Road Rally 205 GTi

[team_zi]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

Looks quick

[Arwel]

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SS4, best stage of the day. Bad fuel surge on first loop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m88E_Xf0LZg&feature=youtu.be

[Arwel]

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So I was planning on having a quite month or 2 to get the rally car looking good and restock my tyres but it didnt quite go to plan..

Picked this up today after a last minute ebay bid whilst being bored at work



Its really clean example with a few nice bits on it.. loads of history and runs great. It'll be ideal as a re shell as its solid but at the same time it may well be too good to strip and would make a real nice road car. We'll see

[Arwel]

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Well its been a quiet couple of months on the Pug front. I was stuck in plaster until the middle of September so its only the last few weeks I've been able to crack on with things. I did compete down in Dale.. but as a navigator.. finished 6th O/A and 1st in class.. never thought I'd get a result like that.. especially in the silly seat.

Back to the Pug. Our motor club ( Amman & District ) organised a road rally last weekend. I spent a lot of time peeling off all the stickers as I was using the car in an official capacity. However the car had other ideas. It has began using a lot of water and was eventually traced to a failed inlet manifold gasket. That has now been changed as it back up and running again. I've done a fair bit of testing with the car now and am happy with how it all goes and that I can cope with the steering following my broken wrist. So Peter Lloyd Stages is a week today (21st October ) at Pembrey circuit. Very strong competition in our class but a big push will be on and if I can get in the top 3 I will be very happy. Car is pretty much ready to go so just need to sort out a few other little things and we re good to go.

[Arwel]

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Peter Lloyd Rallying stages all done and dusted yesterday. Finished 37th o/a and 6th in class. Had a little coming together with some tyres on the first stage which resulted in a slightly dented rear quarter but apart from that it was a clean run all day. Our standard engine showed on this event though as the stages were really quick and we were outpaced all day pretty much by everyone in our class. We were happy to get round and finish as it was quite slippy all day and many people fell victim to the conditions and retired. Yesterday was the last round of the Steve Harkness Welsh Tarmac Championship for me and I am happy to report that we won our class, not a bad effort at all for our first year doing stage events.

Next event is the AMC Showground stages on 11th November. Its a nice local event and will be a good bit of fun. Hopefully the car will be a bit more competitive there in the class as there wont be many real fast sections.

[MCURZON]

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Hi Arwel,

I went down for the day yesterday and thought you looked like you were going really well.

Cheers
Matt

[rhodrievans]

Re: Road Rally 205 GTi

mi16 next arwel im siure you were jelouse of how many more valves i had

[Arwel]

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Cheers Matt.. I just couldnt drive it any quicker on Sunday so Rhods.. I think you may be right lol... watch this space. Here's a few on boards from SS1 and SS2. Key moments. SS1 watch you for the tyres... SS2.. trying some rallycross.

SS1

http://youtu.be/en9QlJazUS4

SS2

http://youtu.be/z5Avt1zSYGs

[Arwel]

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Competed on the AMC Showground stages yesterday. It was a cheap entry and a chance to end the year for me with a bit of fun. My nav had never navigated before so we were out purely for fun. I had a tip off the day before that even though it was tarmac the stages were very slippy and a lot of mud covered a fair bit of it so I threw some old forestry tyres onto the car for the morning loop. 10 stages made up the day. 1&2 were run back to back and proved to be very slippy which resulted in a coming together with a haybale on stage 1 which broke a headlight, bent a wing and cracked the bumper. Apart from that no further incidents took place but we set out to please the speccies and the handbrake was used more than what it has ever been before.. some big slides going on all day. We finished 32nd Overall and 11th in class.

Some big plans are in place now before the new season starts. Looking at an MI16 engine to go in, rebuild the rear beam and fit a bigger ARB along with giving the car a much needed tidy up as it has had a hard year this year.

So, next update will probably be the car in bits. Thanks for for following the thread this year, its been an eventful one to say the least. Not sure what the plans are for next year at the moment, maybe defend my class 5 Championship and have a go over the Epynt Ranges but I also wouldn't mind a go at a forestry event too so we shall see how it goes.

Thanks
Arwel

[Arwel]

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MI16 engine was picked up this afternoon. Its going to have a little freshen up over the next couple of months and a few new bits and pieces.

[Arwel]

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The strip down has started. Its been hampered by the typical 24 year old rusty, rounded off nuts and bolts but we're getting there slowly. Hopefully get the engine out on Monday and the rest of the work can begin.

[Arwel]

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Another evening spent in the garage tonight. Engine is nearly ready to be removed, interior is pretty much stripped out and the damaged wing has been removed.

[Arwel]

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Engine,box and steering rack are out of the car now. So thats the front part of the de assembly sorted. Start on the inner wing this week and the wiring and then look at getting the rear beam off. We think we found the cause of the mystery vibration too. Drivers side shaft was ruined and not only that but the gearbox seemed to have lost 3 of its bolts which couldn't have been helping things.



and the customary "me in the engine bay" pic

[PERKY]

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I had a 1.9 when i was 19, the gearbox bolts kept working loose on that too.

[Arwel]

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Little bit more done tonight. Dash has now been pulled apart to free some space to sort the wiring out and had a good look at the MI16 loom to sort out what goes where and what we need and what we dont need.