Well, much to the disgust of FRP owners, i had been knocking about with a mate on the BRC and i fancied the challenge of a rally car, so i did this to my frp. Basically got the bug after a weeks driver training in sweden

Here's a rough idea of what me and my wallet have been through in the last few months.

New shell



Custom cages roll cage



Ridding the weight





Started to gather a few little bits to get the welding underway



Look at the fabricators Tig welding

 

Nice welding on the cage ill be following your progress
Keep up the good work

 

Obviously whilst the engien was out took time to rebuild it.







Car came back














New dampers, although cheapey GHA Gaz damperrs, they can be replaced easily if i break them



Oh look, a tickford lash up - nice standard qtr panels inside, they have to go!!

 

Nice one Harry, was looking good at Combe, did get a short video of it on the circuit i posted on here and youtube

Whos you mate in the BRC then? Since i mentioned it Sat, do you know Adam Gould then?

 

fibreglassed inner wing area so no stones can dirty my clean engine



How low can you go



More fibreglass to keep stones away




Some clean paint



Nice seat hieght




Heat proofing bulkhead





Trial fitting roller bearing concentric top mounts



Just some stone chip to seal in edges



Damper trials - all be it wrong springs (too soft for longer puma arms)




Getting there with 1 month to rs combe!!!!






my lifeline of fresh oxygen to the cabin



It's better when other people do the work




New brake setup, front and back split, not cross corners. Means can bias off rear.




Modified steering location

 

stefan davis, but now it's his mrs who is driving...she also v.good. i went to sweden with them. Pat flyn runs school...quite afew talented drivers out there, great for learning

 

Getting her in for some paint inside











The rush up build up goes on




our other project - 2.3 astra gsi



some green











did a local event, andy gwynn was there...top bloke...top car!!






Fly off handbrake added....em useful



sheltor from the storm



Sticker man given free rein...omg LOL

 

handbrake again



Foot plate



inside



spending my evenings working the springs out



meant having to have these made






Then treated myself to some plates



Then, we were getting ready to take my cousin to his prom the day before rs combe...and well, he is still learning







And then, rs combe is upon us.

 

Pat Flynn? does the 205 Challenge doesnt he? met him briefly at Wales Rally GB 2007 when Robert Reid came over to chat to my mate whos like a brother to Adam Gould as Adam was under Reids wing at the time, IIRC Pat's son is a very good driver in the autograss and was i think 13-14 at the time i met pat

Yeah those swedes can drive! went out to Swedish Rally in 2008 and met up with my swedish rally mate who is in the FST over there, when we watched them rally further north then the WRC there was a few schools there for ice and snow driving all had BMWs sliding it up the mountains lol

My mate had to retire from that round as he was having gearbox problems so he took us round these roads in a rental BMW, that was scary but fun lol

 

is awesome out there, wanna go again this year. If anyone does anything car related. Thats the place to go!!

 

i just broke up the posts...it's farely finished

 

Amazing restore

 

started stripping down the suspension today. I'm pleased to report, no more damage has been done

always a result.

I'm currently hunting round for a duratec fiesta st engine...has anyone put one of these into a fiesta/puma?

 

harry its been done a few times in mk4/5 shells now. look on UK fiesta network for a car by AdamB as he done a good job making sure it was mounted lowish and with the correct driveshaft angles etc.

custom mounts obviously!!!

 

Great write up

 

some top work gone into that mate, enjoy it!

 

Ollie Clark had one in his 'green machine' Zetec s race car
He runs OC Motorsport, and knows his stuff.

 

Lovely car! I like what you've done, but I don't like the cheap seats

 

AdamB's was done to a much higher standard.

 

Nice work; love your suspension pics!

 

I never said it was/wasn't?
He asked if anyone'd done it, and I told him who I know of that has.

 

yea, i'm sure i can manage it myself. I want it sitting exactly the same place as the current engine, as it's handling so well, i want the duratec to sit just right

Smashed inner cv joint as well today something isn't quite right there.

also ran out of money, never good for porjects. Ganna be a bit of a hold for a while sorry guys

 

and get another photobucket account

 

Pointless thread without working pics. Sort it out captain green pants

 

so this is what you have been upto looks good

 

What will happen to the logbook if you're putting in a 2L duratec?

 

Will you be selling your frp engine ?

 

no wont sell frp engine i doubt. I'm sorry my accoutn failed
I will go pro when i get some money's

 

Saw this at Combe, looked good.

Trying to convince my missus to get the arches for her Puma as it's being stripped and caged eventually, but she isn't having it

 

got my bandwidth back

ive sorted some gearboxes out. SO now the new gearbox will be:

FRP 1st + 2nd gear for the fact that they are shot peened. Going to have 3rd, 4th and 5th from a standard 1.7, and 1.25 final drive and shaft. Also going to use a viscous LSD for the time being to see how we get on. That will give us 20mph difference between each gear. Need a 5th gear puller though.

I've also arranged remapping for 8000rpm and derestricted the torque, and generally had a bit of a tune up.

The suspension is also at quick motorsport at the moment, trying to arrange some proper roller bearings for the top mounts, so they wont need changing all the time.

Our preperation switching towards getting her ready for the snow over the winter, maybe abit of gravel also if we can arrange a sump guard.

 

what size wheels and tyres you running for snow???

 

I was wondering why you hadn't got a thread up Harry. Oh dear, Quick Motorsport... ŁŁŁŁ

We'll have to re work my srping rates etc at some point. I still think my rear springs are a touch soft TBH.

 

yea, need to find out whats on there really...might be your dampers though.

tyres are 15"

graham isalright to me cos we do his paintwork an he just loves rally cars....he'ssold me some pretty pricey stuff for vry little...think he is at wrc finland atm. get him to smuggle me some focus rs wrc reigar dampers....em.....

 

Could be the dampers, Harry. Although I was told they were freshly rebuilt, seals look good and they don't leak. Running 180LB, 8 inch rear springs and on rough roads they just seemed to make the rear end "light". I'll have to let you drive it and see what you make of it.

 

yea yea, can you change the bump and rebound on the back?

 

Just rebound. 18 point adjustable.

 

could be that your dampers need revalving, but if springs were designed to have a diff on the same beam, it could be they were desgined for a bit more weight rear end. You may need some helper springs maybe to help it get the droop back. need to try it running really.

 

Tried slowing the rebound down?

 

It might be worth you signing up with the british rally forum (if you haven't done already), its the best place to find out about rallies and regs etc.

www.britishrally.co.uk

 

How did you get around homologation for those top mounts?