Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
Brilliant what rallying is all about
Well done gavin!!
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
another excellent writ up and a great result make all the effort worth while bet you wouldn't find an alternator for a modern car that easy on a sundayLeave a comment:
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
Well that went surprisingly well
The CRS Targa Rally was run for the first time near Thetford in Norfolk. Organised by Chelmsford MC, there were 95 cars entered, split into Vintage, Classic and Modern by reg date, so Fly was in the Classics. It was a multi-venue Targa with 50 miles of Tests using farm tracks, yards, grass and a lot of stubble fields, luckily dry ones! I'd entered with Carrie and we were seeded at Car 6.
Knobbly tyres were not allowed but a lot of crews were using winter tyres. I'd gone with new A021R's which I had in stock (and will probably be illegal on Road and Targa Rallies next year, so a good chance to use them up).
The first Test was in the grounds of the Start Hotel - this was the muddiest one, even running near the front of the field.
The stubble fields were great fun, once we'd worked out there was no need to keep to the tractor tram lines, so where there was enough room we could drift quickly round the corners
In the afternoon, some of the Tests were reused in the afternoon and the fields were cut up a bit, so it was difficult to choose a good line.
We set some quickest times and were nearly always in the top 5, except for losing 45s on one Test when the car in front stalled at a control and I had to get out and help push it out of the way!
At the finish, we'd won the Classic category by 6 minutes and our times put us 2nd Overall out of the 95 cars
This doesn't tell the whole story though...
The alternator light started flickering on Test 9 but everything looked ok under the bonnet, then on a 200yd road section between Tests 11 and 12 there was a clonk front under the bonnet and the light came on permanently. We got to the next Test but the temp gauge was climbing so we pulled over to have a look. The fan belt was hanging round the fan, but the alternator pulley was missing
Carrie and I walked back along the road but couldn't find the pulley or the nut - there was a washer on the sumpguard, but it wasn't much use on it's own!
Back at Fly, I worked out I could adjust the alternator enough to tension the fan belt on the shaft and this worked well enough to turn the fan and pump, so we could limp back to the Hotel. It was 11:30am on Sunday and we were 5 miles from Thetford, and the local farmer, who had stopped to help, suggested we try Thetford Auto Parts. A quick phone call established they had an A127 type alternator on the shelf, so we headed there...
We got there driving slowly, and I was amazed when they brought the new one out and it was identical to Fly's one, and even had a pulley attached and the same connections, all for £60 exchange.
Five minutes later it was fitted and we were back on the road
Carrie checked the time schedule and we realised we were just under an hour behind, but with 95 cars and 1h 15m for lunch we might have time to go and do the last 3 Tests before lunch and get back on time. This worked and we completed the Tests and got to lunch with 15min to spare
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
Good luck for tomorrow gavin
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GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
Great thanks, that confirms my exact thoughts I'm running the very same damper but with 180lb and it seems a tad soft so I was going to try 200's, but this confirms, thanks Gavin.
I'd say your cosworth is a similar weight to the xe. Are you still running an arb or compression struts?
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I've run 200lb springs and Bilstein 300/70 long tarmac inserts for many years on Road Rallies and it seems to work just as well on the Targas, so I've left it the sameLeave a comment:
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Looks really smart Gavin! Good luck for the events over the winterLeave a comment:
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
looks great gavin!!
ready for more abuse!
p.s what front damper/spring combination are you running for targas Gavin?Leave a comment:
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
Looks great
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
The paint was done in a week and a day, but as I was out on the Mewla in DVY, it was a few weeks until I could start putting her back together.
Firstly, I finished welding inside, patching the floors above the chassis rails and also the A pillars on the inside.
Once done, I painted the footwells in a good coat of Chassis Black before running out of paint when I went to do the rest of the floor!
Then I collected the engine from HT a couple of weeks ago, complete with a skeleton flywheel, a fresh head as Ron found a crack between the valves on No 2 cylinder (he showed me the old head and even I could see the crack!!!), steel rods and forged pistons to raise the compression, their usual bike plug conversion, but still the same HT1 cam, valves, block and crank. He also tuned it on the dyno so it saved me time having to run her in. Got a bit more power now and plenty of torque
I booked a week off this week to finish her off and she went through the MOT this afternoon. A few jobs left to do then a shakedown on a Targa Rally on Sunday...
Had a quick test drive tonight and she's going well
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Re: GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY
looking good Gavin! making some great progress
what would be the best event to pop over to wales and spectate on, from an escort point of view chaps?Leave a comment:
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