A video from last october
Martin's rally car build - update 8/2/16
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Demlotcrew
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Good clips, some very tight roads!!!!
Wow car sounds great. Also those were some of the tightest stages I have ever seen. I imagine that it must take some time to get your braking and speed confidence with such limited room for error.
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Michael.
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Video below from 2014 Jersey rally which we finished in 21st out of 81 starters
Largely uneventful with the exception of the gearbox oil cooler splitting at the start of the event, we cut the lines and bridged them to continue
Bolts came out of right rear caliper bracket, lucky one of them just about managed to stay in!
Unfortunately the head gasket went half way through the second day - and we were losing water at a rather alarming rate. Avoiding revving the car too much helped keep temperatures under control. kept topping up at service
Did the whole event on the same wets that we used for the most of last year, in hindsight this lost us a lot of time in places, but its still a decent result.
Changes from 2013 included:
- new prop shaft eliminating the rubber Guibo and replacing it with a solid UJ
- standard M3 brake discs replaced with 32mm allow rotor and bells
- De-Vanos with standard cams running on DTA S100 management - mapped by Steve Greenald and running 304.8 BHP and 226 FtLb of torque
- better exhaust system with one extra silencer
- tougher engine and gearbox mounts
- skeleton flywheel and 7.25" twin plate clutch
Largely uneventful with the exception of the gearbox oil cooler splitting at the start of the event, we cut the lines and bridged them to continue
Bolts came out of right rear caliper bracket, lucky one of them just about managed to stay in!
Unfortunately the head gasket went half way through the second day - and we were losing water at a rather alarming rate. Avoiding revving the car too much helped keep temperatures under control. kept topping up at service
Did the whole event on the same wets that we used for the most of last year, in hindsight this lost us a lot of time in places, but its still a decent result.
Changes from 2013 included:
- new prop shaft eliminating the rubber Guibo and replacing it with a solid UJ
- standard M3 brake discs replaced with 32mm allow rotor and bells
- De-Vanos with standard cams running on DTA S100 management - mapped by Steve Greenald and running 304.8 BHP and 226 FtLb of torque
- better exhaust system with one extra silencer
- tougher engine and gearbox mounts
- skeleton flywheel and 7.25" twin plate clutch
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martinpallot
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In car footage of the second from last stage of the 2014 jersey rally
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martinpallot
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We did two events last year, a small local rally where we finished 11th overall out of 30 odd cars. it was a good shakedown for the jersey rally as i'd changed down to 15" wheels and skimped on the tyres by buying d-mack. it was quite a hot day as the event was run in June and i really wasn't a fan of the new tyres. they were okay to begin with but ended up getting far too hot about half way through the short stages. The stages were reversed for the second part of the day and we had to go down a steep hill, here the choice of EBC yellow stuff brake pads which had been cooked the year before quite a few times, coupled with the d-mack tyres really didn't feel good on the car. the brakes had no bite and the car was all over the place and very tail happy - it was also getting very hot hitting 100 degrees at the end of stages which was never a problem.
For the Jersey Rally in October I replaced the pads for Ferodo DSUnos and bought brand new hankooks. I also replaced the radiator for a 62mm thick mishimoto and replaced the two cheap eBay fans for a proper high power kenlowe job. The car felt great starting the Jersey Rally but being a dry event it was obvious that it was harder on the brakes than previous years we had done when it had always been raining or damp We started getting problems with pad pickup on the discs and at anything about 50 mph or so it felt like the brake discs were pringle shaped, but we pushed through as at least it still stopped! I felt like I had a lot more confidence with the car having more grip and the brakes having more bite. we were seeded 43rd out of 73 entries and I think we peeked at 11th Place overall on the Friday Night. When we got in the car on the Saturday morning it started up fine but wouldnt go into gear. I think the clutch arm had bent slightly and the clutch wasn't disengaging fully, which wasn't very nice on the down changes for the box - but thats what sequentials are for! Ended the event 13th overall which we were chuffed with. chucked it in the garage and haven't touched it since!
here are some in-cars and the montage from the DVD of the event:
For the Jersey Rally in October I replaced the pads for Ferodo DSUnos and bought brand new hankooks. I also replaced the radiator for a 62mm thick mishimoto and replaced the two cheap eBay fans for a proper high power kenlowe job. The car felt great starting the Jersey Rally but being a dry event it was obvious that it was harder on the brakes than previous years we had done when it had always been raining or damp We started getting problems with pad pickup on the discs and at anything about 50 mph or so it felt like the brake discs were pringle shaped, but we pushed through as at least it still stopped! I felt like I had a lot more confidence with the car having more grip and the brakes having more bite. we were seeded 43rd out of 73 entries and I think we peeked at 11th Place overall on the Friday Night. When we got in the car on the Saturday morning it started up fine but wouldnt go into gear. I think the clutch arm had bent slightly and the clutch wasn't disengaging fully, which wasn't very nice on the down changes for the box - but thats what sequentials are for! Ended the event 13th overall which we were chuffed with. chucked it in the garage and haven't touched it since!
here are some in-cars and the montage from the DVD of the event:
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The diff ratio is a 3.62, but the gearbox has internal drop gears so give an effective ratio of 4.59
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Top speed is 114 mph at 7350rpm which what the rev limiter is currently set at. Sixth gear is 0.96:1
For track work I would say this is far too short and would be leaning towards a 3.91 with an s54. When I ran the car with the s50 and and the standard 5 speed gearbox I had a 3.91 fitted.
With a 4.45 final drive first gear would also be redundant on a standard 6 or 5speed zf box
For track work I would say this is far too short and would be leaning towards a 3.91 with an s54. When I ran the car with the s50 and and the standard 5 speed gearbox I had a 3.91 fitted.
With a 4.45 final drive first gear would also be redundant on a standard 6 or 5speed zf box