hellbent345
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 07:58 AM |
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locost rallying
does anyone take locosts and do rallying? i presume that a full rollcage would be needed but ive never heard or seen anyone competing on a rally stage
with a locost - perhaps becuase of the issue of an open top?
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scotlad
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 08:01 AM |
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Hmmm closest i remember was a mad westfield at the barbados rally carnival. I think it had a blackbird engine . It was a rocket on the straights but
hopeless on the corners due to lack of traction on the muck.
[Edited on 17/10/08 by scotlad]
Wonderous is our great blue ship that sails around the mighty sun, and joy to everyone that rides along!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 08:02 AM |
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very brave, I'd be worried about going sideways into a tree, that's bad in a production car but in a 7? I'd want very hefty side
bars on the cage.
remember to wear goggles for all those branches  
Better off with a mid engined dune buggy surely?
just scale one of these up...
[Edited on 17/10/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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aka Keith
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 09:13 AM |
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I thought Fluke motorsport used to use a 7 in rallying? but cannot remember of the top if my head if it was road only.
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irvined
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 10:12 AM |
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I believe this is the fluke car - bike engined westfield.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lPs9FEMKk
and shake down testing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAtbVuDqi6w
and some more...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVMjdy_N3U&feature=related
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 11:07 AM |
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I have done a lot of rallying from single venue tarmac events up to WRC and pretty much everything in between.
For a typical single venue on tarmac I would imagine a quick 7 could clean up. I don't see why no-one has tried. The prep would not be that
excessive. It's a long time since I did any. Have the rules changed to outlaw non homologated cars on single venues now?
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iank
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 11:21 AM |
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Here's the westfield/fluke rally car.
http://www.racedandrallied.com/detail.php?siteid=61&show_still=1
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 12:06 PM |
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AFAIK for most types of rallying you need to have a fixed roof on the car.
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johnston
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 02:18 PM |
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I think theres something about 2seater sports cars in msa regs.
Things like stratos's get away with it as they pre-date the rule. This is going on info from a mate when we were trying to beat the no rwd
conversion rules they proposed few years ago..
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james h
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 04:12 PM |
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I asked this a while back too...linky
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jacko
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| posted on 17/10/08 at 07:08 PM |
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What about mr Hicost on here he dose rallying of a sort
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