Hill Climb Car - Converting Into - Tarmac Rally Car by warning634

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Hi yes, lots done since July.

New motor was fitted, along with head gasket, clutch etc. had issues with the engine running, so took it to claydon motors to sort it. The carbs needed rebuilding (air leaks) and jets needed changing. Still had issues as it would not rev past 6000





I only sorted that problem just before the first stage of the rally :) I changed the main jets from 170 to 185 which helped a lot, but it was not 100%. But the motor did not miss a beat, with the only problem being the offset valves wearing a hole through the rocker cover.

Next year I will take the car to the uk to get it on the rolling road, we managed 35 overall and 3rd in class.

Bring on 2015

9-26-2015

Hi chaps

Well its rally time again :)

A few things have been changed/upgraded.  I have fitted new seats, as the previous ones were now out of date.  Maniflow Large bore stage II lcb manifold, a Maniflow Megaphone exhaust system, 4x AVO shocks and a Corsa power steering kit.  And I'm just waiting for 4 Avon CRZ66 tyres to arrive

I also have a few settings to try with the carbs, to try and sort out the running issues,so we will see how that goes....

pics to follow

9-5-2016

So David Wells of SH Engineering has stripped the motor.......and.........the crank is scrap, thrust washers were onto the steel backing & ground their way into the crank, and the crack test revealed it was covered in tiny cracks.

The crank stroke is curiously 79mm with big end journals are 1.625 inch, so will be hard to find (and I have a tight timeline) So we are are going race spec crank with standard stroke, Saenz con rods, Omega lightweight pistons, camshaft, followers, light weight clutch plate, grey cover, bearings, oil pump, water pump, gaskets, seals etc.

So let the rebuild start :) can't wait

9-6-2016

Parts have arrived today:-

2 x sparco 6 point harnesses

full set of 4mm black mudflaps

2 x cable pulls for the cut offs (need replacing)

So 37 days to go!!!

9-30-2016

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136.3hp @ 6700 rpm

Just got to fit it now :)

Cheers

10-20-2016

Well this years rally, was as they say character building!
The motor was absolutely spot on, pulled out of corners, no bogging down....and does she rev!!
So the issues where other items, the fan lost all of its blades on the first stage and took the rad out, so that was it!

But we managed to fix the mini for Saturday's trophy rally, which runs be hide the main event. But, on our forth run through the stage the inner hardy spicer, gave up!

I will post up some some pics, for now here are some videos.

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10-29-2016

So I will be ordering uprated hardy spicers and drive shafts from swiftune.

Also time to replace wheel bearings, ball joints and a few other bits

Cheers

11-8-2016

Don't you just love it when new parts turn up

11-19-2016

Okay so I fitted one side (the bust side) with my new swiftune hardy spicers, drive shafts and new hubs.

So here is the bust hardy spicer, once removed from the car. I was worried about any damage to the gearbox case, but luckily no such issue.



I then started building up the shafts to the new cv joints and hardy spicer joint











Not going to break these



Just need to order some new steering arm bolts and dowels and I can button this up!

3-15-2017

Hi all

A few further updates, I decided to replace my radiator to nice radtec alloy rad with an updated rad cap, along with that a carbon fiber 2 bladed fan from carbon weezle.





I have also ordered some tarox drilled discs, mini spares 4 pot calipers and new carbon metallic pads, so I will keep you updated when they arrive. I will be also replacing my rear wheel bearings as well, as my front ones have just been done.

Cheers

5-11-2017

Hi all

So I have replaced the rear wheel bearings, which I was shocked to see were still the very old ball bearing type! And very nice color of grey for the grease😫 So we know have brand new tapered rear wheel bearings in place.

Along with these I also upgraded the front brakes to mini spares 4 pot calipers, carbon metallic pads and tarox discs.





The h3 spotlight bulbs have had an upgrade to a nice HID racing kit from demon tweeks, bit of a faff as I thought I could squeeze the ballasts under the lamp pod, but they are too big, so I have mounted them to the underneath of the bonnet with no issues.



Going to have a look at the idle jets on the webers, as the plugs are fouling up when on idle but no issue when giving it some beans.

I have a few events coming up, a night time classic sprint and hill climb, and then a one day rally.

Cheers kev