broady81's 340 rally car

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Re: broady81's 340 road rally car

Post by broady81 » 13 Feb 2013 07:14 pm

Update needed I think!

Managed to get through the logbooking process unscathed (just damage to my wallet). Thanks to Dai for sending me the engine mounts at short notice!

Had a great blast on the North West Stages at the weekend. 51st overall and 7th in class. Not awful for my first stage rally :) Nice and slippy in places which suited the 340. On the long straight stuff, she struggled being a 1.4. More reason to speed up my 2.0L rebuild!

Came away relatively unscathed. Cracked the little engine subframe that 1.4s have (again). Bent the bigger one too because I had my sump guard attached to it! (See my post in Wanted section!). Other than that, got a list as big as my arm for improvements! :lol:

Anyway, on to the good bits. Some videos you might enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQbup7spzGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10FyRRzEZg

A token picture or two (Notice the Classicswede stickers!):

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On Blackpool Prom!

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Pushing hard! Or as hard as she will go anyway :lol:

And results if you're bored:

http://results.djames.org.uk/results/?e=224
“the winner ain't the one with the fastest car, it's the one who refuses to lose” - Dale Earnhardt

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Re: broady81's 340 rally car

Post by Chris_C » 13 Feb 2013 07:44 pm

Great news on getting it log booked and getting a stage rally under your belt! Nice result too :D
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Re: broady81's 340 rally car

Post by volvosneverdie » 13 Feb 2013 08:52 pm

That sounds pretty cool man (the engine note)

Well played dude.
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