sbd16v

i came 5th at ten of the best 2005 in the top speed and the 1/4mile

had to rebuild the engine the day before because this happened



cam's are removed

and this is what it looked like 24 less than 24 hours before we left for totb




that is the only event i have ever entered would love to do more but work comitments mean i will never do any proper motorsport

trevCOSS

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Rob Looking at those pictures I can offer you some buffty power, you obviously arent aware of.

1 That plastic tank just wont do -10bhp

2 Nasty black rubber water hoses -50bhp

3 Unbraded fuel line -20bhp

4 altenator needs a polish -30bhp

5 various alloy and steel brackets need powdercoating -40bhp

6 shonky engine block needs painting -100bhp

7 I cant see any stainless bolts screws or clips? -50bhp

Using my buffty calculator this means the lack of nice colours shinyness and cleanlyness is costing you 300BHP

JonnyBravo

sbd16v

powder coated rocker cover and cam belt cover -------- check
powder coated wheels ------------------------------------- check
new block painted ------------------------------------------ check
braded fuel lines ------------------------------------------- check


how much do i get for all them trev


but none of them matter because i got noz innit

Richie.

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but so true

Anonymous

Well they wanted something to put in the staff cars section so that seemed as good a choice as any, but i think i might have made a mistake there as now they will want to actually see some progress from it other than me seeing how many cossie bits i can store on it

m.d.

thanks rob but i was acctually asking chip for this one as im truly interested to see if all his knowledge has acctually acheaved anything worthwhile

Anonymous

Ive won a few motorbike races, won the national nova shootout at the pod, and have helped a few people (including rob) in other contests, but TBH the thing that is of more interest to me is fast road cars, I like the concept of being able to build a car the way you want it and use it whenever you want, used to wind me up with my bike that i had to stick to rules on what i could do with it and i like the fact with a fast road car you can just jump in it whenever you want not just at events.

So the short answer (from a purely competition wins point of view) is VERY little, although thats still more than nothing i guess, LOL.

But in terms of has my knowledge achieved "anything worthwhile", i would say definately it has, its got me a job working for toyota GB and a job writing as a technical writer for total vauxhall magazine, both of which i enjoy at least some of the time

I want to do either sevens or migs at some point, but couldnt possibly do so now as i dont have the amount of free time i would need to attend the whole race calender


Was actually Rob i was comparing you too though, as it was him you were offering advice not me

coolamasta

Hey Rob, like I said on MIG, nice work mate, coming along well, can't wait till shes running again

Munch

jono_pryor11

Irrespestive of whats be done to this shell.....

Shell prep for rallying has a lot to do the class its going to be used in.

A group N shell can only have a very limited amount of modifications (more so of old Group N than current) and seam welding is about the extent of it in a lot of cases. Is a group N seam welded shell a "rally prepped shell"? Id say so.

With the advent of some of the more low(er) cost catagories / championships the modification dont even include this. I.e. the 205 challange didnt use to allow seam welding of the shell (not sure if it does yet). Is a 205 challange car a rally car - yes. Is its shell "rally prepared" ...... id say so even though with the exception of the cage feet mounts the shell is as peugeot made it.

Group A categorie has a lot more mods and with Open class cars you can mod / gusset / plate to your hearts content.

With regards to wether a shells rally prepped or not its all up to your own personal interpretation of it and what it was built with the intention of. Personally id say looking at it, this shell was prepped for motosport use, even if its not used that way.

Nice car mate. Keep up the good build

Jono

P.S id also say this is the classic case of how you need to be very peticular about the way you word things anywhere in the land of the interweb. What can be an innocent statement when spoken can easily be taken as an insult / derogatory when the vocal intonations and facial expressions etc arent pressent. I always find it quite interesting what a differnce they make. anyway nothing to do with this car......

m.d.

thanks for the civil answer chip, altho i dont remeber you acctually saying "what have you won" that does clear things up with me that you dont acctually have to win anything to know a hell of a lot,

i am also of the persuasion that i just want to use my car for everythin, and the fiesta will be used for work too.

i just like driving, infact putting the cars together bores me a little as i have all the ideas just no patience, that sometimes reflects on my builds too,

if i come into the finances one day to build a garage i will do something propperly,

sbd16v

now i am the oposite to that in that i enjoy building/ working on the cars as much a i enjoy driving them i am havig a much fun with the car at the moment as i would be if it was on the road

sbd16v

sbd16v

i have just noiced that i did not put the pics up after i had the inside painted so here they are










the car looks better in the pics than real life the paint is not 100% it was just a cheap job to get it all one colour this is not a show car so does not really matter tbh i just wanted it to look clean

crap pic this really lol

Charlie Chalk

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Looking good! Will be the same with mine, just painted.. Not for show

sbd16v

when you have go WHO needs show

Charlie Chalk

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Exactly!

sbd16v

some more pics these are shhhhhhhh no one has seen these yet

Charlie Chalk

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That would make an AWESOME door stop

sbd16v

Charlie Chalk

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RS500

Anyway a very nice car/project
What will be the spec when it's all ready
Will you change/update the car?

sbd16v

final spec of ????(what part)

i am hoping i dont have to change much next time as its been a whole car and stripped because of bad choices once before and dont fancy doing it again

thats why this build is to correct the mistakes i made last time

OOG

Coming along very nicely.

m.d.

they still the standard pistons then???

seen the car at robs when it was being welded and painted, loved the shockless rear end, boing boing boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

sbd16v

hello matt

they are not the original standard pistons but they are a standard make one they are 86.5mm mahle pistons but have been machined to lower the compression i had the chioce of all the pistons but chose these as imo the mahle ones are one of the best pistons on the market

- Sim -

nearly all pics are down :-/

what a mess

TimC

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is the engine going in this car a c20let or 20xe?

love what you/your dad has done to the shell

RS500

Will it compete at totb 6.
What will be the final engine spec?
You have anything done to the chassis and brakes??
How fast will it be on the dragstrip and what will be the topspeed?
Do you any trackdays whit it?

sbd16v

engine spec is around about


totb 6 hopfully

fully rebuilt
steel rods
new pistons
good condition early crank

head is ported polished
double valve springs
steel caps
1 piece 1mm oversized steel race valve's
verniera pullys

t34.63

dta p8 pro


brakes tbc

strip in the 11's (fingers crossed)
and 160 +

and trackdays is what its being built for




anything else


i am a size nine ???
34inch waste ???

m.d.

gwt your arse down to RAF protreath when they do there next rwyb day,

ive been told they do them every few months so ill be there the next time with a few more ponies with any luck,

went down with allan jefferys and a few of others and id be very very interested if you could beat his mates evo, nothing could touch it all day, even the bikes had a hard time with it,

sbd16v

i doubt very very much i will be going there any time soon as the car is still in lots of bits and i am not going to have much if any time to work on it before i move to portsmouth in may next year

the evo would paste me off the line but i might be able to catch it over the mile but i dont know if they do that there

the gte will not be that fast 0-60 its once moving its a fast car

coolamasta

Niiice Rob, not seen yer block progress yet, not putting a rebuild thread up on mig mate?

Shell looks nice now its painted up, that roll cage is still a beast!

Oh and you manage to get that software working ok or do you want me to talk you through any of it?

sbd16v

well its time to put something on the car lol

fuel system first










then it was seats in and make a bracket for the hydraulic handbrake

sbd16v

done some other bits today got all the brake lines fitted inside the car aswell now :thumb:








taking my time over it getting it right this time and the fact i am going back to sea in 2 weeks could mean its going to take some time lol

JonnyBravo

Looking good Rob

Richie.

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Good to see you're cracking on Rob

marco polo

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looks smart mate

tekno

what material are the tubes made off?