Road Rally 205 GTi

[jon jkd]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Hi,i think you would really benefit from a diff mate. Ive just bought a 205 1600 with a be3 with a 4.4 atb and the traction and gearing is spot on for the lanes. Im a escort man at heart,so am fairly new to 205s,but im loving them already ps good thread

[Arwel]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Hi,i think you would really benefit from a diff mate. Ive just bought a 205 1600 with a be3 with a 4.4 atb and the traction and gearing is spot on for the lanes. Im a escort man at heart,so am fairly new to 205s,but im loving them already ps good thread

Cheers

I drove a friends mk3 Astra redtop on an autotest at the weekend. He has a Quaife atb and it was an eye opener. It fights you all the time so the little pug without power steering is going to be a handful once done

[Arwel]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Good news at last. Its all back up and running as of last night. We did have a little mis hap along the way where the hockey stick bolts were "forgotton" about so it allowed the shaft to move and pop out so we lost drive and box oil after 3 miles



All sorted this morning though, topped box back up with oil and completed a 6 mile test on the Black Mountain behind the house and a tidy pace and no problems were reported. Car feels very good and seems to go a fair bit quicker and smoother.



Few niggles need to be sorted, new linkages wouldnt go a miss and the clutch needs adjusting properly then sort out a new rear valence and it'll be ready to go again

[Arwel]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

All the niggly little problems have been ironed out now. Done about 80 miles worth of testing on the Black Mountain ( yes officer, it is my private test track ) and all is well. Next round of the Welsh Tarmac Championship is Sunday the 24th of June and we're seeded car 46. Be interesting getting used to the car with the LSD installed but will hopefully get to grips with it pretty sharpish as I have a 2.0 Darrien T90 seeded behind me

[Arwel]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Did Caerwent yesterday.. not a good day, second DNF in a row.

Brief summery. Stage 1 was awful, felt like I couldnt drive and nearly rolled the car and then hit the front end breaking a headlight, bumper and bending the wing.

Stage 2 was wet after a shower so we went out on wet tyres which just didnt work for some reason.. car was everywhere with no grip on the fron and im really suprised how we got round.

Stage 3 we went back to some yoko 48's which were amazing. Instantly more grip and just got better as the stage went on. Driving much neater and cleaner and thought our day was going to turn for the better..however it didnt. Came out of a right hander into a fast right which was quite open so decided to hold it flat, rear end just stepped out a little and touched the grass, car then went into a full slide which i tried to hold but in traditional 205 ways it snapped the other way which i then tried to hold before it spun off the road and over a kerb ( again lucky not to roll ) and then came to a stop on the grass. Car then refused to start and just made a horrible noise. Looks like either the starter is not sitting right on the ring gear or the ring gear itself is damaged.

So need to fix the damage and sort out whatever the problem is with the starting. It does now start but makes a horrible noise in the process.. so busy times ahead before Brwady on 8th July.

[Seb :)]

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Fun to see a clean 205 prepared for rallying. Here in France, it's a sacrilege for most of peugeot's integrists

[Arwel]

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Thank you Seb, alothough it is not looking very clean at the moment.

A few little pics from Caerwent. No nice phots from Sunday as they are quite strict on who is allowed in.

Ready to go with our tribute to Jaffa







Boys fixing the damage after a little off





Poor Pugsley stranded on the grass after spinning off the road and refusing to start.

[Arwel]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Its been a bust few days. First thing to sort was the starting issue. Removed the started and replaced it with a working one and problem solved. Made a start then at fixing the bodywork damage. Not finished yet as I have the bumper to reapir and paint and then pop it back on the car and it ll be ready for Brawdy stages on Sunday.

[rhodrievans]

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few boys have put a diesel starter motor on the gti as ther a bit more heavy duty apparently and if you fancy some more filler and paint work you can come do my car

[Arwel]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

few boys have put a diesel starter motor on the gti as ther a bit more heavy duty apparently and if you fancy some more filler and paint work you can come do my car

Yeah i had read about using a diesel one.. may well invest in one, using this one now just to get it running.

I bloody hate filler work and the prep for painting is a right pain in the ass so I think your on your own Rhods

[rhodrievans]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Yeah i had read about using a diesel one.. may well invest in one, using this one now just to get it running.

I bloody hate filler work and the prep for painting is a right pain in the ass so I think your on your own Rhods

dam thats no good ha

[Arwel]

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Car 32 down in Brawdy tomorrow. Should be a good day and looking forward to get back out there and get some confidence back

[MCURZON]

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Good today at Brawdy

[Arwel]

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Finished 27th overall and got 3rd in class down Brawdy yesterday. Bit gutted as I lost 2nd in class by 8 seconds as I span on the last stage but never mind. Had a couple of spins through the day and a few comings together with some of the scenery but not too bad.



Need to check a few things out now as there are a couple of problems that have been highlighted so we ll see how we get on with them.

[Arwel]

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On board SS1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUAE0_sJmd4&feature=youtu.be