08-11-2015, 02:46 PM
I don't know where to start with this...... 
Woke up this morning full of hope and got down to my mates unit for 6am. He thought he had GTI6 calipers on a project 205 he'd bought. Unfortunately, they were something else. Ended up taking a caliper off the long term resto Rallye. Managed to swap them over without to much bother and get the system semi bled. Clearly a little air still left in there but we were running late so decided to finish the bleeding at the track.
Drive there was pretty uneventful with the Rallye driving nicely (now we'd sorted the tracking which was so far out it was untrue...) and behaving. Quick stop for fuel and we were there.....happy days.
Got a brew and hired a helemt and attended the safety briefing. Bled the brakes again and got a good solid pedal. Did the sighting laps and then got out for some real fun. And real fun it was. The Rallye was performing very, very well. As rapid as it should be, if not a bit more and I'm not sure itlf.it was the combo of lowered front and std rear but the handling was brilliant and it was showing some cars it really shouldn't have been a thing or two....
About an hour in, I'd just downshifted to third when there was a clattering from the engine, the engine mgt light came on and there was a massive loss of power. Feck. Hazards on, limped back to the pit area.
It's not good. Clattering big time. Turns over and starts although clearly not happy. Either the cambelt has slipped a tooth or two, the bottom pulley has given up or something else has quit. I'm sure its top end as the oil pressure light goes out straight away when it starts up.
Bitterly disappointed after all the hard work we put in to actually get it there. Still, its nothing that can't be fixed.....
Woke up this morning full of hope and got down to my mates unit for 6am. He thought he had GTI6 calipers on a project 205 he'd bought. Unfortunately, they were something else. Ended up taking a caliper off the long term resto Rallye. Managed to swap them over without to much bother and get the system semi bled. Clearly a little air still left in there but we were running late so decided to finish the bleeding at the track.
Drive there was pretty uneventful with the Rallye driving nicely (now we'd sorted the tracking which was so far out it was untrue...) and behaving. Quick stop for fuel and we were there.....happy days.
Got a brew and hired a helemt and attended the safety briefing. Bled the brakes again and got a good solid pedal. Did the sighting laps and then got out for some real fun. And real fun it was. The Rallye was performing very, very well. As rapid as it should be, if not a bit more and I'm not sure itlf.it was the combo of lowered front and std rear but the handling was brilliant and it was showing some cars it really shouldn't have been a thing or two....
About an hour in, I'd just downshifted to third when there was a clattering from the engine, the engine mgt light came on and there was a massive loss of power. Feck. Hazards on, limped back to the pit area.
It's not good. Clattering big time. Turns over and starts although clearly not happy. Either the cambelt has slipped a tooth or two, the bottom pulley has given up or something else has quit. I'm sure its top end as the oil pressure light goes out straight away when it starts up.
Bitterly disappointed after all the hard work we put in to actually get it there. Still, its nothing that can't be fixed.....
Cherry Red Rallye - Full on OEM resto.....