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Printsport is building DS 3 R5 and they have Fiesta R5 for rent (+ 2 Fiesta S2000)
PSR DS3 R5 is for Jussi Vainionpää, just announced. It will be ready for the summer season. PSR will also build another one for Kruuda.
The DS which they build now is for Kruuda, ready in begin of january.
Second DS is for Vainionpää.
208 T16 R5 comfirmed for Salo.
The Finnish Rally Championship will be televised next year on YLE channels. The 30-minute broadcasts and some extra content will also be shown in YLE Areena internet service, but no idea if those will be visible outside of Finland. In any case, this is a very good move, since previously the championship was shown on a pay-channel MTV Max.
Hej guys, any of you guys know any F-cup boys using BMW E36 car? Locally because of the great videos of Grupp F action, sevaral guys have built some E36 and now we have some failures I want to ask some of your guys if they have same kind of fauilure and what they are doing to fix it...
Any suggestions how to get in touch... English or Swedish is fine, (yeah year I know but what can I say? except viiiituuun!)
Basically everyone knows someone driving an E36. It's so common nowadays. You can post your questions of the failures here. I'm pretty sure someone can help. For example my brother is building his third E36 at the moment and I'll be co-driving the Arctic rally in an E36 before the driver finishes building an E82 for group F.Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
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Originally Posted by Susiraja
Thanks..
OK with the E35 with what they call their fancy "multi-link" the lower shock mount has done this a couple of times:
http://i.imgur.com/FVj5K.jpg
As you see that is cast iron---gjut järn kielellä Ruotsi or valurauta I think for you..
Naturally this is annoying and make SS times suffer..
Thing is we know very well what F-cup is like and we know you guys all are mental cases and maybe rally is cheaper than locking you guys in a rubber room, but the fact is you guys drive not just faster but much harder than we do here....
So if guys are breaking the mount and the boys with BMW like to spend money so they have Proflex or similar very expensive suspension we are wondering what all the guys there are doing when they are trying --in vain---to beat that guy in the good car...what's his name--what is that car? Oh yeah this guy
http://www.valokuu.com/2013/images/k...antsala002.jpg
Now personally I think the solution is clear...Get a nice car like Jaska has, no more cast iron mounts to break...
But these guys are stubborn so we need to find a solution other than buying a nice car...
Do you know if guys are constantly breaking that damn mount, or do they use a "upp-svetsade' (sorry only speak one of your country's official languages, the easy one) or fabricated arm?
I would really appreciate some brilliant insight..
Actually any insight would be good.
I'm not sure if this is a very common problem here in Finland. If I'm not mistaking the mount breaks because the suspension is bottoming out. The easiest solution is buying a proper suspension. Also helps with the stage times since it's the most important part of the car to really work. A cheaper option would be trying to strengthen the mount by welding it, but I'm not sure how much that would help.Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
JV, there are a few guys here in NZ who weld up custom parts.
http://racefab.co.nz/ These guys have welded a few parts for Paddon, Mason etc. The BMWs are used in Targa, Circuit Racing here so there should be cars to measure.
The other solution might be this guy to design a new BMW part https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kayne...81083371919997
and this guy 10 miles down the road to weld it http://www.racecarfab.com/
Thanks for the thought...Problem is I make a lot of rally parts myself and I don't want to speculate myself, so what I was hoping for is some piccies or examples eventually, but FIRST answers from more than one to the question "Are guys using the cast iron junk on the E36 multi-link and are they breaking off the shock mounts?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
Then I hope to see specific examples of what Finns may have done to patch the stuff up so it holds...
Specific ideas for E36 multilink junk for high speed and very aggressive drivers...
Kayne Barrie - BMW V12 on gravel - in car - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9hDOlSEOkw The car has been rallied on rougher forest roads than these smooth country roads.
What has a look through the aftermarket BMW parts bin shown?
http://www.turnermotorsport.com/BMW-...nd-mounts.aspx
http://www.turnermotorsport.com/BMW-...ment-kits.aspx (BMW fixing)
Local cars here tend to focus on the shock absorbers - (Australia) MCA, Pedders (European - KW, Ohlins)
http://kw-suspension.com/pdf/kw_quic...sh_noprice.pdf
http://www.shop4race.com/en/cars/sus...ars-rally.html
Even the basic production cars for the Nurburgring 24 hours can have the expensive 4 way suspensions.
Michal Solowow entered Arctic Rally in a Ford Fiesta. Maybe it's a pre-Sweden test.
for Shaymiev (Fiesta R5) and Kruuda (DS 3 R5) it will be.Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
So, no Sweden for Solowow? So, why Arctic? :)
Solowow has entered to Rally Sweden with a WRC Fiesta.
So nice looking at Salos Peugeot R5 build up!
Local driver Kari Mäkelä has entered to Arctic Rally with an Aston Martin V8! That will be very interesting. Also notable is former F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen in MM-Motorsport's Fiesta R5. In total of 146 entrants are in the entry list
Edit: I found some info of the Mäkelä's Aston Martin. Here:http://www.mat.fi/gallery/85
I don't know how good driver Mäkelä is, but his garage is definetly worth looking, some really nice cars there. :)
Aston on Arctic? Hard to even imagine...
Two years ago he drove with a Ferrari 308 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
And how was it? Any photo/video? :)
http://brunosblog.sporttimobiili.com...1/BRK_0414.jpg There's one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Unfortunately he went of on the horse race track super special. Always nice that he brings exotic cars to the start line. Last year he was driving a 206 wrc which you don't see anymore in the Finnish championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
http://brunosblog.sporttimobiili.com...rrari-0004.jpg
entrylist for ArcticRally 23-24.1
http://www.arcticrally.fi/images/pdf...stujalista.pdf
(top names numbers 18-25)
The Finnish championship held a media day today. I was present there; few notes: as known, six events (3 winter/3 summer). Classes slightly amended, e.g. now R-GT is accepted. Also new rule concerning tyre/light fitting zones: they can now be along the route and doesn't require return to service park. This helps organizers to possibly expand rally routes.
Here is my video from the day, Kruuda's interview (in English) starts at 5:25!
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=775207082528940
Juha Salo telling in the interview that the original plan to get the 208 R5 for Arctic didn't quite succeed, but they will get it ready soon. He believes that R5 will suit him well, better than S2000. Salo has been busy with the R5 project and doesn't know yet will he compete in NORF. But he is interested in competing abroad, especially in some ERC events, but everything depends on the budget. Currently the main focus is to get the R5 to run well in FRC and to win rallies.
The best rally championship in world, F-Cup, has it's 2015 series first rally "Jari-Pekka rally" this weekend on Hartola-Sysmä area, quite near to Lahti. All international spectators are welcome!
More info in finnish: http://heinolanua.fi/wb/
What makes the F-Cup the best rally championship in the world? How many different championships you have been watching around the world? I'm just curious.
You only have to watch on Youtube to understand what he means.Quote:
Originally Posted by giù tutto!
I've seen many of those events from very close, no need to watch Youtube. I just like to hear from Japé what makes the difference comparing to the other championships in the world.
Ok then, you should know by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by giù tutto!
The most illegal recce championship in the world, maybe? I prefer events with real pace notes, more fair for everyone.
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Originally Posted by giù tutto!
Well it is a far way away, and with all the snow and wolves and hungry angry moose, a scary place and the women,, now that I know about but the F-cup I just watch, and i spread the word. You could call me John the Baptists bringing the word of F-cup to the blind in the wilderness.
But a wery vise-guy said it maybe better:That's the key I think...and not just because I have 2wd rally car which I do, but also I have one old Group N & 1/2 4x4 car, but it is getting un-4x4-ised...Quote:
The idea is to cut the costs. Turbo and 4wd is ideal for the performance, but it’s like a Pandora’s box also. It will always be expensive, if we are thinking about the amount of rallies and km which are driven in the world rally championship. It’s not a rocket science to build fast 4wd turbo car and drive rallycross, hillclimb or small rallies for a hobby.
Lot of average drivers have been champions at the national level only because they have had enough money to buy good 4wd turbo car. In the 2wd field it’s not so easy, no matter how much money you have, cause there are plenty of very skilful drivers.
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Originally Posted by giù tutto!
Fine, enter events with pace notes...
Some people need crutches.
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Originally Posted by samWRC
Why no Juha Salo on the entrylist yet :confused:
#22 with Evo IX.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Peugeot should be on next round
Test Salo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jUhwMa2-9ZA
How about a report from first round of F-cup in Heinola today?
Thanks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RICARDO75
As you noticed I'm not against group F or 2wd cars. I just don't get it, how on earth F-cup is the best championship in the world. Many countries have national homologated 2wd cars which are VERY spectacular and the level of skills is high. If the F-cup would be driven with normal pace note regulations, then it could be awesome. When there is corners like they have had where 20 to 40 cars went off is it cost-effective or cheap for a normal working class driver? With the pace notes you can decide by yourself, which corner you want to crash your car, it's not decision by the marking mistake of marshals or the spectators which have prepared the corners also to see more crashes.Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa