Road Rally 205 GTi

[Arwel]

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Little Pugsley will be getting logbooked on Sunday so we have been busy lately with getting sorted and upto standard. The main thing is that the sunroof has gone and a nice plate has been fitted in its place. Everything is sorted inside now with cut off switched and pull cords for the plumbed in. Door squares have also been added and a few other small details. All it needs now is a wash and re fit rear mud flaps and it should all be ok.

[Darbo]

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nice little rally car
had a ap suretrack diff in my old one it seem'd to get the grip on slippy stuff
found the standard rack had not much lock for catching sideways stuff as i found out when i put it in a hedge after thinking id enough lock on to catch it

[BluPrinT]

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Nice little Puglet!

I have an Mi box stashed away somewhere with 4.4FD if you haven't got one yet & want one, i'm on 'drivers too, think i've seen your name on there!

[Arwel]

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Nice little Puglet!

I have an Mi box stashed away somewhere with 4.4FD if you haven't got one yet & want one, i'm on 'drivers too, think i've seen your name on there!

Ah, nice one. Yeah I'm on there too. Will let you know about the box after new years. Cheers.

[Arwel]

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First stage event coming on Wednesday 28th. West Wales Rally Spares Christmas Stages down Pembrey Race Circuit. Last 2 road rallies we did we notice a slight little knock/rattle. On investigations it came to light the bushes were a bit worse for wear in the bottom arm so a new one was sourced and fitted. Quick test drive and noise was stilll there. Phone call to Neil, who's helped out all the way, and he came down for a nose. Turned out that the gear selector had come loose and was rattling around so nipped that up. Neil also noticed that our strut tops were a little higher than they should be and that one had even started touching the bonnet so the struts were removed to have new rubbers installed.
So as it stands the car is currently leg less. Should be back together this afternoon. Some pics to follow.

Merry Christmas to you all and a happy New Year.

[hsm]

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Good luck for Wednesday ,will see you there I am the one on the Gate who will let you in .

Merry Christmass and a Happy New Year to you all.

[Arwel]

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Ah lovely, shall see you bright and early on Wednesday morning

Spent a bit of time yesterday sorting the car out. Refitted struts after tops rebuilt and changed over plugs and leads. Quick swap of wheels tomorrow and a little bit of testing and we should be good to go for the Christmas stages down Pembrey on Wedensday. Qucik pics below.

[Arwel]

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Did Chirstmas stages down Pembrey yesterday. 1st stage event for me driving so was interesting. We took it easy on stage 1 just to see how slippy it was. Pushed a bit on stage 2 trying to catch my mate in car 68 and had a big spin at about 80mph on the back of the circuit , had a slight off on stage 3 on beach road, either a bit to quick into a right bend or just caught a bump on the inside which upset the rear of the car. Back end stepped out and touched the grass, caught the slide but had a tank slapper the other way, hit the grass on the other side of the road then spun off the road and ended up in a ditch half in water. No damage, just couldnt get the car out. :blush: I ll put a pic up later on that i took once i got out. Stage 4 took it easy to get my confidence back and then went 29 seconds quicker on stage 5 which was the same as 4. Not a bad first stage event, big learning experience and we were going ok. Before our off we were something like 48th overall and 11th in class so going ok. Finished last but one in the trophy rally but when Peter Lloyd was in there in his Impreza WRC then there was no chance so it was just to gain experience. Looking forward to next year now.

Some little chages to be made to the car before next year which will be kept updated on here.

Quick pic of our little off on Beach road.

[Arwel]

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On board of our little off on SS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLEtVbP0zIs

[Arwel]

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SS2 on board now available. Big spin around half way through

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw_Wq7TjIwk

[waynemk2]

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Hows it goin Arwel, yer was there for a couple of hours, goin well to, saw the in car lol lots of F... lol,

[Arwel]

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Hows it goin Arwel, yer was there for a couple of hours, goin well to, saw the in car lol lots of F... lol,

Was a good day fair play..live and learn from the little off's Look forward to Cwm Gwendraeth down in Pembrey next month now. Fair bit of colourful language going on in the car all day

On another note. Do you know anyone who has a BE3 box with a Slip and 4.4 CWP? Thats next big purchase now as we struggled a bit on tight stuff just spinning the inner wheel

[waynemk2]

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Hi Arwel
Yer noticed you were spinning up the wheel on go cart track,
Diff will make a big difference,
My mate in the blue pug got a box done by Andy Baker, and the ratios are awesome
cheers

[Arwel]

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Nothing much to report latley. I have been busy spending some ££ on bits and bobs. Ordered bottom arm for the driver side after changing the passenger side before Christmas, new strut top mounts as the standard rubber ones are knackered, discs and pads as the front ones are dead, had a new centre box put in as i ruined the last one when i squashed it putting the car on the trailer after last rally, fitted a new gear knob as the standard one was held together by duck tape and i did an oil change this afternoon.

We have entered the Steve Harkness Tyres Welsh Tarmac Championship which kicks off in Pembrey with the Rali Cwm Gwendraeth on the 19th of Feb and then we'll do Caerwent in March and Talbenny in April. No plan to do Epynt yet as I'm still learning and the last thing I want to do is have an off up there :blush: so we'll concentrate on doing the other rounds which will be another Caerwent in June and then Peter Lloyd Stages in Pembrey again in October. No road rallies planned for me at the moment, just wait and see what takes my fancy.

On another note we have gained the backing of Kick Energy which should save us some cash in energy drinks.

[danknight72]

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hi mate,i would plate the top of the suspension turrets,one stop in crewe sell laser cut ones