rigdoctor

anybody seen it on men and motors awesome stuff theres some proper quick mk2s and the odd mk4 rwd escorts.Are they runnin xe vaux engines or duratecs just curious because they dont half shift

Staffi

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Love the Irish rallying, some of the best cars around today, great selection of WRC Cars etc....

rigdoctor

yep have to agree puts british championship to shame very entertainin and lots of sideways action not much boring front wheel drive shite over there respect to the paddys

Staffi

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Some of the MK2s are awesome, really put in some silly times..

rigdoctor

yeah they even give the old wrc cars a run for there money on tarmac they must have some money wrapped up in them do you no what engines there running mate

Mike1

Is there stuff like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01VBR5nKPw

AlexD

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wicked driving

dumptackler

i no some of the mk2s are running BD engines brand new there are companys re casting the whole engines and field motorsport are building them,but im not sure if that is what your talking about i know this is the case in historic rallys

markk

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its not the quality of uk rallying that the problem, its this shite country that hates motorsport, if there isnt a ball involved then the government doesnt want it happening in the UK

rigdoctor

nice vid that guy can fecking drive top stuff

rigdoctor

yep your def right rallycross isnt as good as it used to be. The council shut our local stock car track cause of noise even tho its been there since the 50,s, touring cars are lame now i could moan on forever. As for the stock car track it was quality entertainment shame never going to go on around my area again

Cozzie Bhoy

You could see anything under them Mk2 hoods, seen N/A Cossie lumps, 2L pinto's, Warrior engines. There's not as many WRC's now with the down turn in the economy. Guys are finding it hard to get sponsorship. Eamonn Boland (mega wealthy) seems to be winning a lot these days in his Scuuby WRC cause most of the talented lads can't get a drive.

boothy

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that is some driving totally on the limit corner after corner

krypton

All the best mk2s come for over the water. Put stupid amounts of money into them so they do.


Most off them over there run XEs, Duratechs or Millingtons.

Going to watch a few off the irish boys in escorts next weekend at a fairly local rally to me.

SIDEWAYSBAZZ

Theres Some Quality Drivers And Cars Over There Very Tempted To Go Over And Watch Some Racing Next Year Everytime I Watch It On The Telly It Makes Me Want To Get In The Garage And Get On With My Mk2 Flat Front Rs 2000

cozzfather

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engines i have seen in mk2 escorts over the years.
1300 bda, 1600 bda, 1700 bda,1800 bda,2.0 bda,2.0 bdg,2.0 bdx
2.0 yb n/a, millington alloy block yb,pinto, x flows,warrior 16v pinto,loads of vauxhalls,
honda engines,mazda rotarys,rover v8,brian hart,suzuki swift,fiat twin cams,
one that sticks in me mind was Gwyndaf Evans, not the british champ from dinas mawwady, but the other from cardigan who had a Gartrac G3 which had a nissan 240 rs motor,now that was a goer

the company redoing bda's is quaife they do alloy blocks

rigdoctor

be a good day out for ya would come myself but its a good 5 hour drive up there would be in my crappy 205 diesel anywayCould go in my saff but need at least 100 quid for fuel lol thats if it would make it

ian sibbert

Most top irish mk 2's run Roy Millingtons 2.5 diamond engine.....made very popular by colin m in his mk 2.......

http://www.rallycarsonline.net/listi...n_Diamond.html

cozzfather

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first geezer i ever saw with a millington was Yuk, now he's a character but on the cambrian one year he had yellow sunglasses on in the rain cos he reckoned he went faster if it looked sunny, but i reckon it was the millington.
2 lads i know called dave and steve southall used a diamond series,they are lovely engines but lovely prices.
regards wrc cars in ireland don't tell me because of the slow down they won't be able to lay claim to the most wrc cars in the world being over there.

krypton

Seems like a not bad entry in for the Merrick this year.

One of the cars thats entered is



And a tidy one from this side of the water

BillyCabrio

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I went to watch the irish rally in southern Ireland earlier this year, was an amazing few days.....











Loads more pictures HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE

justin.e

Ive said time and again you wouldnt believe the amount of money that has been spent in the last 5 or 6 years...Alot of the mk2's are now going for the mountune built duratec at 25k a piece.Your regular mk2 over here now has at least 60k spent on them with the top mk2's upwards of a 100k...
We still have the same old problem,the best drivers can get the budget together to compete at the top level(as mentioned above)Its frustrating to see the likes of Eamon Boland farting about on a stage with a new s12b and a new wrc focus when the likes of Chris Meeke stand on the sideline!!I was talking to Chris on Sunday and for Rally Ireland alone it cost him 70k for car rental and fuel,tyres etc.

cozzfather

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70 G's euro or gbp, i remember the good old days when just to do a rally like Donegal in your own ex works group a escort cosworth was Ł25 grand on top of the purchase price the rally car,van,chase car,recce car,trailer.
the spares,tyres,fuel,hotels,etc were included in the Ł25 grand.
fact of life unless your a name,or your well spondoolied up, your never going to get a season old customer spec wrc car,sorry but if Eammon can afford it good luck to him.
iirc a lot of the top lads with newish wrc cars have them to do with tax issues.
one fella i know of that i have spoken to got told to spend about Ł200 grand by his accountant so he went to Prodrive and bought everything he needed and even got Prodrive to engineer the car on the rally, yeah he is a multi multi millionaire but thats what your up against.

justin.e

thats sterling! insurance,tyres,fuel,recce crew and service crew and car rental of course

cozzfather

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thing is when do you stop justin ? do you keep going hoping for a works drive
he should of been in the wrc by now and he may of done if colin was still around but i think he should save his money or if its his sponsors money fair enough.
look at niall mcshea he won gpn world champ and that was not good enough for a top wrc drive.
you gotta love irish drivers though who really can drive and have top spec cars

Mad Matt

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I still think a '99 WRC Focus can win top irish rallies. Its not just the car. These roads are so hard, that the driver makes huge difference. '99 WRC Impreza could win too. Reliability is the problem those days...

cozzfather

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matt, the other week i was at a tarmac rally and was watching colin mcraes old wrc focus from the 01 season and it got beat by a darrian and a 6r4.

my mate has some great pics of the car, its the famous one mcrae smashed into a ball on the rac when he could of been world champion, funny aswell as the car is wanted by a few irish lads who want to buy it, i have put the videos on the rs owners club

focus st2

The irish tarmac championship is slowly dying a death. Most of the top drivers with WRC cars are only putting entries into the popular events (rally of the lakes killarney, donegal rally, cork 20) This weekend is the cork 20 and i think there is between 10-12 WRC cars entered. Last year there was over 20 privately owned WRC cars and that's not including the citroen and ford works teams. Unfortunately the down turn in the economy has tightened a lot of drivers yearly rallying budget. Shame really because the support rallying has over here is huge but there is lots of talented drivers not able to compete due to the cost of running a car for a weekend.