Well it's been a hell of a while since I've posted on here. Combination of uploading photos and forum being a tad dead. So time to get back in to the swing of things.

Part from basic maintenance I've carried out a full service replacing most bits.



After this I keeper getting some electrical issues so replaced my earth and alternator

I was then able to source myself a ATB so out with old

In with the new


I can happily say the second best modification I've Fitted to the car totally transformed it but.........it had resulted in me killing tyres as I have soooooo much fun sliding around.

In the never ending battle to make the car handle better after spending months hunting for a carbon bonnet I found one of a steal of £100.

Great you think........it only took 6months to fit due to being in a poor state covered in resin bumps and pin holes but after A LOT of elbow grease it came out beautiful.





I then enjoyed the car as she was for several months and then some twat driving to close backended me lucky for me it was too bad. the c**t drove off after threatening me which I wasn't best pleased about.


So seeing as the plates were damaged I replaced them


I then decided to purchase some better brakes after hunting for willwoods for ages with no luck I decided to go for Hispecs


Due to money troubles at the time they didn't last long so the standards went back on and while I was at it they had a fresh lick of paint.


In my never ending urge to spend money I got a tad fed up of my wheels looking ratty and decided to get them refurbed.....


I didn't managed to find these by chance in Bristol for not a bad price. The white wasn't my cup of tea so dropped the off to get redone this Monday to be greeted with these yesturday



All I can say is they look amazing and they are 240kg lighter than my current wheels should make a nice difference to acceleration I think. That's all for now

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Those old wheels are heavier than they look!

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Team 'unintentional rat look'

Wheel set it off a treat.
Loving the carbon bonnet been looking for one for a while as ideal on a black car as saves paint cost lol very few and far between though and if they do there normally silly money

So after a long time of once again just enjoying the Rallye it is time again to do some maintanence work.

The first thing planned was to replace my old knackered suspension


think we can agree was pretty much dead


while at it I also carried out a full rebuild on my calliper as i was getting some wobbling under hard braking


With the mechnical work done for now my attenetion turned to the sorry state my badge was in, so in typical hovis style when in comes to painting i got a TAD carried alway












With that lot looking better than planned I then managed to get hold of a carbon grille to match my bonnet which looked ace but left the slam panel plus some other parts in the engine bay looking a little dull so the first thing was the cam covers then the slam panel.

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Nice update

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Goldie the track car.

So while the world is coming to an end the best thing to do is attack the car.

As the spoiler was suffering with paint fade and swirls I thought id redo it




MUCH BETTER

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And because it a semi race car.... weight saved

and besides is looks a hell of a lot cleaner now

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Yeah some weight saved plus the tar and foam from the carpet. The extra room helps with changing and removing shizzle

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With the front of the Rallye now looking good and rust free I turned my attention towards the back of the car. Most of the middle was looking ok but the central rails looked a tad tacky so wire brush and paint came out


The front wasnt bad at all but i ripped the paint off and redone it with WAR and Upol Raptor.




Next attention was the Rear beam. Having noticed some free play from the driver side rear I decided to have a look into it. As I have bronze bushes instead of bearings i wasn't very worried


The fuel tank strap was a scary thing to look at and take off

few hours hard work


While sorting the rear beam I also gave the arch a good clean


So upon putting the beam back togther I found the play to be movement of the torsion bar on the trailing arms.........Great. This results in the Freeplay and the car being slightly off in height on the rear. The plan was to source another set of Xsara arms at and later date and then redo the beam..........................................



Distractions always cause epic cock ups, this is what happens when your wife is on the case, your phone is ringing nonstop and the inlaw wants access to the garage. Simple removal of the offset washer would of solved the issue

Lucky for me I managed to source something on the Bay although it wasn't all plain sailing to fit. I was only planning in having to press my trailing arm pins out to swap on the new arms............
But when the arrived the arb bolt was snapped and stuck in. f**k MY LIFE ITS BEEN HEILCOILED, resulting in a wonky hole which had to be enlarged as well as the Arb plate to match. All sorted and bits pressed in thanks to Blackmamba.



With that complete I checked the boot floor which still looked great so I fully degreased it and added some more gloss black then clear coat.

I then added some paint above the beam but got a tad hand fisted with the amount added.

Ended up flattening this back in the end as it was annoying me.

With the beam tube painted and refitted I popped on some new Brembo disc and pads


Then I cleaned up the back boxed and repainted with Hi temp paint.



Checked, double checked and adjusted the ride height and with everything feeling nice tight it looks spot on


I also managed to get hold of a genuine air snorkle of which Mr Wells was unhappy about as I beat him to it mwhaha


Plan to try and find a Pipercross viper again as this is smaller than my Ebay special so the fit will be nicer.

I then managed thanks to Damien to get hold of a Heated windscreen

SO out came the old one,


Bad but good thing about removing the window................................... I found more work to do,


I will assume it has happened due to being over tightened. So thats another thing to added to the welding list once the Lockdown eases.

I then fitted sunstrip before fitting and god what a HATEFULL JOB


All fitted looking fresh and clean



And for now thats it....... apart from some more Carbon

This time I beat Pete to it

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Not much to add recently.

purchased a 25mm wheel spacer as I always felt a little stretched while driving.



This has made a massive difference to the overall feeling and steering of the car

Part from that went for a good ole drive with LOTEK


And got an MOT that passed with flying colours

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So as the passenger seat finally arrived I managed to get in in along with my new seat belts


After a lot of checking measurement I managed to also get the lap belts mount point in the correct and a comfortable position, both mounted with spreader plates and popped and extra nylon nut on the inner one time bend hooks.




Still need to get some padding to pop between the seatbelt cross section so they don't move in the case of and impact.

And with that all done all I needed was to fit the new carbon refurbed knob,


driving position is soooooooooooooooooo much better a lot more comfortable and looks way cooler, so with that I decided to take her with me on a couple days off to Cornwall...…………………..Epic roads ended in epic issues popping up. first one was the fuel pump decided on several occasion not to prime what so ever when we stopped a few times, this resulted in the car not starting correctly on several occasions. When the pump did prime it almost sounded like my belly when hug over after drinking far to Much rum so I binned it.


the second thing was a odd high pitch squeal and a banging from the back end passenger side every now and then, sometimes this also happened under heavy breaking...….checked everything you can think of and still no idea what the banging is, As for the squealing managed to find that the centre section can hit the headshield due to being a pattern part cat so...……….bought one off Thugpugging.

Then turned attention to the front as I was getting a clicking and knocking under load up the very steep Cornish roads. As the clutch had never been amazing on the Rallye since the leaking crankseal I was sure that this was one of the issues which sure enough it seems to be the case but to add insult to injury is seem she has shat herself again

s**t repair results in a second failure of the cup section


Hopefully should get this resolved as soon as, part from that I ordered some B Pillar vinyls with a twist a new bearing for my quickshift and new clutch and cable.

the struggle continues

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Is this the same Rallye that I've seen around HP / Cain Road in Bracknell a few times?

Cracking looking car, I'm taking notes for my own