Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

[lee edwards]

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Looks tidy mate! iv seen that car about somewhere... Rwd = Awesome fun! i used to road rally a 106, iv now got a RWD mk3 escort much more fun and just as competative!

[freddy686868]

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Looks tidy mate! iv seen that car about somewhere... Rwd = Awesome fun! i used to road rally a 106, iv now got a RWD mk3 escort much more fun and just as competative!

Thought you'd get the hang of it in the end ;-P

[M11rf]

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Cracking little car you have got there

[danknight72]

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Any idea where the clock came from ?

think its one of the circuit innovations ones

[lukem30]

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Looks tidy mate! iv seen that car about somewhere... Rwd = Awesome fun! i used to road rally a 106, iv now got a RWD mk3 escort much more fun and just as competative!

I picked it up from Lampeter, I think the previous owner done a few events up that way. Can't wait to get out in it, good fun so far. I put an entry in for a mini night event at the end of November, just need to get some seat time and get used to it, I haven't even driven it in the dark yet.

[MCURZON]

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She's looking good Luke

[lukem30]

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I haven't updated in a while so here's a quick one. I finally got out in the car at a gymkhana organised by Kidwelly motor club down at pembrey, was a great fun and well organised, even the car ran great, but all didn't go well. I started off very steady, but soon got carried away and this happened

Luckily all the inners and suspension were fine, and the car is now booked in to zakham for some repairs and a few little modifications.

Santa left me a nice new brake kit which cheered me up


A few pics from pembrey

[rhodrievans]

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looks good mate i once did the motokhana in a mx5 great laugh i remember when i seen the car before it always sounded like it had a miss under a certain revs was it suppost to be like that or is it sorted now ?

[evans2822]

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Shame about the little tap In the front mate but hey ho your having fun In It and that makes up for allot eh??

Nice brake kit there to help the front stay whole In the future....Keep the updates coming good stuff!!

[azz259]

Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

I followed the build thread of this car when Dan owned it. Nice to see it out rallying :-)

[lukem30]

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looks good mate i once did the motokhana in a mx5 great laugh i remember when i seen the car before it always sounded like it had a miss under a certain revs was it suppost to be like that or is it sorted now ?

I really enjoyed the motokhana, will definately do some more up there when the cars sorted.
When i picked it up it had a bad mid range miss/flat spot which turned out to be the lack of an idle control valve (the TPS was was set on 60% throttle just to make the car tickover), a poor map and possibly a weeping head gasket. When the car first went on the rollers it was over 30 ponies down on what it was after the changes, it also drives so much better now.

[lukem30]

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It is a shame, but these things happen, unfortunatly i dont expect it to be the last either, but thats the risk with these sort of things. The brake kit is a "preventative" measure - well thats what i told the mrs

[mexicotait]

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What tyres are you running on the minilites ?
70 profile ?

[lukem30]

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Well the car has finally gone to zakham engineering for some repairs and upgrades so I should have some tidy updates over the next few weeks. I've also bought a genuine ford 4.6cwp and blasted my RS alloys ready for paint.

[Sidways93]

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I was sitting in with someone in a blue sunbeam on that Motorkhana and it was very slippy in places and quite tight, good fun events though. Good to see the cars getting fixed, where is Zakham located out of intrest? Lewis.