Out of Interest...what's your take on running Grp4 studs or the ones from Race Products? I have Race Products ones on the back but Grp4 on the front.
Out of Interest...what's your take on running Grp4 studs or the ones from Race Products? I have Race Products ones on the back but Grp4 on the front.
Last edited by bmw02rally; 18-06-2014 at 06:29.
Aussie Taffy
Hi MarkOriginally Posted by bmw02rally
i made up some threaded spacers to go on the rear studs so i can run my grp4 rims and keep the wheel nuts, 1/2inch unf, the same front and back
Yeah I bought the adaptor wheel nuts for the back....but I'm wondering if nowadays the normal wheel studs are strong enough not to bother with GRP4's?
Aussie Taffy
Car has done the 1100km trip to Motec Queensland to have the Pdm programmed and the dash and be put on the rollers. It got started last yesterday but the thermostat didn't open so waiting for the local Mazda or ford dealer to open to get a new one.
I will be flying back down on Tuesday for the power runs and I'll put up some video if it doesn't go bang
So the engine got 233rwhp@ 7500 but the gearbox bolts to the bell housing came loose so he has pulled stumps till Monday morning he said the torque is massive and I'm going to have trouble getting traction on gravel, so that sounds like a bit of fun. It is killing me that I'm not there to see.
Vid and the dyno sheet on Tuesday
Stunning car yours and that axle...
Cheers and keep us posted,
Mário Santos.
Had the pleasure of sitting with Jonathan when he had his first drive of the car yesterday.....I wish you could bottle the laugh that came from him when he gave it a squirt! What a car! He's now driving all the way back to Airlie Beach from Brisbane so I'm sure he will be on here soon to give his version of his feelings.
Aussie Taffy
As Mark has said I took the car for its first squirt and it was pretty overwhelming, I have never driven an escort with that kind of power or a car with a sequential gearbox, I got it home and off the trailer after a 14hr overnight drive and got a chance to open it up a bit and I think the neighbours all ready hate me.
I will try and put some video up if anyone can tell me how, but here are the dyno sheets for the moment
You have an iPhone by the looks of it.
Stick it on YouTube straight from phone.
www.rallycarsforhire.net
Jono...Set up a Youtube account and then you can upload the vids and link them to here....
Aussie Taffy
I had my first run in the car at a track day it ran great the oil pressure came down to where it should be but the temp went to high after each run I'm hoping it is the temp sender, I have the safari spec rad coming from grp4 and a better spal fan so it should do the job in North Queensland.
1st over2ltr
3rd overall
Finally got some incar footage from the ingham rally(my second as a driver)
I set fastest time on this run, at the end of the stage I dropped a valve in number 4 and put it through the piston, should be all fixed before Christmas and should see some more power with bigger valves.
I hope the link works. http://youtu.be/5ECF9jf9Dh4
Last edited by Moisty; 21-12-2014 at 05:32.
Gutted for you mate!
Having a problem like that on a "brand new" engine... Soon it'll be my turn to start a "brand new" one. Hope I'm bit luckier but we all know the risks very well.
Though, I'm glad to know it'll be fixed and ready for a blast in such a short time period.
You already had some serious power figures but, knowing it will be even better...
Cheers and keep up the good work,
Mário Santos.
Could you post some more photos of your handbrake mounting and switch panel? Looks like a nice setup. Great car all-round!
Cheers,
W
Hey mate the handbrake and centre switch panel are from Grp4 fabrications in Ireland, there stuff is top notch give Torsten a call
love mk2s and that one looks bob on
So the engine got rebuilt and my engine man thinks I dusted it, he said he pulled a heap of dust out of the throttle bodies, I was running my filter to dry.
But after the dyno the engine was stronger through the whole rev range on both bhp and torque, picked up 13hp at 7950rpm now 306bhp at the fly
Am upgrading to the new Motec M130 and will be giving drive by wire a run to sort out the throttle blipper for down shifts, then hopefully no more teething problems and I can finish an event.
Loving this and that axle is a proper bit of kit
So I finally got the car across the finish line and I got second in class and 14th o/a in the first round of the nsw championship , very happy with that as I slowed it up a bit on the last two stages as the clutch slave had gone and had to start it in gear
I had a 1500km drive to get to the event so I didn't want any disappointing breakdowns on the car so the three weeks out from the event were spent getting everything perfect on the car which meant it got a new two piece tail shaft the new m130 went in as with the c127 dash logger and it got dynoed again and ended up with 265hp@ the wheels and it started like a dream old or hot.
It got new softer eibach springs all round which caused me a lot of concern on the media day as I had to play with reigers a lot so it didn't feel like it was going to kill me, by the end of the rally I was a lot closer to where I wanted to be, it's one thing to buy the flash suspension but it's another to know how to use it.
I also put a new power steering kit in it from grp4 that helped a lot
Any way here is a few pics and a couple of links to vids I will have to go through the incar and get a few stages up, it was a fast event I pulled it up at 186km but could have taken it out to 200km
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I entered the second round of the Queensland Rally Championship and it was run over the last weekend, I had to grab a navigator I hadn't met until the day as my regular had shoulder surgery, as it turned out he was great and we worked well together.
The first stage was a quick blast to get things going and we set second fastest stage time to my surprise against the evos and wrxs, the rest of the rally we never saw stage times against the other competitors and just had a blast on fast roads with plenty of air time, then at last service we were told we were running second and had a minute over third, so we hit the last two stages with the knowledge we just had to keep it on the road for a first podium for me, well I nearly threw it away with a sixth gear spin on the last stage but luckily I hit nothing and got it over the line for a 1st in class and 2nd O/A which I was pretty happy with.
Now I'm trying to find the funds to run in the International Rally of Queensland next month
very nice.
Love this car!
https://youtu.be/KMAIwykYZoc
A link to specy point at wowan rally
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