• Demon Rally Team Brings the Heat to Oregon Trail 2010!

    After the successes and dramas that we encountered at the Wild West event, the Demon Rally team regrouped and rebuilt for the 2010 Oregon Trail event. The issues we had at Wild West would almost all be attributed to stock parts getting too hot. The easy remedy here was to carry out the already planned gear box change. By changing from the stock 020 linkage shift transmission to the much more stout 02J cable shift box, we knew we could gain some much needed reliability. There was also some wiring changes that needed to be made, which we were more than happy to handle. Another issue we had was some…

  • Demon Rally Team Debuts New Car @ Wild West 09!

    The site of the event was a small town in the southeast corner of Washington state. A town where if you blink too long you may just miss it. Once a year this delightful town opens its doors and welcomes the competitors, teams and spectators for the Wild West Rally. This year would mark the return of the Demon Rally team in their brand new VW mk2 Golf. Just a year ago the Demon Rally team had a very bad wreck which left their VW Rabbit in completely destroyed. This year they came back, and they came back with a vengeance! Since the wreck in ’08 the team had found…

  • Demon Rally Team Gearing up for Wild West Rally 2009

    This weekend RalleyTuned and the Demon Rally team did some preliminary testing on their new VW Golf, debuting for the first time since the dramatic roll of their previous Rabbit. Initial testing went very well with only a few minor tweaks being needed in the mapping, and possibly a few small setup changes. We got the call from the Demon Rally team late last year and got busy re-wiring their 85 Golf. The car now hosts a fire breathing 16v with a worked head and some nice sized cams. The chassis has been fully prepped with seam welding and very beefy suspension from a local rally specialist (John Vanlandingham). A…

  • IRDC Driving School 7-26-09

    I recently had the chance to take the IRDC’s (irdc-racing.com) Performance Driving School. I have been preparing my car for lapping days for quite some time now and finally felt the car was ready for action. The cost of the school is $250, and includes a classroom session and a full day of on-track action! I highly recommend this school to anyone looking to get into racing, lapping days or just want to go have fun in their car! Registration was at 7am so it was an early morning. Got the car loaded up late Saturday evening and loaded everything up. We made it to the track by 7:15 and…