shhh...don't tell anyone but 3rd in class and 16th overall!

**Zak33** · 10-02-2006, 11:12 AM

http://www.southdownsstages.co.uk/results06.html

Car 18, Dave Keen and me.

Goodwood race curcuit. Steeped in history, and now covered in my Yokohama rubber

Waht a place, what an exciting rally

It's all tarmac, and the track is coned for various chicanes, narrowed sections and some stages were only one lap, others two. But it was superb

Seeded 18th, with only 4 in our class (1600, B) we were up against a Nova GSi, a 106 GTi and a Corsa.

COrsa turned out to be a kit car, sequential gearbox, wide arches, brakes bigger than my rims, and allegedly a tad over 200bhp!!

Our 134 bhp beast now has new front springs

We binned the 400lb springs and moved up to 900 pounders

Worked too

The stage times indicate what we were about.

Pug 106 Gti B 05:18 05:03 05:12 02:43 04:58 04:37 02:29 02:28 total 0:32:48 15th Overall 2nd in class
Astra 1598 B 05:27 05:16 05:22 02:35 04:48 04:40 02:28 02:27 total 0:33:03 16th Overall 3rd in class

That was a close run thing, and near the end we were with the 106 and taking time out of them. But the chicanes were, fankly, too narrow for my fat Astra, and the weight (or lack of it) in the 106 shone through.

The Corsa was another thing!!!

What a weapon...I'd love a go in that. We had no hope, it was the car that did it. You should'a seen (and heard) the thing going off the line. ANIMAL.

Opel Corsa 1598 B 05:10 05:25 05:03 02:27 04:33 04:27 02:22 02:19 0:31:46 12 1

Photo's may follow, though they are a tad dull. Got some very grainy film from a digi camera if anyone could host it!

**Zak33** · 10-02-2006, 11:19 AM

We were with good company

**Zak33** · 10-02-2006, 11:21 AM

Look at the competition

Monster car

**Zak33** · 10-02-2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Zak33 shouting

CUT THAT KERB TIGHT

**hitman67** · 10-02-2006, 11:24 AM

Nice little car, bet that Cora can shift though.

**Lowe** · 10-02-2006, 11:33 AM

Superb mate - congrats, that's a real acheivement, especially as it wasn't that long ago you were happy to compete against yourselves, let alone everyone else.

Any chance of some interior piccies? I'm interested to see how far stripped she is.

**badass** · 10-02-2006, 11:34 AM

Looks like it was great fun!

**Moby-Dick** · 10-02-2006, 11:37 AM

nice one !!

**dkmech** · 10-02-2006, 12:07 PM

Haven't heard about the rally monster for ages! Well done!

**kalniel** · 10-02-2006, 01:18 PM

Well you beat the Nova at least! Sounds fun.

**XA04** · 10-02-2006, 05:52 PM

Got any more pictures/videos?

**atrull** · 10-02-2006, 06:03 PM

mm, looks like you had a good laugh

**Skii** · 10-02-2006, 07:37 PM

Well done mate.

Very well done indeed

**Tumble** · 10-02-2006, 08:09 PM

Nice roundel matey

(got some cufflinks like that for chrimbo) Good result too

**Shad** · 11-02-2006, 10:12 AM

Bloody well done chap

What have you done with the rear suspension then? You must get more understeer now surely, unless you've stiffened the rear too. Are you running on slicks?

**Zak33** · 11-02-2006, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Shad

Bloody well done chap

What have you done with the rear suspension then? You must get more understeer now surely, unless you've stiffened the rear too. Are you running on slicks?

Rear suspension is the same and no, it doesnt understeer ..in fact under heavy braking, because the fronts don't dip at all, the back squirms and is controllable.

Slicks are banned actually....but proper competiton tyres, with grooves cut for legal reasons are good to go.

Thanks for your support guys...and glad Tumble mentioned the roundel

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