Oldtimers rallycar - Datsun 1500 Pickup (620) 1979

[norcal werkz]

Looking good

[Aibast]

got the throttle cable made, now I need to get a longer cable and tube for the choke. Looking for Lada airfilter box, as the original Nikki one need to much moding to make it work. If I cant find the need one I'll make an open element temp box.

[wayno]

got the throttle cable made, now I need to get a longer cable and tube for the choke. Looking for Lada airfilter box, as the original Nikki one need to much moding to make it work. If I cant find the need one I'll make an open element temp box.

 

I do believe you will figure something out, good work on the throttle cable.

[Aibast]

readjusted the timing also - this time like it was supposed to. I think I can finish today with the thing and go for testdrive. Then to carb specialist for adjustment. Turned the throttle cable grommet on the firewass to direct the cable to the driver side fender. And after that a slight bent to carb.

[Aibast]

Got the things done yesterday - simple sandwitch type airclaner solution. And bicycle brake cable moded to choce cable.

It runds and drives, still needs adjustment. But it is way better than before.

[Aibast]

found Lada adjustment manual - made in USSR always came with all the manuals as there wheren't any mechanics doing the job, you had to to things yourself. Adjusted the carb a bit, I'll see how it runs now in the evening when I go home from work. 

[Aibast]

Next rally is in less then 2 weeks. Still need a sumpguard and mudflaps.

http://forum.automoto.ee/showthread.php?tid=44189

 

This time it is at Hiiumaa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiumaa

[Aibast]

got it running better after 3rd adjustment. I need a CO meter and tachometer to fully adjust it. I'll do it @ MOT.

[Aibast]

here are some pics from last years rally:

http://album.ee/album/95341/50309367

 

 

the roads are more or less the same as in this pic

 

 

last years racer

 

used this one to get some more drinks, owner had some beers so needed a sober driver

[Aibast]

didn't have time to make the mudflaps and sumpguard. Starting to go on the ferry today. I'll take a lot of pics, if I can.

[FlyinPat]

Good luck!

[Aibast]

We started on friday with a 100km trip to ferry port to get to Hiiumaa island. All packed up and ready to go.

 

me driving

 

my friend sleeping

 

Arrived to Hiiumaa and drove to town Kärdla to get something to eat.

 

After that to nearby camping site

 

then some sleep in the tent to get a proper rest.

[Aibast]

Next morning...camp site 

 

went to starting place and changed the self made airfilter box to a one that first the LADA carb.

 

waiting in line for my start time

 

some other drivers

 

the starting line

 

some pics from different checkpoints

 

this is a bit more special. the blue Volvo is the worlds only surviving Volvo 243 - a 3 door sedan. 1 door on the driver side, 2 doors on the passanger side.

http://forums.motivemag.com/showthread.php?4234641/page1

 

Some ladies took part with bicycles

 

old fishing boat

 

after the finish gathering

 

 

after that a one-line drive (43 cars) to the restarea for a afterparty.

[Aibast]

as my friend wakes 6:00 and I wake 7:00 on the workday, we didn't have much to do in the morning, so of to the ferryport to get back to the mainland. We wher first ones there waiting for the days first ferryrun. The run is 23km - 1hour and 15 minutes.

 

pic with a ferry

 

saling to mainland

 

one other partisipant with his 79 Corolla

 

Now to the truck - well the whole trip was 600km and it used up 60L of fuel, so 10L/100km, thats not bad. Befor it was 14L/100km. Now to get the carb adjusted. Only problem was a fueltank leak over half tank full. So 20L to the tank + 40L in two canisters. Nothing broke, so I'm happy. Hope to get the final result soon. We where not in the top 3, but still a lot of fun.

[banzai510(hainz)]

 Only problem was a fueltank leak over half tank full?

 

I had a Fiat in Germany that did this. Rusty gas tank had a hole in it.

 

 

nice photos.

I seen a old motor cycle in the back on one of those photos. Looks like a 2 stroke? German?

[wayno]

At the start of your adventure, I was beginning to think you were the only one there, but finally others appeared in your photos.

What type of event is it you participated in?

It doesn't seem to be a traditional type race that I am used to.

[Aibast]

It is more or less the most classic type of rally - Time-Speed-Distance with a roadbook. Also you have to solve a crossword puzzle on the way - the anwsers you can only find in checkpoints where you have to arrive to the minute. Minute to early you get -10 points minute to late -3 points. All you get in the start is distance of one leg of the journey and average speed. No idea what kind of roads there are and so on. It can be hardtop, or gravel, or mud. No one knows. So if you mess up in some places you have to go faster in another place. There are also special times stages. These can be modern rally type fastest wins or auto-X type. This time it was forvard slalom - very tight- reversing to sertain spot and back again strough a slalom. But I mean it was cm of clearance and this truck need a lot of wheeling to turn tightly and fast.

 

It is not as you but a Rally, but its the cheapest way to have some motoring fun. And the cars do take a beating. Some usualy lose mufflers, brake some suspention parts and so on. I also needed to but back one headlamp connector as the battery vibrated loose and took it of the lamp. That was easy fix.

 

The roads that these events in here use are realy sideroads that people seldom use. It was gravel most of the time - to bad I didn't have a camera onboard. But it has some cool curvy hardtop roads. I could have had a chance to show you the cool roads we use at 70 - 90km/h to stay on time.  

 

Ahaaa, thank god for streetview  :thumbup:

 

this was one road we used

http://goo.gl/maps/4LtO4

 

lots of sliding in this one

http://goo.gl/maps/u8PAB

 

these type of road are lots of fun to:

http://goo.gl/maps/APULw

 

hardtop

http://goo.gl/maps/Xr7VC

 

this is what the roadbook usualy looks like

[wayno]

Most the roads you just sent photos of would either be private roads that went nowhere over here, a forest service road that has locked gates with no access, and everything would have some kind of speed limit, so if you got behind, there would be no chance of catching up.

Almost everything over here is paved, people don't know how to drive on anything else.

[Aibast]

in here only 20% of roads are paved. All else are gravel or just plain sand/dirt. So we learn to drive on bad roads and in bad conditions. These roads are more or less ok to drive on @ speed. If you don't over do it above your or cars abilities, then its ok. But catching up sometimes is realy impossible. Max we have ever been late to a checkpoint was 34 minutes. We drove 14km to a wrong place. Then back again to get on a right track. The worst road we have been on was 14km long forrest road that took 1h and 20 minutes to drive. Just sand, mud, logs, treestumps and rocks. More or less off-roaders track.

Here are some pics of where I've been with my R.

 

 

 

 

You should take part in one of these events over there. They are loads of fun or just organize one yourself to others ratsuners. Do it one time and you are hooked.

Setting one up does need time. You have to drive the corse yourself for 3-4 times, to makes sure, that everything is ok. Get some tricky checkpoints and let them drive. The event doesn't need to be on bad roads. They can be on good ones to, but use roads that most people don't drive every day.

[its_karl]

Estonia seems like heaven to me.

[wayno]

All our roads that look like that(have trees) are now gated in the pacific NW(WA/OR), you can walk them, or ride a bicycle, but some you need a wilderness pass, or they will take your bicycles front wheel from you.

Sounds like a nice place to live, kinda like when I didn't need to lock my front door when I left the house over here in the 1960/70s.

Only drawback, is you hardly have any Datsuns.  :lol:

[Aibast]

But we do have proper roads in here also :D Just these aren't so interesting to drive on

And we do need to lock our doors. At least in the more densly populated areas. We do have our set of problems also, like in every place on this planet.

 

Here is a Wiki link for the event type - + we have to solve some puzzle on the way and we don't get route information ahead of start.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regularity_rally

[wayno]

I now understand what it is, I actually like it, but I suspect that anything like that over here would still be to expensive,  to keep unwanted types out of their community.

[Aibast]

this time the cost was 25€ for the event fee, 4€ for camping, 85€ in fuel.

[wayno]

this time the cost was 25€ for the event fee, 4€ for camping, 85€ in fuel.

These numbers don't mean much to me, but as I see it, you payed more for fuel that what it cost to enter the event,

I just read the rules for this type of racing over here, they have put in rules that expect you to have all this stuff to just enter your car or truck, they say you can basically use a car you drive to work, and then they say you have to have a roll bar, special shocks, special seatbelts, ect, ect.

The actual entry fee is not that much, but all the rules keep the unwanted type away/out.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=regularity%20rally%20usa&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CEYQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniarallyseries.com%2F&ei=qKm_UYj0AqOKjAK57YCABg&usg=AFQjCNFHUGU0pQyJnIKGtzb7lCTAB_Bs4Q

Your truck doesn't look like, nor did it sound like you put this type of money into it to race these rallies, as I said before, it's all commercial over here, it's not about the fun anymore.