MG ZR Rally Car Build

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Anyway. Here's what it looked like as standard 6 months ago...




Then i ran the car for a few months, adding bits as i could afford. I bought a full Tony Law competition de-cat exhaust and tubular manifold. I had the head ported, added the bigger inlet manifold from the 1.8 ZR and then fitted a carbon airbox.



The i finally took the plunge and started with the stripping process. I kind of had to keep the car relatively mobile, so didint bother with removing engine... Plus yellow is a good colour for a rally car and it was mint enough to keep the original paint..!!









Say Bye Bye!

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Then it was away to our friends garage for the cage putting in. Safety Devices Multi Point Weld in.






Then was paint. Here i had a dilemma! As the outside paint didn't need painting, i was reluctant to start spraying the inside and getting overspray everywhere.... I decided to brush it with a synthetic car paint. When i've competed in the past, the floors have always got scratched from driver/navigator getting in and out - at least i can touch it up with the brush paint...






Then it was time to sort the dash and start putting seats in etc. Unfortunately i havn't got a pic of the seats. Hybrid Carbon Motordrive jobbies. They weigh absolutely FA!






Then we went to Scarborough for a little photo whoring session. My friend is a learning photograher, so was keen to take pics! Love these pics

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What type of events are you looking at doing? I see you have moved away from Grp N spec so some club single venue stuff?

Just interested too in what suspension you have gone for. It makes a critcal difference on the ZR as its one of its biggesst assets when you get it right. Certainly spring wise Eibach DRS progressive set up all round makes a massive difference of a regular linear spring. Strutwise 3 or 4 way adjustable units are again the thing you want to aim for, we are testing some new AVO 4 ways, plus developing some improvements to the topmount arrangements, both a GRP N suitable one and a revised GRP A style with spherical bearing.

We are also developing an adjustable camber TCA set up for a customer with a very rapid 160 that will sort lack of camber issues for serious asphalt use.

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DeMoNPauL said:

Very nice there mate.

Where are you in yorks?

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I'm from Colton mate, Leeds.

billbo said:

Are you taking weight saving tips from him Dave??:lol:
Some serious dieting gone on there. Looks great.

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Lol. Dave with the grey ZS? If so then yes!

Rally Matt said:

What type of events are you looking at doing? I see you have moved away from Grp N spec so some club single venue stuff?

Just interested too in what suspension you have gone for. It makes a critcal difference on the ZR as its one of its biggesst assets when you get it right. Certainly spring wise Eibach DRS progressive set up all round makes a massive difference of a regular linear spring. Strutwise 3 or 4 way adjustable units are again the thing you want to aim for, we are testing some new AVO 4 ways, plus developing some improvements to the topmount arrangements, both a GRP N suitable one and a revised GRP A style with spherical bearing.

We are also developing an adjustable camber TCA set up for a customer with a very rapid 160 that will sort lack of camber issues for serious asphalt use.

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Thanks for your reply Matt. Yes i'm staying away from group N. I just want a competitive tarmac car that i can do selected BRC round and Mull each year along with one or two single venues. At the moment i'm not in a position to compete in a regular championship... I'm currently gathering parts together to go V-TEC. Going for the EK9 Civic type R 1600 engine and then look at a gear kit to suit once it's in..

Suspension wise is tricky. We have had some dealings with Leda recently and wern't impressed. However i was thinking of using the GAZ GOLD competition tarmac kit. They are competitively priced and also had some very good reports from them.... However i'm all ears to other options and competitive prices you may know of Matt...

Cheers for all the comments peeps. I'll update the thread in the next couple of weeks with progress.