which i should be picking up at least one in the next month or two.




next stop was at sparco. this is where i spent the big money today. i only spent $120 at buddy club, but the offer at sparco was too glad to pass up. i have been waiting to get a racing suit for future driving, but more for co driving this year. i was looking at getting the sprint suit, which is their entry level 2 layer suit. my contact there at sparco also checked some other suits and found me a suit that was replaced with a new suit this year, but is still good for regulation and is by far a nicer suit. its the x light suit and retailed for $1300, in which i was extremely hooked up and only had to pay $580 which included the tax. it was a no brainer to spend a little more for a far superior suit.









all i can say is that i feel very fortunate that i have such great companies helping me out on my journey to take my dream as far as i can.

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the muffler is a buddy club pro spec universal muffler. its a 2.25 inch inlet and i think a 3.5 inch or 4 inch outlet. i had one on my srt-4 and i loved it. i was looking at a bunch of other mufflers for this car, but the price was right when i went in today. i will post up pics and video of the sound when i'm done. i'm debating if i should leave it alone or paint it black to match the car.

there isn't a whole lot of stuff from buddy club for the 6gc, but there are some cool universal products that i think some of you would like. i personally liked their grounding kit, which they call the "racing spec condenser". its a grounding system and a voltage stabilizer all in one unit. once again, i had one on my srt-4 and loved it.


the sparco suit is just amazing. i still can't believe that i got such a deal on it. i can't wait for the first time i get to use it, hopefully in the next couple months. when i tried on a couple, you really could tell which ones breathed better and this one was way better than the others. i wanted the silver because all the guys i talked to about them highly recommended that i stay away from dark colored ones since they seem to retain the most heat compared to the lighter color suits. i didn't want white because it would always look dirty, and silver goes well with the black helmet/gloves/shoes that i have.



as far as the car goes, i wasn't planning on spending much on this car, but it surprised me how well it does in the dirt and my teammate fell in love with it at the last competition (in which he took 3rd place and it was his first time even sitting in the car). so far in the first two events of the year, i took 3rd on its maiden rallyx and 2nd at the last one. after the last event my teammate asked why not turn it into a stage rally car. i had been thinking about it, and when he asked, i said why the hell not. basically i plan to run it in street stock for the rest of the rallyx season so we can keep up our points and then maybe later this year/early next year get it caged and ready for stage rally. when we do stage rally i plan on keeping things pretty much stock so we can stay in the production class. after the 2010 season and a little experience under our belts, then do an engine swap and move towards the unlimited class. still not 100% sure what engine i'll go with, may be a 3sgte, may be something from another auto maker, who knows. all i know is that i have plenty of time to figure that out.