Mk1 RS2000 Tarmac & Road Rally car

[diffed]

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Well all sorted again then mike

good news lots of hairpins to test the diff this year

will e/mail them pics soon

[tim]

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where the test track mate,not epynt is it ?

[para144]

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where the test track mate,not epynt is it ?

No, its Gelligaer common about 25 miles North of Cardiff but there are loads of places like this around here.

There are normally at least 2 road rallies that run through here every year.

Well all sorted again then mike

good news lots of hairpins to test the diff this year

will e/mail them pics soon

Does that mean there will be loads of hairpins this year & I'll need the practice?

[tim]

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very nice,view and roads like that that make me want 2 move 2 wales

[diffed]

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Thats it i'm moving to wales

photo's sent

[para144]

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Cheers Diffed

[para144]

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I finished fitting the axle last weekend, when I went to take the car out of the garage I noticed the throttle pedal felt 'loose'. Next thing I knew SNAP, it had sheared off at the pedal box. The car was only put on and off a trailer after the last rally so it must have been on the brink of snapping during the rally . Think I was lucky to get a finish there.



The one below is the new Group 4 pedal from West Wales Rally Spares, it appear to be much better quality than the Peter Lloyd one that snapped. It even already has an extended foot pedal, saves me welding on a longer one like did on the old pedal

[para144]

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Just had confirmation of our entry for the 'Tour of Epynt' rally on the 4th March. Broke 2 half shafts last year on stage 12 but have the Atlas (now sorted) this year.

Just means something else will break!

[para144]

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Tour of Epynt result:

3rd in class & 48th over all.

Cant really say it was a good days rallying. The weather was terrible with 7 cars sliding off on 1 stage alone. The final stage was cancelled for safety reasons.

I was on the wrong tyres & had a few big 'moments' where my whole life flashed before me pray: .

Gave up waiting for our class award as the arguing about the 6 excluded cars went on for ages. We were soaked, the car was soaked & the service crew were soaked

The car is still in one piece & today I stripped the gearbox off as the bellhousing to box bolts had come loose on the event (one completely missing). I'm going to uprate the clutch from an AP race clutch to a paddle clutch while I'm at it.

[para144]

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Havent ordered any photos yet but you can see how wet it was here

[tim]

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so what fuel were u using lol

[para144]

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so what fuel were u using lol

Tesco 99 ron with Millers CVL. Legal with the FIA but its a bit unclear if its legal with the MSA hence the general confusion with all the competitors .

Well done MSA

[para144]

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Decided to uprate the clutch from the AP motorsport organic type to an AP sprung paddle type. Not cheap but I've been worried about the old one failing on an event.

Also got an heavy duty gearbox mount as the back of the box moves around alot. The original mount is about 35 years old & I can feel the box shifting during heavy cornering etc.

Both items ordered from West Wales Rally Spares & arrived the next day.

Next rally - Tour of Caerwent on the 25th March

[kal]

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very nice m8, love your test track

[para144]

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We have been seeded at 54 for the Tour of Caerwent, there are some very quick cars behind me so I'll be in my mirrors to make sure I dont hold anyone up .

We got a good result on this one last year, we were helped by light rain for some of the stages which gave more trouble to the big power cars. As long as we dont the downpour that we had at Epynt a couple of weeks ago!

New paddle clutch in, car is spanner checked & ready to go. It feels odd being ready a week early, bound to break something now