S1 Rallye

[George Welsh]

@craigyt
Dude its your car and I am sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable.
There are many ways to increase the track regardless if it is a stage car (tarmac/gravel) or track day/road car.
On my book this is not the most appropriate thats all. But this is me. If it works for you Its fine by me.

Lets stop it here :wink:

 

[leeds_182]

Another year on the road!

 

[Matt_90]

Nice! I have just picked up an S1 to reshell my GTI in to and I can't wait to get it built.
What spec box are you running with your engine setup?

 

[leeds_182]

Nice! I have just picked up an S1 to reshell my GTI in to and I can't wait to get it built.
What spec box are you running with your engine setup?

Standard s1 Rallye box pal.

 

[leeds_182]

Dropped the rallye off this morning for the interior to get painted. It should be back on Friday evening hopefully.

 

[Matthew]

Black I assume? What was wrong with it before? Looked ok to me, or was it a rattle can jobbie?

 

[leeds_182]

It wasn't painted, just the boot floor. The rest forward was original grey where the carpets had been.

 

[Matthew]

Ah right, didn't notice when I had a moooch.

 

[leeds_182]

Ah right, didn't notice when I had a moooch.

 

[leeds_182]

 

[Matthew]

Will look s**t hot when finished mate. I do get the sence this could be a keeper for you...

 

[leeds_182]

 

[cat171]

That looks spot on :up:

 

[leeds_182]

Gave the engine bay a little clean up today too;

 

[Stefan.]

Proper cool little car

 

[Donny_Dog]

Mega! where's the drivers door card?

 

[leeds_182]

Mega! where's the drivers door card?

It's back on.

 

[leeds_182]

Had a photo shoot for PFC today with my pal Craig. Craig is running 250bhp on boost and I'm running a piddly 180bhp on bodies.

Few pics from the afternoon;

 

[craigyt]

Absolutely beltin day jim, 180bhp that can more than hold its own!!

 

[leeds_182]

Can't wait for the finished shots.

 

[leeds_182]

Editing action;

 

[Donny_Dog]

180bhp but with the weight, its a proper rocket is yours.
That white one looks like the geometry is out.

 

[leeds_182]

180bhp but with the weight, its a proper rocket is yours.
That white one looks like the geometry is out.

#crabbing

 

[leeds_182]

Small update. When doing the shoot and moving the car around I couldn't help but notice a few drops of oil where the car had been stood. We were in the right place to have a look so got the car over the pit and indeed the bottom was covered in oil! (Note how close I was to driving the car into the pit!)

With the help of Craig and his knowledgable old man we identified that the oil had pissed out of some return breather located here;

This had never been bunged before and had never leaked so was a bit of a mystery. Luckily the car had not lost too much oil and was still within tolerances. Craig's dad created a bung out of a rubber number plate bung and a screw and the leak was sorted.

I was still confused as to why it had started leaking from that location though so upon getting home looked into it more. It turned out my catch tank was full so pressure had built up and forced oil out of the other hole.

It's now emptied again but it's a Lesson learned - check catch tank more often!

 

[Donny_Dog]

Get one with a level.

 

[cat171]

Nice photo shoot :up:

250 in one of those must be scary as hell! It must be sh*t hot fast too

 

[leeds_182]

Get one with a level.

It has one. I just didn't check it.

 

[Donny_Dog]

I want a rallye

 

[leeds_182]

I want a rallye

Buy that red one!

 

[craigyt]

@Donny_Dog do it! I can take trailer to collect it

 

[leeds_182]

@Donny_Dog do it! I can take trailer to collect it

Yeah baby!

 

[leeds_182]

Confirmed that the car will be in the July / August edition of PFC with Craig's.

Didn't make the cover but I'm still pretty happy. I've been waiting 17 years for a mag feature.

 

[leeds_182]

Nice dry afternoon this afternoon so went out for a spin. I love only using the car occasionally as it always keeps me interested and I don't get chance to get used to the performance.

Anyway, here's a few pictures I took;

 

[josh11490]

Amazing car, genuinely gutted I didn't buy a rallye when I had the chance and got my GTi. Ill own a rallye one day.

 

[Matthew]

Looking good Jim.

 

[leeds_182]

Amazing car, genuinely gutted I didn't buy a rallye when I had the chance and got my GTi. Ill own a rallye one day.

I want a standard one now but they're on the up in terms of price. I saw a standard red tin top around four years ago for £1000 - lovely condition too. Same car now is fetching nearly three times that.

 

[Mr Plums]

I would love a go in this.

 

[GiT]

I'm seriously starting to like these more than the 205 GTi :/

 

[leeds_182]

I would love a go in this.

Anytime you fancy it dude.

 

[leeds_182]

Two drives out in two days;