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Pah like thats going to happen , you will have your arse handed to you on a plate by an old man lol , see the seeding is out now
No haven't had it yet , he's having issues with the head gasket I supplied which came from PEC so he's trying to sort that out now
I don't mind it if its wet , dust is a pain , its gets everywhere !
Just hope after the problems I have had with the engine and box its all sorted now and reliable , spent a F'ing fortune on this Golf in the last 2 months just to do this event , so fingers crossed
Not sure what weekend though :D
Its not enough time now to fit the new engine for the next rally in Jersey in October , nothing happening with the Clio before hand but changing the sump and a spanner check front to back.
I am out in my Golf this weekend doing the national section of Wales...
One more stage uploaded , stage 6 where I cracked the sump , broke the bumper and headlight on the hard landing over the jump at the end , luckily we kept going
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pz8F84bTbg
Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He
Show me how good you are and get my engine built ready to kick some arse on the next rally then :D
Had a good event yesterday and finished 2nd in class and 15th overall :D
Had a few scares along the way , the rear brake pad fell out between the first and second stage as the slider bar holding them in had moved , luckily it went on the road section as the pedal hit the floor when I broke ...
Nothing more to add at the moment as I'm waiting to hear back from fred regarding my engine build , originally he said around a 2 week turn around but that didn't happen , didn't get a call back to discuss so don't know where I am with it now , i'll see if I can get an answer the beginning of...
Had a good day in Castle coombe on the rally car day , had a few track sessions , here's one of them terrorising the escorts lol , the only car that had me ( easily) was a 330hp darrian , apart from that my car held its own :approve...
Anyone going to the rally car day in Castle coombe on saturday , I was going to take my golf for a shake down buts its developed a fault so it won't be ready , so taking the Clio now :D
I'm out rallying the following sunday then on Epynt again so looking forward to that , nothing new has...
Thats good going , i'd be happy with that in my car , whats the spec of your engine ?
I got my Golf back yesterday and took it for a spin around the trading est and i'm well happy with it , it goes very well , now if I could get my clio to go like that i'd be beating the WRC's lol :D
For this engine I have been told the 182 manifold I bought will do , for the big power engine I will be having done with the steel bottom end and solid lifters I will have a manifold and system made for it as I wan't to get the most power possible out of it , looking to go to 270 ish HP.
lol
Dropped all the engine bits over to Fred's yesterday , so looking forward to getting it back and mapped and see what it does , I'm certainly looking forward to getting it in the car with 60-70 hp more than I have now
8300 revs , so not that high really , my road car revs more than that in standard form ;) , the exhaust was done by Edwards motorsport in Slough , he did his time with Simpsons , I was going to get them to do it but they meesed me about for 6 weeks so I gave up in the end , someone gave me...
Spoke to Fred over the last few days and am heading up to his workshop tomorrow with all the bits I have for the new clio rally engine and he's going to build it up for me , this engine won't be as good as the golf lol , but hopefully can get it to around 240 hp :D , once its built i'll take it...
I know its not a clio but my other rally car , a forest spec Mk 2 Ex works Golf fitted with a 2.0lt 16v that has similar problems getting good power out of them , has just been rebuilt after melting a piston back in December , people were telling me that 230ish HP was what I should be expecting...
I have uploaded a couple more short stages from the weekend :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxSHZtYltg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQa5HSA6ue8
Enjoy , I did :D
Spoke to Fred earlier and all looking good , just waiting for him to look in his diary and let me know how soon he can do it
Here's a good pic I have been sent on facebook from the weekend :D
and one of the short stages I uploaded
Changing the oil after every event now , and removing and cleaning out the pin for the gear selector at the bottom of the box , hopefully that should keep on top of it .
My next round is in a month back up Epynt so I'm hoping to have the new engine in for that , anyone recommend me someone to...
Hi
I have been speaking to these people about steel cranks and rods , maybe they could help you with a custom set up
www.xrallyparts.com
I have had parts made by Farndon a few years ago , they charged me about £2000 for a crank and rods were about £150 each
http://www.farndon.com/
Give...