Bit of an odd request I know, but I know a few on here have done a bit of rallying, so was wondering if they knew of any decent rally forums?

Need some tech/regulation advice, so thought it might be a starting point!

 

Yo dude the best ones i use is the irish rally forum and the british rally forum.
Regards Marv

http://www.britishrally.co.uk/

http://www.rallyforums.com/forum/

 

See above post, I'm on british rally (same username as on here), what do you want to know? Are you thinking about getting into rallying? Road rallies or stage rallies?

 

Cheers guys, will check them out.

Thinking of building a stage rally car, road rallies don't really appeal to be honest. Just finding the blue book a bit of a minefield, so a bit of advice is always useful.

Want to start preparing the shell over winter, including cage, but don't want to go down the wrong road and end up with something I can't get logbooked, as that would be a bit of a waste!

 

yO bOYO ! some of the best motorsport i ever did see in this country was down the lanes in the middle of the night,flat fronted mk2 escorts with 2.4 holbayed pinto's spitting through split carbs running baby atlas's and quaife straight cut pro boxes its great to see cars with that spec sliding sideways on the public road at 3 in the morning.


trust me stage rallying is a whole lot of cash,the entry fees are huge compared to road rallying.
you won't need massive wangers stage rallying but massive wonga instead

Marv suggests actually watching a road rally night event,theres a very good midlands championship that could change yo mind dude

 

check this dude http://www.awmmc.org.uk/

theres quite a lot of info on there and i'm sure if your serious you will find out what you need and contacts that are local man

 

It's definitely not a cheap game, but it's what I crave! Will possibly just start with a few track sessions and sprints to get a feel for the car, and then go from there.

Two or three single venue events a year would be fine by me. I'm not looking to rush to get into competing however.

My main concern over the coming winter is to get the shell sorted and get the necessary safety bits and pieces in place. Even if the car is virtually standard mechanically, that doesn't matter too much really.

Building the car up will be good experience as well, and there's a couple of areas I want to work into my uni studies too, so building the car will help with that.

I may get to do an event next year with any luck, but we shall see!

 

if you need any advice drop me a pm mate, ill build and prep rally cars at clubman, national and international spec. what are you building?

 

Tell me about it, IMO there's nothing like following a road rally, watching highly tuned escorts being thrown around lanes at a silly time in the morning, you can't beat it.

 

You should come over to wales and watch one of the championship events, all of the front runners bar 1 or 2 are out in 2.2/3/4 pinto'd escorts, to be honest some of them are plain crazy with the work get put into them, 6 speed sequential gearboxes, alloy bottom ends, remote resevoir coilovers, honda vtec or st170 duratec engine transplants, you'd love it. Is there a championship you have in mind? Or are you just doing clubman events as and when you want them. The biggest piece of advice I could give you would be to think or a budget, then double it! But you'll be getting a thrill like no other.

 

I suppose it's something to think about. Perhaps a starting point before going into the more expensive stuff.

It won't be for a year or so yet anyway, as building the car will rape my wallet sufficiently for the time being

 

Here's a good event for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBZzSTA7ifc

 

I think just the odd club event is where I'd be looking. I'm not doing it to win anything, as I simply won't have the budget to compete with the people who can buy the proper machines. I just want the experience of putting the car together, which will benefit my CV and experience, and the fun of getting out there and having a go. Even if the car is crap, that doesn't matter initially to me, so long as it works and is safe. Funky engines/gearboxes/suspension etc can come along when I have more money.

The good thing I have on my side as far as budget goes is having friends who can help with fabrication and things, so at least I won't have to get raped for cage fitting and things, which is a bit of a bonus! Probably about the only one though!

 

Ah, I see, well just make sure you can get the car safe, and to handle well, thats much more important than power. A lot of clubmen often by part worn tyres from larger teams to do events to save money which is maybe something you could do. Also make sure that the underneath is well protected, a good sized sump guard, fuel tank guard etc are probably the best alterations you can make.

 

Yeah they were my thoughts. The car will remain mechanically standard for the most part initially. Sort of old style Group N spec if you like, so gearing and things won't be ideal by any means, but there we are. If I can get some half-decent dampers and bushes, then that's a starting point.

Things like sump guard etc can all be fabricated without too much bother, so that's all good. Researching cages currently, as that's obviously the biggy from a safety point of view! Then there's the joy of being raped for seats, harnesses, race suits, helmets and all that business!

 

What car do you have?

 

Mk6 RS2000

 

unless your gwyndaf evans dude i'd say you could always drive it round backwards

mate of mine prepares proton gti's and uses harry hockleys finest parts available,they are good cars and tbh will wipe the floor with a rs2000.

proton satira @HH

http://www.hh-ms.com/satria_road_rally.htm

Theres hardly anyone road rallying or normal rallying mk5 onwards escorts i'm afraid

 

I'm not building it to be the fastest car out there though, but to have some fun. Always liked the RS2000 rally cars, I like the road car, so that's fine by me. I know a few people that compete in them and have no problems at all