old school racers?

[MikeLMR]

an old school revival

would love a rwd 323 to rally, will have to make do with getting the fwd one sideways considering how scarce they are now.

I\'m not sure you can run a rotary in road rallying anymore, it seems that even in the standard car class they seem to be banned due to a one rotor ruling (fitted as standard production)

I take it you must Road Rally in Wales then Rich ? (what with the roads + 75 car entry )

[Richard]

All the cars except the latest 1000 ran the 1300 \'TC\' motor - it was actually the same engine I used in all 4 cars, it just got more and more modified each time.

The spec was\'nt spectacular, just extremely reliable. All lightened and balanced, home worked head (standard valves) and a \'323 Challenge\' spec cam, and various carbs from twin SU\'s, thru 38DGAS Weber to twin 40 DCNF\'s and anything in between!

The green 323 had the luxury of a disc braked English axle and a 4.7 LSD - it handled well. I sold it to a guy who used it for about a year, then tried selling it. He got no takers so scrapped the whole car - the only thing he saved was the axle:mad: I did\'nt know it was for sale until it was too late.

The blue 1000 that I have now runs the 1500 \'D5\' motor and 5 speed box. Again its all lightened and balanced, I\'ve done a bit more work on the ports, and still use the Challenge spec cam.
I\'m currently running a 32/32 Escort Sport carb which is the best I\'ve had to date, barring the 40\'s of course. Its 85BHP at the wheels.

I\'ll be fitting the 40\'s before Christmas just to see what she does:D

Living here in wild West Wales there\'s no shortage of road events, although getting an entry is now extremely difficult as they have become very popular.

It was the first event we\'d done in over 4 years and I must admit we did\'nt enjoy it as much as we used to in the days of "plot and bash"

So thats why I\'m going to try some hillclimbs and sprints, and also some track days, next year.

Rich:wave

[travellinbob]

aghhhhhhhhhhhhh, cant believe the guy scrapped it. But guess it was his only option, or so he thought.
  Really cool to hear about your curent rally weapon. There is so much going for a car that has good horsepower but is also very reliable. Especially when rallying. Any more pictures?

[MikeLMR]

there was a widebody 323 rolling shell all fitted out to take escort grp4 running gear on ebay about 2 years ago, would\'ve made an ace road rally car had it not had a wide body kit.

85bhp at the wheels it pretty good going on a single carb\'ed 1300.

Just been helping out with a mates road rally Lada, 1600 Lada engine, about 4.5mm skim off the head, polished a ported with pinto inlet valves and a group A camshaft, just been modifying the inlet manifold to take a 3litre capri carb (two 38 chokes) like all the best rally engines this is about the 3rd car its been in

[re10]

This is mine from last weekend, still things to do, but coming along.

[flectron]

looking awesome mate:cool

gord:D

[Fish]

Looks like you\'re giving that Porsche a hard time. Just what we like to see.

Do you have a bigger version of that picture, or any others like that. I need a better wallpaper for the computer at work.

Fish

[re10]

Originally posted by Fish
Looks like you\'re giving that Porsche a hard time. Just what we like to see.

Do you have a bigger version of that picture, or any others like that. I need a better wallpaper for the computer at work.

Fish

That\'s the only size pic I have....

And about the Porshe - in my dreams :rollin  mine is the economy 10a racer - not in the same league as that particular Porshe which may have cost about as much as my house!

[Richard]

Hey guys just bought this off Ebay. Combines my 2 great loves - old skool Mazda\'s and old skool rock:D



Anybody remember Cozy Powell - demon drummer with bands such as Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, amongst others?

He was tragically killed in an accident on the M4 near Bristol in 1998.

This is actuaally a proper postcard printed in Spain:confused:

The blurb on the back says:

The Hitachi Mazda RX3
Team Hitachi - Cozy Powell and Neville Knight compete for the Radio 1 and Britax Championship.

Rich:wave

[re10]

Originally posted by Fish
Looks like you\'re giving that Porsche a hard time. Just what we like to see.

Do you have a bigger version of that picture, or any others like that. I need a better wallpaper for the computer at work.

Fish

Some more pic\'s here fish
http://www.vintagerotaries.com/FORUM/album_personal.php?user_id=145

Cheers!

[mullins]

Looking good Tony - glad the 10A PP is going strong - hope you haven\'t broken too many gearboxes lately