Pre 1950s rally car?
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Michel Hoche-Mong Super Moderator Location: Campbell, CA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,156 Rally Car: Golf, Golf, RX-3 |
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John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Steve Wheeler Infallible Moderator Location: Fork Lake, Alberta Join Date: 06/09/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 336 Rally Car: 1992 Golf |
Michel Hoche-Mong Super Moderator Location: Campbell, CA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,156 Rally Car: Golf, Golf, RX-3 |
Out of this dumpster fire Infallible Moderator Join Date: 08/15/2010 Posts: 1,236 |
Hey now, the ecoboost isn't that bad. The engine that died at Rocky had a hard life (6+ rallies, over 1500 miles of racing, transits, and commuting). It was a used junkyard engine that apparently came from a crash-test car. So start your theories as to why that engine was in a crash test car, maybe it didn't meet some spec during calibration and break in... who knows. It had a ton of blow by from the get go, but we ran it anyways. Then there was the issue with it being ran HOT. Like over 250F many many many times. Turns out that removing the hood allowed enough air flow to drop the temps 60F on stage (learned this at Idaho this year). The old 2.3 iron block engines were constantly overheating and dying as well (3 motors in a season). And those me-otter trannies made it 200 miles of stage before they died. Well only one died, the other was making some funny noises.... it was doing that from the get-go 
The mighty t5 is rocking strong though, but would recommend a larger clutch disk. The Focus ST disk and pressure plate will fit into the miata flywheel, and it's .5in larger in diameter. |
John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
6 plus ---1500 miles..so over 250 miles racing per event. Hmmmmmm And I wonder how good ol "Haulin' Colin McCleery did about 45 rallies in his Xratty with a virtually bone stock Xratty turbo motor from the mid 90s to early 00ies.? Is it the engines? Or who is deciding what to do with them? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Out of this dumpster fire Infallible Moderator Join Date: 08/15/2010 Posts: 1,236 |
Not all racing miles. Read the part just past the 1500+mi 
The longevity of the engines probably has to do with the loon behind the wheel. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2016 01:10PM by Robert Culbertson. |
Matt Follett Mega Moderator Location: La Belle Province, Montreal Join Date: 03/13/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 645 Rally Car: Don't Laugh, the Justy is Fun! |
Get some suspension travel man..
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Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
He did alright, he was quick but he was never pushing the limits like Dave Clark has been doing lately. We could get into discussions of how mechanical component failures tend to follow exponential hazard rates. Though I suppose the exponential distribution is just a special case of the Weibull distribution which was developed by an amazingly smart Swede named Waloddi Weibull who you would probably find more interesting than the mathematics. 
He liked to break things and come up with the statistical distributions that best described and predicted failure. He also liked to blow shit up. Grant Hughes |
David Baker Super Moderator Location: Rhode my Island Join Date: 11/20/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 290 Rally Car: 95 GTI TDI |
I've got this... make a hard top and rock it? the story: My Grandpa bought it off MG in 53 after they raced it at the local tracks in 51 and 52... he daily drove and ameture raced it till 76, then gave it to my uncle who did the same till 88, now it just sits in a barn. |
John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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