It’s common practice, or at least a popular goal, to end a project on a high note. And if you’ve been following our VW Fox project, you might even think we’ve done that. After all, we bought a dirt-cheap used race car, updated the safety gear, made it beautiful with a $200 paint job, then conquered …
Every time I see a photo of this car it gets more beautiful.
I LOVE that front wing. Makes perfect sense on a front=drive. Brilliant. I wanna try it, but I guess I'd have to come pay some dues and turn wrenches on it (Which I am pretty good at, I don;t mind sayin'.). Back when I was racing World Challenge, I looked carefully at the rule for the wing. While it limited how back BACK it could be, it did not say a word about how far FORWARD it could be. I so wanted to mount it just ahead of the windshield. Imagine the paddock ruckus that woulda have caused! So bravoooo, Team GRM.
The Fox is wearing an elephant costume.
Are you going to make it transverse layout this time? lol.
Parts like hubs, wheel bearings and 5 speed transmissions would be easier to find....
BTW, the GTi should have disc brakes on the back. That might help the Fox if they will swap over as well.
Good call on waiting for the pandemic to abate, especially after you had to skip the challenge. While I love following the updates on the fox, I'd rather know that everyone's staying healthy.
I'm using a cover craft cover for my Miata, their quality is excellent.
randyracer said:I LOVE that front wing. Makes perfect sense on a front=drive. Brilliant. I wanna try it, but I guess I'd have to come pay some dues and turn wrenches on it (Which I am pretty good at, I don;t mind sayin'.). Back when I was racing World Challenge, I looked carefully at the rule for the wing. While it limited how back BACK it could be, it did not say a word about how far FORWARD it could be. I so wanted to mount it just ahead of the windshield. Imagine the paddock ruckus that woulda have caused! So bravoooo, Team GRM.
That moment when Randy Pobst jumps on your project update to coo about how great the Fox is. 
Tom Suddard said:randyracer said:I LOVE that front wing. Makes perfect sense on a front=drive. Brilliant. I wanna try it, but I guess I'd have to come pay some dues and turn wrenches on it (Which I am pretty good at, I don;t mind sayin'.). Back when I was racing World Challenge, I looked carefully at the rule for the wing. While it limited how back BACK it could be, it did not say a word about how far FORWARD it could be. I so wanted to mount it just ahead of the windshield. Imagine the paddock ruckus that woulda have caused! So bravoooo, Team GRM.
That moment when Randy Pobst jumps on your project update to coo about how great the Fox is.
Now THAT'S a win!
Tom Suddard said:Every time I see a photo of this car it gets more beautiful.
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Hmm. That's not what I was thinking. I'm usually all in on the inherent beauty of form following function and I think the creative rules interpretation is brilliant but this car looks ungainly to me and even covering it up with a custom car cover doesn't help.
Tom Suddard said:That moment when Randy Pobst jumps on your project update to coo about how great the Fox is.
I think Randy was fondly remembering driving our Fox at ORP
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