Micra Rally Car

[Rob Navin]

We have just been accepted into the Lombard Revival Rally Details can be seen here.

I want to have a chat with some one who has had experience of running a Micra of any type in a rally event to get a feel for what I really need to be doing to get the car to the end of the event.

I have read the regs a couple of times and I think I know where I want to be going with it but its always good to check.

Any contacts you know and could supply me with a number or e-mail addrress or any web sites you have seen would me great.

Thanks

Rob

( still on a years break from motorsport honnest    )

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

Do a search for someone who posts on here as "sgilkes". I think he has a Micra rally car with a Lotus 907 engine from a Sunbeam Lotus.

John

[adhawkins]

I want to have a chat with some one who has had experience of running a Micra of any type in a rally event to get a feel for what I really need to be doing to get the car to the end of the event.

You could always ask Hairdresser Pedro

Andy

[jonny wez]

I am suprised that you let that one loose on the net Rob.

You told me to say you were doing it in a ford motor co sponsered mk2.

     

I will drive faster at caddy,i promise    

[V 8]

Is that one in the front and one in the back then?

[I.S.M]

as i said at donington - micra ha micra. Someones nan somewhere must be able to give you a few pointers, is there a "nipping for a blue rinse" stage.

[cast iron]

There is a company that used to run the Micra challenge cars also they developed a seriously quick kit car. I will get the details from work tomorrow and PM or text you

Mark

[Rob Navin]

Cheers Mark

[perksy]

Saw Geoff Jones driving a Micra on the Manx Rally (isle of man) a few years ago.

bl**** Brilliant to watch, Driving Flat out, Opposite Lock, Wrung the Thing to within an Inch of it's life    

[windy]

Rob,

Get practising with changing driveshafts so that you are competent at doing it at the roadside. A colleague at work did it last year in a corsa & he was changing them a lot - car didn't like the rough stuff. Carry the spares with you in the car but make some brackets to secure them properly in case of a shunt.

You'll need some driving lamps, some Turini's with a pencil beam pattern, & some decent fog lamps in case it is murky. Also fit a sump guard. Check the regs for what you can fit.

Maybe you should speak to a local Nissan dealer to get a feel for what breaks - someone on warranty should be able to give you an idea.

[cast iron]

" for what breaks! ? for gods sake man its a Nissan    

Rob - sorry im a bit slow on the Nissan rally car people, every one at work has had a mental block - still working on it

[scott beeland]

If it's a micra....EVERYTHING will break/fall off

[cast iron]

If it's a micra....EVERYTHING will break/fall off

Surely you are mistaking them for your cycle wings

[scott beeland]

Any of this threebond stuff good for sticking cycle wings to brackets??

I don't wanna drill them....but I don't want the "sikaflex experience" again

[Mark B]

Rob,

Give EARS Motorsport (escort & rally spares) in Macclesfield a ring, they have done loads with micra rally cars over the years & used to hire them out.

http://www.ears.co.uk/motorsport/

HTH,

Mark.