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**SingleMan** · 10-12-2011, 04:02 AM

Timewerx, having rallied some years ago both EP71 & EP81 Starlets I can answer some questions for you.

But first I should say that the activity you describe that you are involved in presently appears to be the use of public country roads for private practice. Regardless of how careful you believe you are being, this practice is fraught with some danger and is, quite frankly, irresponsible. My suggestion is that you join a car club immediately and get your kicks in organised controlled motorsport.

The suitability of any car will depend on your aspirations going forward in the sport. Of the many rally cars I've owned, the EP71 was possibly the most fun when in relatively standard trim. However whilst we picked up the occasional award with this car, a 1300cc car requires signification modification, at significant cost, to be truly competitive.
As a consequence the small car class (0~1300cc) in most NZ rally series is either no longer running or about to be as the cost of preparing a car outweighs the benefit. So I wouldn't recommend that you build any 1300cc car for rallying and look instead at an existing car in the larger categories.
That said, rallying is an individual sport where people use whatever car they do for a variety of reasons.

The Starlet rear beam axle requires a little negative camber to counter the looseness you've described. About 1 ~ 1.5 degrees from memory. As there's no 'adjustment' available the only way to effect this is to bend it. You don't need to be too scientific about this. We found supporting it on two axle stands and dropping a forklift boom onto it was most effective.

There's no easy answer to your question about tyres. It comes down to a compromise between usage and budget.

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SingleMan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Timewerx, having rallied some years ago both EP71 & EP81 Starlets I can answer some questions for you. But first I should say that the activity you describe that you are involved in presently appears to be the use of public country roads for private practice. Regardless of how careful you believe you are being, this practice is fraught with some danger and is, quite frankly, irresponsible. My suggestion is that you join a car club immediately and get your kicks in organised controlled motorsport. The suitability of any car will depend on your aspirations going forward in the sport. Of the many rally cars I've owned, the EP71 was possibly the most fun when in relatively standard trim. However whilst we picked up the occasional award with this car, a 1300cc car requires signification modification, at significant cost, to be truly competitive. As a consequence the small car class (0~1300cc) in most NZ rally series is either no longer running or about to be as the cost of preparing a car outweighs the benefit. So I wouldn't recommend that you build any 1300cc car for rallying and look instead at an existing car in the larger categories. That said, rallying is an individual sport where people use whatever car they do for a variety of reasons. The Starlet rear beam axle requires a little negative camber to counter the looseness you've described. About 1 ~ 1.5 degrees from memory. As there's no 'adjustment' available the only way to effect this is to bend it. You don't need to be too scientific about this. We found supporting it on two axle stands and dropping a forklift boom onto it was most effective. There's no easy answer to your question about tyres. It comes down to a compromise between usage and budget.
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