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Well I thought it was about time I posted details of my car up here, sorry its not a Ford!
We compete in the Sportway Tyres Endurance championship, were now in our third full season. Last year we finished 5th overall and won the 1300 class, so we don't do too badly. Endurance rallying is for saloon cars up to 1400cc and using standard engines and gearboxes. Basic safety equipment is required, cage and harnesses plus extinguishers etc. You can upgrade brake linings etc and modify the suspension so long as you don't use rose joints or change the mounting positions. Thats about it in terms of modifying the car, although obviously there are a few tweaks you can do within the rules. There is also a control tyre so no advantage can be gained by those with a large wallet.
The events themselves consist of day leg using special tests (stages) where basically you go as fast as you can. The average speed is set at a max of 40 mph, which doesn't sound much but is virtually impossible to achieve! Typically there will be between 50 and 120 miles of these tests, followed by a road rally overnight, or early hours depending on the event. The longest single test of the year is an 18 miler through Worthy Farm, the site of Glastonbury festival. The toughest event starts around lunchtime saturday and finishes around 6am the next morning, and you definitely now you have done a rally! At the moment Rover 200's are the car to have, there pushing 120bhp with aftermarket management, my Nova is lucky if its got 80brake!
This year we have struggled a bit with some inconsistent handling that has got worse through the year and a very tired engine! So over the summer, no events since the end of June and because of tree disease cancelling an event only one left at the end of November, I have been rebuilding the car and trying to find the source of the strange handling. I'll update below on progress.
Heres a couple of pics of us in action.
We compete in the Sportway Tyres Endurance championship, were now in our third full season. Last year we finished 5th overall and won the 1300 class, so we don't do too badly. Endurance rallying is for saloon cars up to 1400cc and using standard engines and gearboxes. Basic safety equipment is required, cage and harnesses plus extinguishers etc. You can upgrade brake linings etc and modify the suspension so long as you don't use rose joints or change the mounting positions. Thats about it in terms of modifying the car, although obviously there are a few tweaks you can do within the rules. There is also a control tyre so no advantage can be gained by those with a large wallet.
The events themselves consist of day leg using special tests (stages) where basically you go as fast as you can. The average speed is set at a max of 40 mph, which doesn't sound much but is virtually impossible to achieve! Typically there will be between 50 and 120 miles of these tests, followed by a road rally overnight, or early hours depending on the event. The longest single test of the year is an 18 miler through Worthy Farm, the site of Glastonbury festival. The toughest event starts around lunchtime saturday and finishes around 6am the next morning, and you definitely now you have done a rally! At the moment Rover 200's are the car to have, there pushing 120bhp with aftermarket management, my Nova is lucky if its got 80brake!
This year we have struggled a bit with some inconsistent handling that has got worse through the year and a very tired engine! So over the summer, no events since the end of June and because of tree disease cancelling an event only one left at the end of November, I have been rebuilding the car and trying to find the source of the strange handling. I'll update below on progress.
Heres a couple of pics of us in action.
i used 2 look after some novas for oval racing and that ovaling was a common thing on the ns tca the best way around that was a rosey joint (if your regs allow)
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