Lanes/Targa Rallies

[peespeed]

Things gone quiet in here lately, I see a few familiar names on the entry list for Saturdays Derek Walker Trial organised by the MGCC. Only 17 MX5s The salons must all be open this weekend It's great to see the big turnout of older stuff like the Minis and Midgets and the Beetle. Question is, who will come out on top in the Wilson, Corry, Woodside Jnr rematch after the TDC event??? Will @DavyC or Sam Wilson spring a surprise? It's going to be a tough one to call

Entry list
1 Andy Johnson Michael Johnson UVCC Sprite
2 Mervyn Getty Richard McFaul NUMC Sprite
3 Jay Colville Conor Kennedy MG MG Midget
4 Roger Fynn Clifford Auld MG MG Midget
5 Michael Reid Helen Anderson MG MG Midget
6 Jack Brien Juanita Brien MG MG Midget
7 Noel Cochrane Trevor Reid MG MG Midget
8 Mark Lemon Katie Lemon MG MG Midget
9 John Kelly Anna Kelly UAC MG Midget
10 Alex Lyttle Roy Lyttle TSCC MG Midget
11 Mark Brien Anna Brien MG MG Midget
12 Will Corry Peter Moreland-Moore MG MG Midget
14 Simon Brien Tiff Brien MG MG Midget
15 Robert McGimpsey Fel McIlroy UVCC MG Midget Atlantis
16 Robert Woodside Sr David Allen MG VW Beetle
17 James Wilson Stephen Kearney PPMC Mini
18 Sam Wilson Simon Brewster PPMC Mini
19 Richard Earney Jamie Edgar MG Mini
20 Samuel Baird Bill Finnegan PPMC Wolseley Hornet
21 Robert Dickson Catherine Dickson PPMC Mini Cooper S
22 Davy Young Richard Nelson PPMC Mini
23 Norman Ferguson Milton McWilliams ADC Mini
24 Bryan Mutch Ken McEntee MG Mazda MX5
25 Gareth Dillon Gordon Wotherspoon MG Mazda MX5
26 Harris Cree Andrew Henry MG Starlet
27 Jamie McMillan George McMillan MG Starlet
28 Andrew Earney Jane Bicker MG Starlet
29 Maurice Eakin Conn Williamson MG Peugeot 106
30 Ian Campbell Heather Ritson MG Mini
31 Mike Adair Eric Martin MG Starlet
32 Mark Faulkner Trevor Faulkner MG Mazda MX5
33 Michael Workman June Burgess PMC Escort
34 Sam Lyle Colin Roy PMC Nova
35 Simon Woodside Stephen Dowds Larne Mazda MX5
36 Allan Harryman Suz Graham UAC Mazda MX5
37 Mark Woodside Andy Blair Mazda MX5
38 Robert Woodside Jr Bruce Drummond UAC Mazda MX5
39 Frank Lenehan Olwen Blair TDC Starlet
40 Alan Cree Lyn Cree MG Mazda MX5
41 Ron Mullen Malcolm McQueen ADC Sunny
42 Wesley Lyle Chris Walsh Mazda MX5
43 Wallace McKee Ben McKee TSCC Mazda MX5
44 Tony McLaughlin Tony Crilly TSCC BMW 318
45 Brendan Mullan Martin McBride PPMC Starlet
46 Declan Hendrick Kevin Fagan TDC Starlet
47 David Crothers Barbara Kane LMC Mazda MX5
48 Stuart Annesley Charlie Pearse Mazda MX5
49 Raymond Wilson Ernie Hunter PPMC Starlet
50 Adrian Patterson William Boyd PPMC Mazda MX5
51 Ashley Lamont Wesley Lamont ADC Mazda MX5
52 Eric Patterson Raymond Donaldson ADC Mazda MX5
53 Crawford Ewing Jnr Crawford Ewing Snr PPMC Starlet
54 David Napier Timothy Elliott PPMC Honda Civic
55 Tim Woodside Paul Woodside LMC Mazda MX5
56 David Meeke Richard Meeke TDC Starlet
57 Paul Williamson Colin Stanford TSCC Mazda MX5


Another early start this Saturday and I can't wait

 

[PeteMoore]

I know where my money is

 

[peespeed]

I know where my money is

Noel Cochrane????

 

[PeteMoore]

Noel Cochrane????

Well it isn't on us, we'll be distracted by the view in our mirrors

 

[peespeed]

Well it isn't on us, we'll be distracted by the view in our mirrors

PMSL, only just copped that......Will may remove all mirrors and chrome from the windscreen so

 

[DavyC]

@peespeed I think our NTBDR result could be a bit misleading with 1/2 the top runners getting caught in a blizzard, and the top MX5 crews either not making it or getting used to new cars!..

As for the DWT, I think our MX is feeling a little outnumbered and intimidated by a few 16V alpha Midgets in the MG pack!.. Those boy's will be in a league of thier own.

We're expecting plenty of mistakes and the odd communication break down, but looking forward to getting out a run among a great entry of crews/cars... Better clean the back window and dust the cobwebs off reverse gear too!... It's going to be interesting!

 

[peespeed]

Any new cars in the pipeline for this years Targa Rallies or anyone got any fancy/trick upgrades under deveopment

 

[John_MK5]

my only upgrades are to fix 2 broken pistons, a set of bottom end bearings and fit some brakes that work lol

 

[KevM]

if you get them working, tell us your secret!

 

[John_MK5]

iv never had any problem with bad brakes to be fair, just need fresh pads and discs and fix the two broken bleed nipples on the rear. ive bled through the banjo bolts this past year lol ive always had lethal brakes and hydraulic handbrake.

 

[KevM]

I get nothing but front lock-up & under steer. The wee car goes well enough but Iv no confidence on the brakes. Dunno whether to sell & get a 1.8 with a Torsen or fit a hydro & bias valve to what I have & plough on

 

[John_MK5]

Its all in how its fitted ;-)

 

[cauld1]

Got the mx through mot finally, just to get a hydro working properly. Would like a proper lsd too but other cars taking the funds first.

Also I find the front locks up on mine occassionally too @KevM.

 

[jasy d]

Planning on dungannon lanes i have a tigra with hydraulic but wil it pass mot without equalise valve as i have it removed i stil have ordinary handbrake??

 

[KevM]

I took a depo on my this evening so I suppose that's the end of that...

 

[swansty]

Planning on dungannon lanes i have a tigra with hydraulic but wil it pass mot without equalise valve as i have it removed i stil have ordinary handbrake??

Should pass dead on. They test the balance on each axle rather than between axles.

 

[swansty]

Double post

 

[DavyC]

Any new cars in the pipeline for this years Targa Rallies or anyone got any fancy/trick upgrades under deveopment

I can sense a lot of laughter coming, but sod it, here's a few pics to show what's going down at BigBudgetDevelopments.com!..

With MOT approaching, the chassis legs needed upgrading on the MX5...

.. Got that cut out and new pieces welded in, but while the anti roll bar mounting brackets were off I decided to try to make the original bar a bit stiffer, just to see what difference it makes...
Extended brackets let the ARB move back..

..so the drop links can pick up on the new holes in the ends of the bar...

..That was lastnight so dont know what to expect yet. I'll either love it and will be sailing round with the inside wheel in the air like them midget boys, or it'll be wick and totally ruin the wee car, in which case I'll move it back to standard.

I had another Blue Peter moment earlier in the year and came up with this beauty!.. (if you laugh you are a bad person!)

The white ducting was just a temporary thing to try it out. Im not sure if the little difference is just in my head or not, so must get a bit of sturdier ducting and try a few with & without test runs sometime. One downside is the loss of the little induction note tho!...

You can tell the main aim is just to get to as many events as possible... We wont gain many points with a tricked out, budget burner sitting parked at the house.


Meanwhile @KevM ... I hope you just mean it's the end of that car and that there'll be another?!..

Also, on the topic of brakes, like John's, ours have been grand. It'll lock the fronts up well before the rears, but I just put that down to the manufacturer's safe 'road car' set up. The only real time it bugs me is in stop boxes on grippy concrete or tar when im on the handbrake to help, but then stuck for a hand to get back into 1st again. I've wondered if the rear calipers and slighty bigger discs from a Mk2.5 would swap over but havnt looked into it yet.

 

[KevM]

You might get a pile of understeer firming the front up @DavyC but the cold air feed is the a stroke of genius! I heard somewhere that a bias block from a later car will balance front/rear more than earlier systems.

& Yes, I know i'll miss the car and will likely try to find something else. If anyone knows of anything for sale, I'm open to suggestion!

 

[DavyC]

Aye, it's more of a curiosity thing... just 'while I was at it' sort of thing. Our wee targa's are a real mixed bag when it comes to surfaces, diffing round cones in a concrete yard, then on for a blast through a bumpy forest. So the MX's standard set up is maybe as good an all rounder as we'll get.

Hope you do gather up something again. Encourage young Mia to rhyme on and on about how she misses the wee red car, going for ice creams without the roof etc etc...

 

[KevM]

She has set criteria for the next Mazda Davy, she wants a yellow one. That'll not be one bit camp or anything!!

Mine went last night, I think the guy that bought it is for hitting the lanes too - When I heard that, I got all competitive again. It'd be bad to get beat by your old car!!

 

[DavyC]

..lol!.. A 'California'!.. You see the odd one kicking about. they're pretty 'out there'. Rather you than me!

 

[John_MK5]

I admire the boys strengthening chassis parts etc in the meantime im buying cams and high compression pistons to go fast hoping this will offset bad handling lol

 

[Graham]

Davy C i would say that you would struggle to get enough air into that thing as the speeds are quite low?

also removing the ARB i think would give you better turning, i know the mates race car turned and cornerd so much better after his ARB snapped on track

 

[John_MK5]

lol speeds arent low. lol our sat nav recorded 78 through davagh this year. hard enough for a soft top with no roll cage in a forest