Road Rally 205 GTi

[marchy]

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You looked like you was having fun at pembrey Arwel and after all the rain we had thought there would have been a lot more standing water!!!
The beach road look very slippery from the photos I've seen & the crews I spoke to said it was very muddy & slippery .
But you had a good result well done

[Arwel]

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Cheers for thos Lyndon. It was the slippiest i've ever experienced there that weekend. Here is some incar from SS1 and SS3

http://youtu.be/FbyGPRLCzms

http://youtu.be/aL4OxL3oi8M

Next up is a return to the lanes for me. I've not done a road rally in 3 years and not used the car in its current spec on a road rally so it could be a very interesting night. Powys Lanes on the 8/9th of November will be fun. Lots of work ongoing at the moment but he is looking very sorry for himself but by sunday he'll hopefully be back together again.

[MCURZON]

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Will you be doing Christmas Pembrey dude?

[Arwel]

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Will you be doing Christmas Pembrey dude?

I will indeed Matt. Me and Helen will be doing it. We're also planning on doing the Tour of Epynt. Thats all we have planned at the moment stage rally wise as it'll be mainly road rallies for me. But there will be one or two other events thrown in there during the course of the year.

[MCURZON]

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I will indeed Matt. Me and Helen will be doing it. We're also planning on doing the Tour of Epynt. Thats all we have planned at the moment stage rally wise as it'll be mainly road rallies for me. But there will be one or two other events thrown in there during the course of the year.

Cool, I'm guessing that with her surname she'll be pretty competent!

[Arwel]

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We did the Powys Lanes last saturday night. It didnt go to plan really. The map reading potti failed before we left the start venue but despite this Helen did a superb job guiding us around. The pace was very very good and from the times we were setting in the sections we would have been on course for a top 5 which would have been fantastic. Unfortunately we lost the exhaust not far from the petrol hault so we retired as we would not have been allowed to carry on due to being too loud.

Many positives to take from the event. The main one was that we worked amazingly well together and secondly the speed is very much there. The car is absoultely perfect for the Welsh lanes so a season doing the Welsh Road Rally Championship could be on the cards for 2015.

[Arwel]

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We have an entry on this weekends Chris Hellier memorial road rally. We have been slotted in at car 12 after a late entry and someone pulling out so we are looking forward to hopefully a good run

[Arwel]

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Chris Hellier rally went well I guess. We ended up finishing 8th overall. We should have been 3rd but incurred a 10minute penalty for apparently missing a code board which we dont believe was there in the first place but despite an appeal we didnt get it withdrawn so the penalty stood. Still not a bad result for only my 2nd event down the lanes in 3 years and only the second event for me and Helen to be alongside eachother.

We lost the exhaust again. I realised that it drops down first and then eventually catches on something and gets ripped off so we need to strengthen that part of the car. Other than that everything works very well and the car is clearly very very competative.

Next up is a return to the daylight for the Jaffa Stages in Pembrey on the 28/12/2014 which will be Helens' stage rally debut and is going to be a very enjoyable day. It's the last event of the year with nothing to lose so I will be allowed off the leash for a full on maximum attack and just have as much fun as possible.

[azz259]

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Good result on the last rally fair play, i hate codeboards!!! welsh championship for you and Helen next year then?

[Arwel]

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Good result on the last rally fair play, i hate codeboards!!! welsh championship for you and Helen next year then?

Cheers pal. They are a bit of a bugger but these things happen.
i think the welsh could well be on the cards next year

[MCURZON]

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Have you got much to do before Pembrey?

[Arwel]

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I need to sort the alternator out, found another broken wire hence no charge until it was under load. Fit a standard exhaust as I need to have another one made up but no time or money before christmas to do that so standard one it is. New bottom arms as there is a bit too much play for my liking in the ball joints, swap rear shocks and thats it really. A days work and it'll be good to go.
What about you pal?

[MCURZON]

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I need to sort the alternator out, found another broken wire hence no charge until it was under load. Fit a standard exhaust as I need to have another one made up but no time or money before christmas to do that so standard one it is. New bottom arms as there is a bit too much play for my liking in the ball joints, swap rear shocks and thats it really. A days work and it'll be good to go.
What about you pal?

I'm ready to go, have had a new pair of cams, another mapping session with Sandy Brown and have replaced all hoses with new Samco ones so it's just sat waiting now!
Bought a trailer too so going to have a go at self servicing to keep costs a bit more sensible

[Arwel]

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I'm ready to go, have had a new pair of cams, another mapping session with Sandy Brown and have replaced all hoses with new Samco ones so it's just sat waiting now!
Bought a trailer too so going to have a go at self servicing to keep costs a bit more sensible

Awesome stuff, hopefully you'll have a change of fortune then Matt. Looking forward to a good laugh on the last one of the year.

[Arwel]

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We've been seeded car 35 for this weekends Jaffa Stages at Pembrey. There are 21 in our class which is massive and we will be aiming to be fighting for the class win and as close to the top 10 overall as possible. The day will mainly be to enjoy the last rally of the year and get Helen som experience in the car with me ahead of next year but of course we want to be competative from the start.



Merry Christmas everyone and have a Happy New Year.