10 Budget Rally Cross Cars

Music Used in Order of Appearance:

Ampyx - Holo (Nameless Warning Remix)

Ampyx - Rise

Videos Used in Order of Appearance:

Rallycross RallyX Dodge Neon at a Tri State Rally event

NER Stafford Springs 2013 Rallycross - Mike in Prep FWD Neon (SCCA Rallyx)

Yellow Dodge Neon 100 Acre Wood Rally 2012

IRNY 2010 #14 Tim Oliver / Kieran Wright Dodge Neon

Rally BDC - Dodge SRT-4 Jump

Honda Civic ek4 GrA rally albenga Grassano Celestini

The fastest Rally Honda Civic of the World

2017 Detroit SCCA Rallycross (1/7/17) - Honda Civic, Modified FWD 2nd heat

Honda Civic getting off course in Rallycross

This Honda Civic Is The Unluckiest Rally Car In The World

WOR Rallycross 5-10-2008 VW Golf GTI

rallycross 2010 vw golf

Vw Golf MK3 1.8t 20v Rallycross Test

Golf Volkswagen GTi - KWRC Rallycross

VW MKIV Rally

Vw mk4 golf rally fail

Toyota Celica gt4 185 Safari Rally

Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 tarmac action with pure engine sounds (WRC Rallye Catalunya 1993)

Toyota Celica All-Trac Turbo T16 Rally Sound

celica gt4 big rally jump almost crash australia

WRC - Toyota Celica 4WD Rally Crash

Nissan Sentra SE-R Rallycross Racing

ACP Rocky Mountain Rally 2012 Nissan Sentra SER

Nissan Sentra Spec V - WOR SCCA Rallycross

nissan sentra rally costa rica

Baja Rally in the Sentra!

Infiniti G20 Rallycross Car: November 19, 2016 SCCA Rallycross Event

Turbo G20 W11 SR20DET Canyon run P10 Primera

Merkur Xr4Ti and Audi 4000

Merkur XR4Ti rally car day 2 testing

2015 Olympus Rally

GRC Global Rally Cross - Twin Peaks : Porsche 996 vs. Merkur XR4Ti vs. Toyota Corolla

Pfr2014 comstock pacific forest rally merkur ford xr4ti

Rally mix Volvo 240

Volvo 240/242 GRP.H Rallying

Vidar Furuseth i Volvo 240 Turbo Rally

Volvo 240 + Saab 900 Turbo Rally cars in action

volvo 240 rally spin

Volvo 240 Rally Jump

Off-roadin' Wagon

Rallycross in the Civic Wagon RT4WD

Honda Civic Wagon RTAWD Snow Drifting

Honda Civic Wagon RT4WD & Dodge Ram Wheelin Bountiful B

4WD Civic rallycross

Dodge power ram 50 stuck

Sandblast Rally 2016 SS5 Mike Hall Mitsubishi Mighty Max

Crossing a puddle in the mighty max 4x4

Mitsubishi Mighty Max 1JZ Shamel Toghoj 19-4-2013

Turbo Mighty Max

Mitsubishi Mighty Max Rally Truck Mt Hood Rally 2008

Subaru Impreza 2.0 GL Sport

My First Rallycross, Subaru Impreza 2.5RS

scca rallycross subaru impreza 2.5RS

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Merkur XR4Ti

Volvo 240

[musewolfman]

I love this. "The Civic is a good rallycross car!" *shows videos of Civics not rallycrossing, then doing it really poorly, then wrecking.*

[SupermotoNL]

2:50 looks like shingo learnt the gutter technique

[ichigozanghetsu]

Why go for an Impreza when you could get a legacy for less.

[grimmestcreaper]

I totally agree with 7 in the FWD category. The Celica is an amazing and legendary Rally vehicle. I’ll definitely try getting one and customizing it to be completely safe on the track, like adding racing seats and a roll cage. Maybe even some Rally bumper lights.

[Alltracavenger]

This has been mentioned in the comments, but I feel like I should expound a bit on the Celica:

The ones in the clips in this video are all WRC-prepped Celica GT-Fours, mostly ST185s('90-'93) but a couple of ST165 clips('88-'89). Both the ST165 and ST185 were sold in the US under the Turbo All-Trac moniker, but with only around 2, 500 ST165s and 1, 700 ST185s sold here they are VERY rare and hard to find. Only around 10, 100 ST165s and 26, 000 ST185s were made worldwide, with a variant based on the sixth-generation Celica platform(the ST205) ending the line at about 12, 000 produced. While buried in history the GT-Four was quite successful; taking four WRC drivers championships(1990, 1992, 1993, and 1994). Toyota suspended its rally program after the infamous cheating fiasco in 1995, though they have recently started back up using the Yaris platform.

While the All-trac/GT-Four is a natural choice for rallycross as they're essentially a WRC homologation car the rarity, complexity and difficulty in finding parts makes it an expensive, daunting prospect. The ST185 shares the same second-generation 3SGTE as the MR2 Turbo(and its aftermarket), however the ST165's first-gen 3SGTE is bespoke to it and is nearly impossible to find parts for. Prices can vary; I've seen basketcase project ST165s go for as little as $1, 000 and well-sorted, modified ST185s go for upwards of $10, 000. ST205s will start becoming importable next year(2019), with Canadian-landed JDM imports running around $5, 000 CAD for a runner that needs work. Those prices will likely rise once they start becoming import legal.

That said, if those who run this channel want to check one of these cars out, I've got a sub-50K, stockish ST165 I'm more than willing to break out and show off. Just bear in mind I'm keeping it off the rallycross courses. :)

[jonathanerickson]

Why is it that when ford tries they make a beast of a machine but half the time they're like "meh I'll try again around the 10 year anniversary"

[drake]

Shitty facts man. We got the st165 and st185 alltrac celica's, which were the same thing as the GT-Four celica's. Same 3s-gte and AWD. The Volvo 240 is powered by an inline four, not a v6.

Besides this, good luck finding any Merkur XR4Ti's. In this price point regardless, you can get some beat up WRX's for 4-5k.

The GVR4 and 1G/2G DSM would like to have a talk with you as well.

[Santor-]

B23E with the 138hp, was the one to have. With the exhaust kit and a cam alone, it spanked the stock 155hp B21 turbo big time. Volvo had over-the-counter street legal turbo kit for the B23E, to take it much much further.

In sweden there were/are tons of hopup parts. 280-360hp without turbo, more with. Chassis kits, thicker sway bars, bilstein dampers, short ratio steering, body kits, gauge clusters, headers+free flow exhausts, loads of camshafts and engine hopups, limited slips and more, directly from half inch thick volvo R-sport catalogue, all street legal. Now the 242, 2 door body, is the one to have, discountinued in 1983. Lastly, to twist your brains, there was also a street legal 282. Thats right, smallblock chevy conversion kit, WITH street legal documentation, directly from volvo, less engine.

You have never really driven a volvo until you try it fully hopped up with the "R" camshaft. 3500 rpm minimum to get going, 5000rpm reccomended. Then floor it, pull hard to 7000+.

260 was the six cylinders, 240's 4 cylinders. Except obscure canadian diesel6, which was called a 240.

[tommyhastings]

the volvo 240 was never offered with anything but a 4 cylinder called the b20 making about 130hp the volvo 260 however was offered with a strait six and a v6

[themidnightracer]

I drove neon in one Rallycross race, then cylinder 2 flew out.

[ethanleslie]

As I rally cross myself I highly do not recommend sr20s as much as other engines. I use a Nissan pulsar n15 (almera Aussie addition) and it is a 1.6 ga16 engine. As the sr20s have more horsepower the ga16 revs harder. Another reason is that you can abuse the ga16 so much and not hurt anything and it generally lasts longer than the sr20 meaning less part changes meaning less money. You may aswell buy a more expensive car with a better engine than buying a cheap one with a crappy. I highly suggest finding the car in your budget then finding parts for not just the engine but the car itself.

[cybertree]

I can vouch for the Golf, I live in Alaska so between the potholes, dirt trails, and foot of snow we're always driving in, it feels like a circuit just going to work 🤣. And I can thoroughly say even when it was stock (Ive since put a larger turbo, tune and coilovers), I've been king of the road. Apart from a psycho who lifted his Porsche, I just cruise around everyone trying to be faster. It's primarily front wheel until the moment your front wheels slip and then the rear wheels kick on. It's so freaking fun. 484 AWHP is a rocket everywhere you go.

[chancewhittle]

Couple of things to note on your video, you claim in the opening about chassis being key to rally, but list the car's by drive type. The choices are good, pretty solid actually, however, it might work better if you listed the cars with special editions ie. The Celica alltrac, which is the us version of the GT four, the Civic wagon awd, the talon/eclipse tsi/gsx, as part of the chassis classification. The one car I disagree on is the mighty max, they're just super rare, so finding one is difficult. I'd say look for a 300zx or early supra also in rwd, or even a fox chassis mustang for the murican folks. One other thing feature less videos of the cars just driving like 30sec max per car. It shortens the video length and helps draw focus to the list and not just to the car videos.

[AxelNavaja]

Note on the Celica: USDM got the Alltrac which is the GT Four in Europe and Japan and also badged as the Group A Rallye in Australia.

[magnavox]

SwedishRally one of my favorite channels. 2 much cool stuff.

[kennethvanleeuwen]

your chanel is really good i dont understand why you have so less fans

[NBstormchasers]

Now thats how you drive a civic without ricing it

[vintageman]

The 240 usually has an inline 4, but there are v6 versions of it, at least here in Sweden where they originates from.
They are obviosly rather long but very reliable.

[DirtyAstronaut]

I love the last SE-R video (7:30-7:40) where its 2 kids driving normally (slow). What an exciting video to put in there! That really had my adrenal gland PUMPING!

[robertogandolfo]

El Lada 2104 con modificaciones en su motor y algo de mejoramiento en la suspensión es sin duda la versión más económica para acercarte al Rally.