After nearly 4 years of silence, the rallycinq finally burst into life last night.

Still lots of work to do, but at least I don't have to push it in and out of the shed anymore.

Cheers

D

rallycinq said:

After nearly 4 years of silence, the rallycinq finally burst into life last night.

Still lots of work to do, but at least I don't have to push it in and out of the shed anymore.

Cheers

D

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Excellent, any updated pics?

J333EVO said:

Excellent, any updated pics?

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Its still long way from the picture stage, it won't even idle at the moment. Lack of flywheel weight not helping.

Cheers

D

Has it spent all those years being worked on Or has it been on hold? What is rallycinq, your cinq modified for rally use? Is it still/or will it be road legal?

Kristian

It started a modification and rebuild programme nearly four years ago. Then the small matter of a heart attack reared its ugly head which kinda put things on hold for a bit.

I was building for use in the forests, still has to be road legal for that.

Since I can no longer compete (see note about heart attack) I have reduced the spec of the suspension a bit, but continued with the rest.

My daughter will compete in it when its complete, and it will be road legal.

Cheers

D

Thats excellent, good work. Shame you won't be competeing in it yourself but its nice to see its not stumped your enthusiasm, good man

Thank you

Cheers

D

congrats D :slayer:

hehe, sounds great

kristian

Cue another heart attack when you see your daughter flying through the forests in your car

balidey said:

Cue another heart attack when you see your daughter flying through the forests in your car

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Shes been competeing since she was 14 so shes got the hang of it really.

Cheers

D

Great news, so long a wait but I feel it will be worth it, hopefully I may get a chance to see it up close and personal one day.

Liam

Awesome...I wonder how long it will be till its blasting around forests again

Congrats!

I'm away this weekend, but hopefully I can now get tore into the rest of the build up.

I'll keep you posted.

Cheers

D

I reckon we need a Dunc-like build thread

Go on, D, you know you want to

I haven't got enough time to put the bloody car together, let alone write and take pictures of it. so, eh, no.

Expect sporadic updates tho

Cheers

D

This would be a sporadic update.

Another couple of hours work, and the fan works, the fuel gauge works, the temperature gauge works and I've tidied up a load of wiring and piping to try and get the GSR in. This may need a rethink as the remote filter and oil cooler are sitting where the filter wants to sit.

The bonnet is now bolted down too.

Still can't find where I've left the horn wiring. Going to look at my other car to try and sort that out.

Cheers

D

What class of rallying is it?
I know of a few people involved in Formula1000 (www.formula1000.co.uk), a budget series for cars under 1000 cc.
H

It was being done for open class tarmac rallying, but since I am no longer able to compete myself the car will be used by my daughter for club events. Its been more a case of seeing how we could develop the car for our own fun, rather than a specific class.

At this end of the country we don't have formula 1000 events, although the spec could change if we did.

Cheers

D

Good luck with it mate

Shame you havent got time to post any pics, bet it will look awesome when finished

Puts my headgasket woes into perspective lol.