Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

[lukem30]

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Think this is the right link to the vid

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae18/lukem30/6997569F-2FE3-4C8A-A5C5-EA3FB8A2A3FA-7377-000003EBA67898E7.mp4

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Put an entry in for a rally at the end of August so I need to get the car sorted. I made a start by having a go a the paint myself with some rattle cans from halfords, it's no show queen but it looks quite tidy. Next problem for me to tackle is noise. I'm waiting on a some dynamat sound deadening to arrive and I've also got some old barrel flanges welded to the exhaust so I can add more packing, not sure where to go next with the noise reduction, any ideas?

[MCURZON]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Looking great Luke

[mexicotait]

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Are you running a single box exhaust ?

[freddy686868]

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Are you running a single box exhaust ?

Nope its a teim box system but it has seen better days..........

[lukem30]

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Are you running a single box exhaust ?

Not sure if I would class it as a twin box, it has the 1 large box (pictured with the flanges welded on), and a section of larger diameter pipe in the centre section of the exhaust

[jonsey]

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Took my mk1 to long life in Swansea for an exhaust last week as I'm doing the Targa rally down Pembrey and my old system was to loud. Had a S/Steel 2.25" 2 box system made for it. Said I wanted it super quiet and fair play it is. It did cost £290 though. The guy there did say if you pack to much material in to the box's it will reflect the sound and not absorb it, so don't go nuts.

[para144]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Think this is the right link to the vid

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/a...EBA67898E7.mp4

Well driven Luke! It launches off the line quick

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Took my mk1 to long life in Swansea for an exhaust last week as I'm doing the Targa rally down Pembrey and my old system was to loud. Had a S/Steel 2.25" 2 box system made for it. Said I wanted it super quiet and fair play it is. It did cost £290 though. The guy there did say if you pack to much material in to the box's it will reflect the sound and not absorb it, so don't go nuts.

I noise tested the car and it was 91db @ 2m so i think I'm going to have to get something professionally made. There's a place in cardiff called prospeed that a few of my friends have recommended so I've booked the car in there. I've also entered the targa, looks like its going to be good fun.

[jonsey]

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My brother is organising the Targa rally. He has a mk2 with a red top in it and as the noise is measured at the drivers door he has put noise insulation on the underside of the bonnet to reduce the engine bay noise (taken from the bonnet of a more modern vehicle).

[rhodrievans]

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weve got a mk 2 on splits here measured 86 db with a new twin box ashley system its not the exhaust noise measured its vibrations and all that

[lukem30]

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I learnt a lesson on the weekend - a six linked atlas is not indestructible. I went out for a run and decided the dump the clutch with a tump of revs leaving a junction and managed to do this




I heard a Big Bang from the back (must have been the pigs head hitting the floor) and was surprised to find 2 bent link bars. We managed to bend them back a touch to limp home. Done a little research and they the clubman spec bars so I've now swapped them for heavy duty items. I've also got a set of bump stops to go on and I'm going to raise the back to stop the rear from digging in too much off the line.

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

I've also made a few noise reduction improvements, used some dynamat under the bonnet and had a new 2 1/2" system made at prospeed.





A few pics I found from the autotest

[lukem30]

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I finally did my first road rally in the car yesterday (Kidwelly targa rally), and it was great fun. It was a bit of a shock on the first loop with the amount of controls and code boards but as the day went on it got better and better. As for the car, it handled superb and what a great learning area pembrey was. It a shame I had a little trouble with the car which lead us to retire towards the end. Our first issue was the watts cover plate came loose causing us to loose all the oil. We managed to use some engine oil for one loop while the b373 was on the way and we got it sorted properly for the next run. The breakdown which put us out was the loss of a coolant blank which expelled all the water, and the car was so hot we couldn't get it repaired before we went OTL. I really enjoyed what we did and the car must be set up pretty well as we had 3 or 4 fastest overall times which I was pleased with. Here's a few pics from the day;

Last minute prep involved fitting the smoking pack


My nav getting stuck in

[danknight72]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

looks great mate