my road rally mk2

[mexicotait]

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The diff is an original Salisbury about 20 year old
Plates don't wear very much but in threw it together last year with second hand plates

This time I machined the end plate so I could fit a new complete clutch pack from tran x

[mexicotait]

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The box isn't changing down must be synchro rings breaking up

[mexicotait]

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Nothing to update really
Just bought a house so waiting on that being sorted and trying to get rid of as much stuff as possible to make moving easier

Still havent had a look at the gearbox yet but doing a charity day in September so need to sort something
Anyone fancy rebuilding my type 9 for me
Or selling me a good box cheap/ free

[mexicotait]

my road rally mk2

Not much progress been busy getting ready to move hopefully by the end of August we will be in and ill be busy decorating and garage building

Have finally got my revolutions stripped and painted bought three cheap last year and eventually found another one to complete the set


Painted and fitted with some old intermediate tyres I got given

Doing a charity day to support guide dogs for the blind
Blind people and there family and friends get sponsored to go out in the rally cars and we try our best to scare them
Normally a great day so looking forward to it just hope my gearbox lasts the day

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[garageman]

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Would like to thank you for your posts, I find them interesting, informative and they encourage me to get on with my 4 door, Would like to do a little motor sport, probably to old but dreams cost nothing, and it keeps me away from the diy, gardening etc, Keep up with the updates.

[mexicotait]

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Would like to thank you for your posts, I find them interesting, informative and they encourage me to get on with my 4 door, Would like to do a little motor sport, probably to old but dreams cost nothing, and it keeps me away from the diy, gardening etc, Keep up with the updates.

Thanks for that

I wouldn't let age put you off
Lots of events these days can be done in a standard car cheaply and are great fun

A lot of the guys I compete against are older and regular beat us young boys

[onecamohv]

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im constantly being beaten by two chaps well into their late 70's - age means nothing in motorsport ! in fact, its an advantage by the looks of it

[mexicotait]

my road rally mk2

Finally got myself sorted with a decent box

Its a semi helical type 9 built by spc

Meant to be good for 200+ bhp so my little crossflow wont worry it

Fitted it today and feels much better even just after a small drive

Hopefully will make a big difference on events car seems to accelerate a lot better with the better gearing





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[mexicotait]

my road rally mk2

Hi folks


First Road rally for a while was September sortie

Started at Stannington station finished ay Alnmouth with 55 milea inbetween.


Some pre plot instructions were given out at the start and my nav Warren who had never done an event before was struggling from the start.

First section plotted along with the time controls we headed off to the first tc.

First handout we went to the first junction and stopped and plotted then tried making our time up

Car was mint last night running well and handling better than ever so only dropped a minute. Onto tge next tge handout was simple and I was able to read it out whilst Warren plotted clesned this section then the next section was part of the pre plot and was very fast tight section

Only one moment was taking off over a crest and bottoming out on the sump guard then smacking into the tops of the next two crests but still cleaned it.


Then it all went wrong.

From the next tc was the last competitive section which we had to stop and plot.

I turned off the engine but was in such a rush trying to plot the difficult grid lines and I couldn't make it work only to realise my mistake got it plotted then went to start the car and it was dead
Managed to roll back and bump start it
By this time we were close to the time limit so had to cut and run.

Made it to the last tc having missed lots of rcs and one time control so were well out of the running.

Car was awesome though need to rewire the map light so that I can turn all the electrics off but keep that on and not flatten the battery


Grid line navigation works by giving you a list of numbers.

For instance

60 61 62 so you would keep heading East through those gridlines

Our problem came that the gridlines on one part were 13 13 13 13

This was hard to read as the road folowed the gridline.

A bit of a mean trick from the organisers considering it was meant to be a novice instructions

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[mexicotait]

my road rally mk2

Hi folks

Did an auto test on Sunday and tbh it wasn't a good day
Just couldn't get myself or the car working properly.


I turned up with forest tyres on as it's the only sort of event I can use them on now these geared the car up too much so i struggled to keep it on cam
Plus I couldn't remember where to go most of the time





Car ended up nice and mucky too


Since rebuilding the engine it doesn't seem to pull as well as it did and has lost the low down grunt it used to have
Hopefully it just needs setting up again and it's not something I've done when I've rebuilt it


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[cosworth4door]

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Your doing well mate, might be worth getting it checked on the rollers or if it's off the road in the winter take the engine out to a proper engine dyno

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my road rally mk2

Autumn trophy rally


Car didn’t need anything doing to it before this event
Been having a bit of trouble with the engine setup but haven’t had chance to carry out upgrades yet

Started at car ten with top nav Ali procter on the maps he does a lot historic and road rallying so I was pleased have him in the left hand seat


Starting in Hexham the route was to use a lot of the local lanes which I know well so was hoping for a good result

From the start out of the town slot left onto a little very slippery white to a cross roads turn right then up a section called the St. John lee which is really tight and twisty with a lot of yumps had a small overshoot but managed to spin round quick enough and arrived with time to spare

Next section was heading out further into the countryside lots of fast lanes but heavy rain and mud on the road made the conditions hard work had a huge full lock slide whilst flat in fourth where I thought I was about to end it all but came back through pure luck more than anything else

Then onto another fast section where we were having trouble catching cars most let us past no problem but one 205 wouldn’t move over and eventually we had to go four wheels on the grass to get past

Next section was very slack timed and we arrived at the next control 10 minutes early so got had a chat with the marshal and few other competitors to see how they were getting on
We were now running first on the road so knew we were going well.


Next section was very very tightly timed we were going flat out Ali was calling the bends beautifully and giving me the confidence to push on
Had one moment where we overshot a 90 right after hitting a lot of standing water
Then a big jump where we bottomed out on the sump guard with a Big Bang but no harm done


Then onto the final section lots of hairpins and a few fords one very big sideways moment taking a slot left that we only just got away with
Then final blast through another couple of hairpins and finally to the final control with a few seconds to spare

Rally buffet and chat at the finish lots of people had dropped time and I was very happy to be first overall

We were the only crew to clean it

2nd crew dropped over 5 mins so it was worth all the near misses and trying hard.

One of those nights were both sides of the car were on it and the car itself was near faultless

First proper event I’ve ever won outright so I was very very happy Ali was also pleased and we showed up a lot of higher spec cars in my little xflow powered 4 door





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[headbolt]

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Well done makes all the late nights and hard work seem worth it onwards and upwards now then keep up the good work and a great write up too

[mexicotait]

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Did have one problem with the car

Went on full throttle at high revs it would occasionally misfire if I came off the throttle it would clear and rev fine


Thinking it is fuel related either fuel pressure is too low or float level isn’t right

[onecamohv]

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well done luke great result good job!