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This is spotted along the top and bottom and joggled / plug welded along the rear quarter then its been seam welded on the other joins as per the MOT guidelines.. The old one wasnt even properly...

Been an odd month for us...

The event on March 4th was cancelled due to the snow so the car was converted across to "Gravel spec" for a rough airfield event in April which was then cancelled due...

£30 or so in oil change each event is around £300 a season. Compared to the money and hassle of potentially more frequent rebuilds or issues then Id say its money well spent as preventative...

Next event is The Imperial Commercials Volkswagen Donington Rally on 4th March at Donington Park.

No damage from the last event so just a few things to do.. Firstly, remade some of the sumpguard...

and a quick stage 8. Not bad for a 1600cc :-)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpYmFqsdJU8

Cheers Dave.. I knew of the work on the Mk3, just hadnt had time to start.

So on a bright and sunny Friday (albeit still cold) we loaded the car up and headed off to Blyton Park in Lincolnshire...

So managed to to do a bit on the Mk3 this week. First job is to replace the parts of the car with rot.. So I started with the A pillars. The drivers side had already been cut out to repair but the...

In December we finished the mods to the gear level - new stronger mounts, new bulkhead hole to get the correct angle of the gear rod with a Mk3 Astra gaitor and plate on the bulkhead to seal it up
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So its been a while again.. Will try to be better this year..

Due to various issues, decided to knock last season on the head and save the money whilst finishing the car properly ready for 2018...

I had hoped to show more progress but machine shop holding up things at the moment so will be a big rush for the next 10 days to get the car ready for the 3rd September..

Front suspension all...

and into August we go..

Gearbox stripped, cluster out for inspection.

http://www.teamrallymarshal.co.uk/gallery/F2GTE-Astra-Rally/F2GTE-2017-FFRebuild-15.jpg

Diff out and stripped, cleaned...

At the end of July, I took a few days holiday which allowed me to sort a few more bits.

Started with a Nexia radiator and a Mk3 lower crossmember.. The Nexia rad is the same width as a 2.0 8v GTE...

Video from stage 2 of the Flying Fortress at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aouHWjlLztU

So in the first few weekends in July, managed to get a bit done to fix the damage..

As we had used powder extinguishers on it, everything was a mess...
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Back from holidays middle of June and the following weekend was the Flying Fortress Stages. Its a WW2 airfield with fast and slow sections and bits between the trees on concrete. Love the event...

Been a busy few months so a couple of updates over the next week or so to bring us up to date... May and the start of June was our holiday and Rally Barbados..

First weekend of hillclimb went OK -...

So at the beginning of April after our successful 2000cc car test and the event where the 1600cc car broke, we needed to get the 2000cc car finally ready for its trip to Barbados.

Usual spanner...

Long overdue update..

End of March we refitted the engine into F20GTE..

http://www.teamrallymarshal.co.uk/gallery/F20GTE-Astra-Rally/F20GTE-2017-Engine-6.jpg

and fitted new trumpets too
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March Update..

After Blyton I got sent this shot of our stage 1 sideways moment..

http://www.teamrallymarshal.co.uk/gallery/F2GTE-Astra-Rally/F2GTE-2017-Blyton3.jpg

The week after I got the...

The Newtons are extremely quick.. doing some fantastic giant killing.

Next update will be on the 2000cc car as Im out in that on 5th March but the engine isnt rebuilt yet..

Paul..

Some incar from last weekend... Sorry for the quality. Usual Gopro blew its power supply on the Friday before the event so old backup camera in play and misted up / scratched lens..

SS1 - Not the...

We are the first people using the cable shift selector with a dog box AFAIK.. I suspect the "head" of the selector unit isnt quite as big as the proper quaife bronze finger one so it is jamming in...

The next step was to prep the box for the car.. Diff stripped and checked

http://www.teamrallymarshal.co.uk/gallery/F2GTE-Astra-Rally/F2GTE-2017-Rebuild-35.jpg

Then crownwheel swapped and diff...

Upshifts are really quick with the cable shift system Ive got now although I am beating the synchros a bit, downshifts are fine 5th>4th, 4th>3rd but under heavy braking (into chicanes etc) then 3rd >...

To be fair, Ive bought a good used cluster and we have inspected it but not fully stripped it. I think the gear kit assembly is similar to any other one but I have a mate who does it for me as I know...