World Rally Cars
Flamez - 19/11/10 at 07:50 AM
Do wrc cars need iva to go on the road between stages? They all carry number plates etc.
AndyW - 19/11/10 at 08:34 AM
i thought they all were converted from standard production cars so really they are only converted or modified
alistairolsen - 19/11/10 at 08:47 AM
very modified. I suspect the cage, seat bars, engine and box mount changes not to mention conversion to AWD probably counts for the "altered
monocoque" rule and a compulsory Q
loggyboy - 19/11/10 at 09:12 AM
No they are registered road cars.
Obviously some are on foreign regs.
Technical regulations mandate that World Rally Cars must be built upon a production car with a minimum production run of 2500 units. A number of
modifications may be made to the car, including but not limited to:
Engine with displacement of no more than 2.0 litres
Turbocharger with Anti-Lag System
Four wheel drive
Sequential gearbox
Aerodynamic parts
Weight reduction to a minimum weight of 1230 kg
Chassis strengthening for greater rigidity and safety enhancement (rollcage)
[Edited on 19/11/10 by loggyboy]
MikeCapon - 19/11/10 at 09:16 AM
The factory teams sort of ignore a lot of rules and regs of this sort. They often have four or five sets of plates and papers for dozens of cars.
I once saw in a service area, the rally car and the management car (same model but a standard road car) carrying the same plates. That's what
happens when you don't pay attention. Once it was spotted they took a bit of care to park them well away from each other.
silky16v - 19/11/10 at 10:18 AM
i have a mavelous job as i work in the ground of Msport HQ at Dovenby in cockermouth
Brand new road registered cars come in....... not long after rally car come out wearing the same plates 
carpmart - 19/11/10 at 10:33 AM
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Originally posted by silky16v
i have a mavelous job as i work in the ground of Msport HQ at Dovenby in cockermouth
Brand new road registered cars come in....... not long after rally car come out wearing the same plates
Cloning operation!
Is it under the railway arches! 
Richard Quinn - 19/11/10 at 11:46 AM
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Originally posted by carpmart
quote:
Originally posted by silky16v
i have a mavelous job as i work in the ground of Msport HQ at Dovenby in cockermouth
Brand new road registered cars come in....... not long after rally car come out wearing the same plates
Cloning operation!
Is it under the railway arches!
Nope, it's in a really nice area (went to visit a company on the same site a few years back) and it's a pretty good road to get to it too 
silky16v - 19/11/10 at 01:47 PM
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Originally posted by carpmart
quote:
Originally posted by silky16v
i have a mavelous job as i work in the ground of Msport HQ at Dovenby in cockermouth
Brand new road registered cars come in....... not long after rally car come out wearing the same plates
Cloning operation!
Is it under the railway arches!
no cloning it's the same car just built as a rally car
The Msport site is lovely , Mikko Hirvonen Focus was outside this morning ticking over awaiting to be washed down before going into the work shop
silky16v - 19/11/10 at 01:48 PM
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Originally posted by Richard Quinn
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Originally posted by carpmart
quote:
Originally posted by silky16v
i have a mavelous job as i work in the ground of Msport HQ at Dovenby in cockermouth
Brand new road registered cars come in....... not long after rally car come out wearing the same plates
Cloning operation!
Is it under the railway arches!
Nope, it's in a really nice area (went to visit a company on the same site a few years back) and it's a pretty good road to get to it too
which company was that?
Richard Quinn - 19/11/10 at 02:02 PM
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Originally posted by silky16v
which company was that?
I can't remember to be honest. They were involved in windfarms and wind energy. I spent most of the time staring out of the window at a WRC Focus
outside the workshops.
loggyboy - 19/11/10 at 02:54 PM
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Originally posted by silky16v
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Originally posted by carpmart
Cloning operation!
Is it under the railway arches!
no cloning it's the same car just built as a rally car
The Msport site is lovely , Mikko Hirvonen Focus was outside this morning ticking over awaiting to be washed down before going into the work shop
I think it was the way you said that the car rolls in and the rally car rolls out, as in they had the rally car already prior to recieving the factory
car.