08-04-2010, 10:48 AM
Ok, I'll be serious for a minute.
#1 - Older and/or less complicated cars are good. I remember Pete bought a $500 E36 a while back that he got running without much hassle. Something like that would be a good idea. Fix the known weak points, make sure its got brakes, carry spare O2 sensors and stuff like that.
Dos - Doing this for charity is a good idea and you could get a pretty cool story in the paper but dont underestimate the effort it takes to raise the money. The time you spend on it would probably be more lucrative if you'd just worked a part time job (I know thats not the point, but keep that perspective in mind). You'll need to put in a lot of your own $$ to make it happen, and I bet the alumni would chip in (I would).
c - Dont split up into teams. You will have your hands and budgets full enough with 1 car.
IV - dont underestimate the costs. $500 car, sounds awesome right? Plan on spending another $1k on it to get it 2000+ mile road worthy. Tires, brakes, universal gold paint, etc. Then there's the travel, hotel, food, etc costs in the rally. You can do it cheap but its not free. Make a spreadsheet of all of this and add it up. Its now a lot more than $500
My copper coins.....
#1 - Older and/or less complicated cars are good. I remember Pete bought a $500 E36 a while back that he got running without much hassle. Something like that would be a good idea. Fix the known weak points, make sure its got brakes, carry spare O2 sensors and stuff like that.
Dos - Doing this for charity is a good idea and you could get a pretty cool story in the paper but dont underestimate the effort it takes to raise the money. The time you spend on it would probably be more lucrative if you'd just worked a part time job (I know thats not the point, but keep that perspective in mind). You'll need to put in a lot of your own $$ to make it happen, and I bet the alumni would chip in (I would).
c - Dont split up into teams. You will have your hands and budgets full enough with 1 car.
IV - dont underestimate the costs. $500 car, sounds awesome right? Plan on spending another $1k on it to get it 2000+ mile road worthy. Tires, brakes, universal gold paint, etc. Then there's the travel, hotel, food, etc costs in the rally. You can do it cheap but its not free. Make a spreadsheet of all of this and add it up. Its now a lot more than $500
My copper coins.....