Rally K10?

[JStone]

I know K10's have been used in (and have won) rallys before and considering there are several small rallys a year in this area...I was wondering what might be involved in turning your bog standard MA10 K10 into something fit for rally. First things that spring to mind is exhaust/inlet manifolds, new carbs, suspension, brakes, go faster stripes and anti-rolls bars (+roll cage?). Anything else that'd help?

 

[frank]

justin

i dont think a k10 would be competitive imo, you,d be up against twincam injected cars, k10,s are nippy coz they are so light, but add a rollcage and other safety gear (scrutineers are pretty strict, if oval racing is anything to go by) and it would lose its edge

 

[JStone]

These are pretty much banger rallys, nothing major. Last years winner of the 1200cc class was a Nova, so I would've though It'd be in with a chance.

 

[Pete]

Best bet is to register and get yourself a blue book, that'll tell you what you need to do to your car for the class your wanting to do. I say go for it, I love the idea of seeing racing K10's out there, once the interior is out there's not a lot of car left so it should be quite fun!

I don't think it'd be that competitive to be honest, that's kind of why Nissan built the March Turbo and the March ST so that they had a competitive rally car and these day's I think a March ST would probably get it's a### handed to it in the 1.6litre classes against the new fiesta ST.

 

[Speedle]

the superturbo's were used for rallying i've got laods of pictures somewhere IIRC Ed has some videos as well.

do a search on youtube sure there are vids of rally micra k10's on there

 

[Pete]

Just had a quick look on youtube and there are a lot of hillclimb vids, the hillclimb class that a K10 would fit into would be the sub 1.4 class so wouldn't they loose out to all the 1.3 16valvers out there?

 

[Speedle]

Just had a quick look on youtube and there are a lot of hillclimb vids, the hillclimb class that a K10 would fit into would be the sub 1.4 class so wouldn't they loose out to all the 1.3 16valvers out there?

not in a superturbo they wouldnt

 

[Pete]

Yeah but an ST would be up against anything up to two litres. Don't forget the ST was designed for the then 1.6 Rally class. So I reckon a pretty good spec Fiesta ST would have it.

Regardless of competitiveness I think you should do it. I'm trying to convince Alex to let me get a K10 which we 'could' use to compete at the local Harwood house hill climb.

 

[curtis]

but isnt 8 value better accleration then the 16v, so in theory the k10 would be quite good for hill climbing???

 

[whipit]

well yeah 8 valves are said to have more torque, plus the old school chassis consist of pretty much nothing and the engines i also very light.

 

[Normski]

dont forget the driver

I think a k10 would stand a chance of being competitive with the right mods, its light,so it has a good power to weight ratio, I think a stripped out k10 with a 5 speed short ratio box and a well tuned fig turbo engine in it and a lightwieght roll cage and front and back strut braces + good suspension to eradicate the roll K10's suffer from and with a skilled driver it should at least compete, especailly on a hill climb - as craig says - weight is bad - so loose it