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| slippy |
Smogsports new ride for 2009Might be getting ahead of ourselves but deposit has been paid and subject to collection next weekend
Engine: Standard 1600 motor with Challenge Spec Kent Cam Gearbox: BE3 Box with Quaife ATB Diff with 4.8 CWP, Competition paddle Clutch, 1.9 Hubs, Shafts, shift etc, Quick Shift and Rose Jointed gear change. Suspension: Bilstein Coilovers front suspenions with Grp A top mounts, Bilstein Rear Shocks, Rear beam has had a full rebuild. General Car: Full FIA Cage, Full weld in seat rails, cobra seats and sabelt harness, Safety Devices electric Extingusher, Hand held, goodridge fuel and brake lines, bias brake valve, fibreglass battery box, full PTS alloy guards, OMP Steering wheel and OMP strunt brace. 
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| Road Rally Dave |
Nice one.
Have the carbs been set up properly ? Might be worth checking to get the max out of it. |
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| slippy |
It's coming 1600 trim so will be carbless 
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| slippy |
The car has to be rollling roaded and then sealed prior to regisrtation so i'll get any tuning issues sorted then but the guy who builds them reckons the motor is, and I quote, "a little honey" | ||
| stevewag |
Can think of a mint forest rally to do in it!
Steve |
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| slippy |
Hmmm which event could that be ?? | ||
| Gav Taylor |
good skills mate looks a little beaut!
whens / whats its debut event? |
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| slippy |
Probably the JF me thinks
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| Gav Taylor |
whoop whoop 
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| sparky2i |
hope we can count on your support mr taylor | ||
| Gav Taylor |
for sure boys i'll give you a hand on the day even its just standing about looking cool 
failling that I'll just come over and steal a bit of your coffee and talk to you making lots of up & down left and right hand gestures so the passer by thinks I'm some sort of set up expert 
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| slippy |
But your not a Smoggie
Looking cool is my job and Funbob has got the pretending to be an expert thing down already, that leaves you with window licker, sorry, cleaner duties |
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| Gav Taylor |
I shall take my 10 years of rally expertise somewhere else then like SWRT or help out Adapta Norway for 09
Good day to you. |
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| slippy |
Best of luck Gavin 'Tea boy' Talyor | ||
| Gav Taylor |
I'm also a dab hand at arranging biscuits as well...a true and complete all rounder son. | ||
| slippy |
Jammie Dodgers of Jaffa Cakes for me and Sparky2i eats Ginger biscuits as apparently the stopping him puking but it didn't work very well on the Pendragon
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| sparky2i |
didn't eat them till after so there | ||
| slippy |
That's why you were the honkey tonk man
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| joe_the_waiter |
give me a shout if you need a hand slips old boy | ||
| slippy |
Will do mate
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| club sec |
Gav there is a 106 rallye for 2500 in MN this week, good little starter car. | ||
| slippy |
Save your breath sec Gaylor is all talk and no walk
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| Gav Taylor |
ha nice one son!
dunno if I'll have a job in 6 months time to be fair! |
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| slippy |
If that's true then sorry to hear that
Might look at hiring my 205 for SV's if you would be interested though I suspect there is probably a lot more to it |
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| Gav Taylor |
nowt certain bro just the way the company is going and when you work in the finance dept you get to see just how skint the company is.
we've already laid off lads at all our sites and even shut our factory in Port talbot until march, keeping on just a skeleton staff. testing times big lad testing times. |
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| joe_the_waiter |
sounds good.... based on the hire charge of a mondeo worth about £14 000 from avis being about £60 per day.... i will hire your Pug for about £30 for use on the Cheviot. If you guys service it... i'll give you all a fiver and a pork pie each and if i do well... buy you all a pint next time i see you in a pub.
i'm just off to check out ebay to find a rally suit.......... |
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| Gav Taylor |
have you looked into insurance? That'll be where the cost is. What if someone bins it do they just hand the keys back, say sorry mate and shoot off home? |
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| slippy |
I hear you mate I would need to look into further, I would only hire to those I trusted to not bend then not mend | ||
| Gav Taylor |
thats everyone from this forum off the list then
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| slippy |
Speaking of testing
Just booked the 4th on Jan at PARKWOOD 4x4 CENTRE for some gravel testing/our kid and my dads christmas present 
Cracking little mile/mile and half loop with a few jump, quick bends, hairpins and a water splash and I have negoitiated rather a tidy price for 10.00am-2.00pm
Couple of pics from last year with my mates Lombard Micra 
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| Gav Taylor |
pukka mate, is it on gravel now like? | ||
| slippy |
Half and half mate
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| Gav Taylor |
half and half? you been out in that smog again son! | ||
| slippy |
Some rounds are tarmac some gravel | ||
| Gav Taylor |
so you have a tarmac and a gravel set up do you? d a p p e r !
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| slippy |
Err sort of
Ride height and tyres is about all you can change |
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| Gav Taylor |
tut tut cutting corners thought you had gravel suspension and seperate tarmac suspension.
I thought you were cool man.... 
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| slippy |
Challenge does not allow such luxuries mate Billies, guards are standard no messing | ||
| Gav Taylor |
level playing field and all that.
can imagine some twat turning up with a 40 foot artic to service from and having a team of 15 servicing for him. |
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| slippy |
That the ethos mate but time will tell | ||
| Gav Taylor |
good word that isnt it "ethos"
will make a point of dropping it in a conversation or email tomorrow at work! ethos
nice. |
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| slippy |
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| sparky2i |
why does that not suprise me that you would go pinching other peoples words to drop them in your conversations | ||
| Gav Taylor |
better than theiving cars like you smoggy c**ts
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| sparky2i |
you got that wrong again  you lot thieve them we strip them
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| Gav Taylor |
deal!! 
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| slippy |
No need for the C word to enter the thread Gavin
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| Gav Taylor |
sorry Vicar, I've sinned so i haaave. | ||
| slippy |
Drove the car for the first time tonight and it's errr... different to the Clio 
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| Gav Taylor |
faster, slower; firmer, wallowier; tighter, looser...... | ||
| slippy |
If the Clio was an Italian Lofer then the Pug is more of a hiking boot
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| Gav Taylor |
what raw power and grunt rather than a fat free all show no go greasy motha fu<ker? | ||
| slippy |
Not really
The Clio was a quick car mate the Pug is more of torquey Gravel car if that makes sense, it feels bomb proof (shouldn't have said that) where is you'd have driven the CLio on Gravel you would have been left sitting on your set hold the wheel with the wind blowing through your hair
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| Gav Taylor |
thats what you want man, solid through and through and a work horse. nee point bits falling off after the odd knock and bang here and there.
So no more being plagued by that driveshaft prob when cutting corners either then! ideal for the zero on the TOH 09
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| slippy |
Aye I have already made my services available
The Clio was a just get in and drive type of car in that it felt predominantly like a road car where as the Pug is going to take some getting used to, No PAS Currently on gravel Tyres Quick Shift box Billies currently set up for gravel so about what feeels like a 1ft high Brakes desperately need bleeding I think it just needs a bit of tweaking and then when I get it on gravel hopefully it will come alive and all make sense I hope
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| Gav Taylor |
is that an allegiance to gravel events rather than tarmac is it? | ||
| slippy |
Halfey halfs like I said before but at the moment there is no link bar connected, no strut brace, no tarmac stickeys and the ride height is about 12ft | ||
| Gav Taylor |
= big air in the forest and a half page pic in MN! campus hero
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| club sec |
It was the same when I drove the 106 for the first time, it was and still is completely different to any road car I have ever driven. | ||
| Road Rally Dave |
Gravel tyres do "move" about on tarmac, especially if tread not worn very much & you will feel it more with no PAS. It is a different "feel" from road tyres / treaded slicks. You will get used to it. |
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| slippy |
Cheers chaps lets hope she comes alive on the rough stuff | ||
| slippy |
Well the car did not disapoint, bar a few teething trouble and a nick in the rear brake line which unfortuantely ended the day a little bit early I can honsetly say the car goes, handles and stops far better than I expected it to
Couple of pics from the day 
Big thank you to Funbob and Sparky2i for there assistance, Bring on the challenge
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| Gav Taylor |
cracking mate you gonna sticker it up like cant leave it plain orange! | ||
| slippy |
She'll be stickered up mate no worries, might get a local airtist to do a headshot of Gaylor on the bonnet
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| Gav Taylor |
ha quality mate! You'll certainly get some inquisitive birds coming over in the service park like.
whos the sponsors like? |
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| slippy |
De Fleet Services the lad who lends us his van for servicing/towing etc, oh and bolts the car back together FOC when I bend it
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| Gav Taylor |
good mates to have captain!! | ||
| slippy |
To right mate we have been very fortunate he even lets us use his work shop if we are doing anything major which helps massively | ||
| Gav Taylor |
nectar! | ||
| Road Rally Dave |
What is your first event planned for the 205 - will it be a championship round ? | ||
| slippy |
Not sure quite fancy a crack at the Riponian but will have to see what January's pay brings as it aint cheap, the Challenge has a test day scheduled at Sweet Lamb which should be good as we get tuition thrown
Not that I need like
Today was god craic and was a good oppurtunity to see what needs addressing prior to a 'proper' event |
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| Gav Taylor |
long way to go for a test that isnt it? | ||
| slippy |
It's a chance to rip round Sweet Lamb, get tuition and all for circa £150
That sir will do me
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| Gav Taylor |
suppose you wont need to get a 3.5 ton mobile home towed back from there either!!
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| slippy |
Lets hope not mate
Cant wait now I can tell you
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| Gav Taylor |
get stuck in lad and dont follow Hirvo's line
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| slippy |
Hirvo doesn't dare take Slippy's line son
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| Gav Taylor |
that sounds like like a short lived outing for the old girl before a rebuild
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| slippy |
This year is going to see a new more mature Slippy behind the wheel treating the car and enviroment around him with more respect
As a wise man once said to finish first you first you have to finish |
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| Gav Taylor |
you'll be chaining yourself to trees next captain.
I would use this first season as a warm up. similar to getting into a hot bath, then next season when the water is over ya balls so to speak you can go for it.
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| slippy |
That is the plan mate and I WILL be doing my best to stick to it | ||
| Gav Taylor |
until the adrenaline kicks in on a long straight
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| slippy |
Thats exactly what I need to avoid mate, what's the point of driving on the limit when I don't have to I can look at other peoples times and drive accordingly | ||
| Gav Taylor |
tactics mate, some would frown on it but as you say to finish first, first you must finish.
DNF's dont score you points esp in a new car that your still breaking in
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| slippy |
Don't get me wrong mate I will still be trying but I will not be going bonkers like I have in the past | ||
| Gav Taylor |
f**king hell mate, slippy 30 going on 50
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| slippy |
Just winding you up mate I'm going to grab it by the bollocks and kick it's fucking head in from the word go
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| Gav Taylor |
can take the man out of Teesside.....
enjoy mate..simple as bro |
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| slippy |
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| Road Rally Dave |
Sounds like a deal, especially with some tuition on gravel. |
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| slippy |
Another selling point of the Challenge
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| club sec |
2009 another year on the sidelines for Taylor
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| slippy |
Certainly looks that way the tranny
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| club sec |
I know and with so many bargain cars around at the mo too there is no excuse, and just think of the money saved by not going to Ireland that could be diverted into a little project. | ||
| slippy |
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| Gav Taylor |
just a bit of employment uncertainty. I no I no excuses excuses
In an ideal world I would get made rundundamt and walk into a new job straight after, using my pay off to fund a blast in the 205 champo and show slippy up.
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| club sec |
Grow some will you Gaylor, I work for GM you don't get closer to the brink than that............except Woolworths
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| slippy |
Yeh Gaylor strap on a pair sonny
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| Gav Taylor |
what a multinational that'll get baled out by the governments? pull the other one Peacock. |
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| club sec |
Poss | ||