Ongoing Rally Car Project

[ally7th 7]

here is my rally car, I have owned it a year and only done 1 event with it

got another rally coming up in 2 weeks but got plenty to do before then, I will try to keep up to date with pics of work carried out

 

 

 

I also have this one, it is going to be turned into a spare Shell for the rally car-

 

 

 

also picked up this one, will be using it for spares but might put it on the road to use as a daily-

 

 

 

sorry about the crap pics, I will try to keep this up to date as things progress

thanks for looking-ally

[allye 530 3 Cars]

I'm not sure I approve of your name! Haha. Looks like you've got quite the collection going on there! Look forward to updates.

 

Ali

[mochyndu 0]

Whats the spec of the rally car??

[ally7th 7]

its an ecosse challenge spec

standard engine

bilsteins with coilovers on front

quaife atb diff

1.9 discs all round with mintex pads

safety devices cage

 

some more pics-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and an action shot-

 

[ally7th 7]

well the rally we were supposed to be doing this weekend was cancelled so

I started stripping my spare shell

 

all the interior out and all the seam sealer from inside the car removed

also got the seat crossmembers out-

 

 

 

[ally7th 7]

did the speyside stages rally at the weekend, first time out in the forests

 

much more fun in the forests although we did have some problems

 

first two stages were on tarmac around cooper park in elgin, wasn't to keen on them and they were very short

next stage was our first in the forest and we were all over the place but still came out in 75th place out of 94

 

stage 4 was going really well until we cut a long corner to much and spun into the ditch

with both front wheels of the ground, also there was no spectator access to the stage so we were on our own

getting the car out

5 minutes later we were on our way again but we were last on the stage and 3rd last overall

 

over the next three stages we were getting quicker but were still having problems with the intercom

the sound had been fuzzy throughout the day and I had been struggling to hear what Del was saying

it wasn't till we were waiting to start the last stage we worked out it was our phones that had been interfering with the signal

 

the last stage, 8 was a cracker, and we set 47th fastest time but only managed 62nd overall and 8th in class

but at least we finished and the car needed nothing done at service except fixing the cosmetic damage from the off

and a tyre that was soft got changed

 

some incar-

[bensonmi 4 2 Cars]

nice car looks like a lot of fun, how did you get the seat cross member out so neatly??

[harryskid 193]

Nice stage, my rally 205 was used a challange car befor i had it. I only do tarmac events and got it back to tarmac spec. Had to loads of repair work to the bottom. How do you find yous ? Are you finding lots of work under neath after a rally?

[ally7th 7]

the floor of mine was well dented when I got the car, the only damage from the weekend was the rear valance

and numberplate were destroyed

the roads were in surprisingly good condition considering we were car 90

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

nice car looks like a lot of fun, how did you get the seat cross member out so neatly??

 

 

Its easy with a spot weld drill

 

http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Images/DB_Detail/_93004_189977.jpg

[ally7th 7]

I just used a normal drill bit, think it was about 8mm, went right through in places but easy enough to weld up

[ally7th 7]

so, haven't updated this for a while

 

finally getting a bit more time to work on my spare shell, this one-

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x212/ally7th/DSCF2598-1.jpg

 

all the seam welding is done, seat rails welded in strengthening done

sunroof blanked off, dont like it when there is a panel rivited over the top

so joggled the edge off a bit of plate to get it to fit the gap a bit better-

 

 

 

 

 

 

will get more pics of the work done so far when I get them off my mates camera

 

also got rid of my E-reg run about and bought this J-reg one

it will eventually be re-shelled into my old rally shell and probably be sold

 

 

 

 

 

and some incar of our favourite rally last year-

 

Edited January 24, 2013 by ally7th

[ally7th 7]

inside painted-

 

 

 

 

Edited February 1, 2013 by ally7th