Road Rally 205 GTi

[Arwel]

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Right then.. so big news is that it passed its MOT and is not back on the road. It did come to a stop on the way home from the MOT station. This was down to a faulty air flow meter plug and what has turned out to be a dead air flow meter. It's covered roughly 60 miles so far and we have a few earth issues to rectify and the rad fan seems to have packed in. Few more miles needed to find any more flaws and put them right.

Initial thoughts are though that its a bit of an animal and I can't wait for 2nd of June and Mini Epynt.

[Arwel]

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Havent updated this in a while.. It's all gone very well since the last update. We ironed out a few flaws and competed on the Apex Motors Mini Epynt stagesrun by Hereford Motor Club. Having not been over the ranges before and not used proper pace notes and in freshly rebuilt car with a new nav, the plan was just to get round and finish.



It turned out to be a very good day and the car ran without fault allday. Only problem we had was the rear was too soft and started wearing through the fuel filler neck. Other than that it was all good and we improved on our seeding going from starting as car 76 and finishing 48th overall and 3rd in class. Outstanding result both for myself and for the car. Really happy.

Entry has gone in for the next event which will be the Mid Summer Caerwent. Had a good run in there in March last year.. but not so well on last years Mid Summer event so will be going there to put things right.

Quick pic below by Michael Jones of MJ Photography.

[MCURZON]

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Glad you had a good run, it was a great event for spectating, I really enjoyed it.
Matt

[Arwel]

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Glad you had a good run, it was a great event for spectating, I really enjoyed it.
Matt

Thank you.. Glad you had a good day spectating.

How are you getting along with the MG?

[MCURZON]

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Good, thanks, going to do Epynt Hillclimb next Saturday.

[Arwel]

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Midsummer Caerwent is on this Sunday on the 23rd. It'll be my 3rd visit there and we're seeded car 71. A little lower than thought but its where you finish that counts. We have 10 cars in our class and Im setting out to want to challenge for the top 3. Im going there full of confidence but with a little caution as the place can bite and has bitten me last year. So, hopefully put things right this time around.

[MCURZON]

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Good luck Arwel, hope you have a good run

[Arwel]

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Ready for battle in Caerwent tomorrow. It's giving rain so the wets are on and hopefully will level the playing field with the big powered escorts in the class

[Arwel]

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What I was hoping would be a good day and chance to show what the car can do since its refresh didnt quite go to plan. Stage 1 started very well as we caught the car in front of us within 2 miles. After that it went down hill. We came to a bit of road that appeared to have been taped off incorrectly so we had to stop to suss out what the hell was going on as the map said one thing but the road said otherwise. By the time we had it sorted a car had gone past us. We eventually hunted him down and were right on him going into a tight tricky bit of road that was lined with cones as the road had been repaired. He clipped a cone and pulled it on to the line so I went to avoid it and ended up on some loose gravel, under steered towards a support beam for the perimeter fence so tweaked the bar to save it but ran out of room. The wheel took the impact with the support beam which resulted in a bent stub pin, a shattered disc and a ruined set of pads. We managed to limp round the rest of the stage and borrowed the parts required from another competitor and managed to get back out in time for stage 2.



Stage 2 started well, again catching the car in front and everything seemed to be going well. Car felt really good and seemed well suited to the venue. However, coming down a long straight flat out in 4th gear, it just lost all power and eventually cut out as we rolled to a stop. Some quick investigation work found a cracked distrubuter cap and a rotor arm in about a million pieces, game over. No trophy rally on this rally so was unable to go back out.



That even is never kind to me but I love it so keep going back for more. So, the beam needs to be checked for any other damage and now changes to be made to the suspension and some new brakes and hopefully a lick of paint before the Eventsigns Mewla Stages over the Epynt ranges again in August.

Inside the Distributer cap


Pin and disc

[Arwel]

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And on another note, here is stage 6 from mini epynt earlier this month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIQNE2TEaCQ

[MCURZON]

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Must have been a brutal event yesterday, the list of retirements was mega long!
Good luck for the Mewla

[Arwel]

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Yes pal, it was a tougher one than usual yesterday. I thought we were out after clouting it on stage 1 but when the boys fixed it and got us back out for 2 I thought there was going to be a big comeback on. I guess it just wasn't meant to be yesterday. 2 months now to get everything sorted and ready for the Mewla

[Arwel]

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Entry is in for the Mewla in a little over 2 weeks. New shocks and thicker torsion bars to go on and stiffer springs which should improve things. The aim will be to get around and finish but will try and take as much as I can from the recce on the saturday and try and get a little closer to the Escorts in the road rally class who are flying at the moment.

[Arwel]

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With a little over a week before the Mewla, the car has been moved to a friends garage for a little work to be done, mainly... these.



Few other little things to do but hopefully will have it all sorted by the middle of next week for some pre event testing.

[MCURZON]

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Hope fitting goes well. I'll be going for a watch on the Mewla.