[rally_prep] 205 Gti Rally Car

[rallyman205 0]

well heres my car with a couple of before pics and a few more after the off on the midlands rally last weekend ,got a little bit of work to do now and will post up pics of the progress as and when i make some (progress i mean)

if the pics are too big feel free to resize them i dont have a clue how to

[tri_longer 25]

Was that in Arbury by any chance?

 

Assume you and navigator both ok?

 

You re-shelling or repairing?

[welshpug 1,661]

erm, whoops!

 

is it a welded in cage?

[rallyman205 0]

Was that in Arbury by any chance?

 

Assume you and navigator both ok?

 

You re-shelling or repairing?

yep arbury it was both me and car 29 (aston martin) flew into the trees .absolutely flat over the crest and she got sideways on the brakes and i became a passenger from there on

me and andy are both ok ,thanks for asking, apart from the earbashing he gave me for not listening to him (my bad)

not going to re-shell as it will repair

[rallyman205 0]

erm, whoops!

 

is it a welded in cage?

not welded in but well multipointed ,no dramas there

[rallyman205 0]

coming apart now engines out and subframe ,cant be all that bad as a the spare frame bolts in except for a little damage to the os lower floorpan.sorry about the picture quality

and i have a donor car for all the panels etc that i need... poor old girl but needs must

[easypug 0]

Alright, sorry to see you accident. Does the doner car have electric windows? If it does could I have the loom and switches etc out of it?

 

Dave

[rallyman205 0]

Alright, sorry to see you accident. Does the doner car have electric windows? If it does could I have the loom and switches etc out of it?

 

Dave

strange but true yes it does and yes you can if you want to remove them once i have started stripping it .a couple of beer tokens would be nice as a contribution to the rebuild my rallycar fund ..pete

[joe1joe 3]

that looks pretty bad! so when you start to put the pannels on, how are you gong to ensure the suspension points are going in the correct place??

Edited June 25, 2010 by joe1joe

[rallyman205 0]

not a big deal really i have already taken the measurements from the donor car and the top mountings on my car on the damaged side have moved about 5 mm according to the reference points ,so it will get a little tug with the dozer back to straight then i will be able to attach the donor inner wing ,the big benefit on my car is the engine was solid mounted so it adds a lot of structural strength to the car and things havent moved nearly as much as they could have

[joe1joe 3]

bit off topic but how much vibrations do you get with it mounted that way? cheaper than buying the uprate ones

Edited June 25, 2010 by joe1joe

[rallyman205 0]

i think it would be cheaper to buy the uprated ones unless you have access to a machine shop to make them .

bearing in mind its a noisy rally car the vibration is very minimal, the main noise we get is between 2-3000 rpm on road sections the roof has a resinance but it may also be the fact that the cage is multipointed to the shell and the roof has no sound deadening left on it . all in all its not too noisy but you can definately feel the handling difference the car reacts much better .torsional rigidity comes in to play here

[rallyman205 0]

donor car today ..poor old thing

[Paulmac19 4]

That looked a pretty big off chum glad you and your co are ok

bet Mr Aston Martin wont be getting a donor car as handy

good luck with the build maybe turn your headphones up a bit next time

[rallyman205 0]

That looked a pretty big off chum glad you and your co are ok

bet Mr Aston Martin wont be getting a donor car as handy

good luck with the build maybe turn your headphones up a bit next time

thanks we were just lucky i got the car straight before impact or it could have very well been full on into the tree with the co drivers door .just dont bear thinking about really

its never going to be good at 120mph but if you dont have a little off once in a while you aint trying

my fault entirely but i make no excuses for driving on the limit or this time just over it

the aston needs a new roof or major surgery so that wont be cheap i know

[rallyman205 0]

and the donor car now "waste not want not"

[rallyman205 0]

little bit more work done and starting to come back together ...after a bit of surgery

[lukesaddy 0]

looked a nice car mate, shame about the accident, at least you and the co-driver are ok, looks like your coming on well with the repair

[rallyman205 0]

starting to get together now next reinstall the engine and fit up the front end then move to the rear end damage

[rallyman205 0]

done a little bit more today engine and transmission refitted ...look 206 gti engine

[rallyman205 0]

and a little bit more

[rallyman205 0]

and one with the bonnet but not quite finished yet needs the air scoop to get the airfilters on the m/c carbs

[rallyman205 0]

been alittle busy so not posted for a while ,rear quarter removed

[rallyman205 0]

and new bit of sill fitted before fitting the donor rear quarter

[rallyman205 0]

hey presto starting to look like a 205 again