My Cordoba Coupe Trackday Car Project

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Jon Olds

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Looks good, think I may have been getting in the 'proper' rally cars way in the corners, skittering around on road tyres....
 

Jon Olds

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brakes gone.....fast. holding the wheels for a friend of a friend. Anyway, cars now ready. G60 discs and DS2500 pads. OE cooling ducts. Suede steering wheel. New bumper and front panel (ho hum..) 15" rims on proper rally rubber. 1st car off at 0915 sunday coming. cant wait
 

Jon Olds

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it snowed. lots. wrong tyres (again) finished 38th, so nothing to crow about. 200hp totally wasted. car had a few 'rubs', including a 'medium rub' on the co drivers door (LOL) its always the co drivers side, funny that , isnt it?
search youtube 'jack frost rally 2013' to see whiteout rallying
 

Jon Olds

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Anybody want a cheap set of vw 4*100 7*16 MO's and 215/40 get in touch. Now painted satin black, but need doing again as the paint bloomed at the lacquer stage. £375 for four. collection SR6 only
Jon
 

Jon Olds

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Wheels gone.
Next rally in the cordy sunday 7.7.13
Scrutineering tomorrow
Turnbull trophy, Tynemouth motorclub, Albermarle military barracks.
Near Hexham
£5 per spectator
80 miles of fast tarmac, very abrasive, very fast
Did ok last year
Jon
 

Jon Olds

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Outcome... Albermarle...

Well it was all going swimmingly..............

4 stages down (of 8) Pair of new front 888's about finshed in 38 miles.

Credible 19th overall.

Then a funny transmission noise pulling away from the timecard collection point of stage 4.

Noise way too serious to ignore, had to retire.

Box out and stripped a week later (02a quaiffe 6 speed syncro, quaiffe diff) Looks like the mainshaft taper roller has failed, and also the diff bearings on their last legs.
By chance, no other damage. PTL......

Bought a CZM o2J for the lower 4.2 FD. Stripped it. New set of bearings and build best pf 2 boxes.
So a cheap fix , 200 ish...

Next time out? Probably Otterburn October
cheers
Jon
 

Jon Olds

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Box back in, next event may be Xmas 2013 stages again. Must spend some dosh on proper rubber. X22 CR311's probably
 

Jon Olds

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Ready to rock

Car ready MOT'd and everything
Awaiting a weather report for Xmas stages and Jack Frost (both Croft) rallies.
Hankook T91's I think instead of X22!
Jon
Gearchange quality still very poor
 
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