Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione

Adding SMG to your signature Jim?

 

Jim,

If you're interested in building a second home somewhere overseas, you might want to consider Malaysia.

A big advantage is that you could basically use P4/5 C as a fully street legal road car here with very few, if any, modifications. We have very lax laws and legislation regarding road legality of cars here.

I could, for instance, take even a top-flight fully race-spec Aston Martin Racing DBR9 GT1 or Corvette C6.R (for example) and register it as a road car here, so long as the wipers, lights, and brakes are in proper working order. It'd be almost like using a Porsche 917K or 962 LM as a road car like some have been known to do in the past.

And the same would be true for P4/5 C. Here, you wouldn't need to re-install the F430 Scuderia engine, gearbox or other parts, as everything from the F430 GT2 would be allowed on the public road. It's possible, in essence, to drive P4/5 C straight from the Nurburgring onto a plane, fly it here, drive it off again to the local transport authorities, and have it fully registered and licensed as a road legal car in Malaysia, all within a couple of days. You will need the A/C to deal with the incredibly high levels of heat and humidity in this corner of South-East Asia though.

 

I believe Jim has all that worked out already hence the license plate.
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Jim,

As always, fascinating and compelling.

A question:
The soundtrack from the shake-down displays a vibration in the exhaust note after up-shifts, for about half a second or so. I would expect that the engine/trans are mounted solidly in a competition car, so where does this come from? I'd imagine this puts quite a bit of stress on the drivetrain leading to premature wear and tear.

 

Jim,

Pardon my disability to express myself in English properly, it's not my mother tongue.

What I meant was rather ondulation, like a drive/overrun/drive/overrun ondulation that lasts half a second if that. In road cars that is normally attributed to soft engine/drivetrain mounts or transmission wind-up, under very hard accelleration engine tuning and the ability to adapt fast to the brisk changes might be a factor. It appears to me that this could be smoother, and I imagine it costs time as well, but maybe the feeling when driving says otherwise.
If it is unclear what I mean, I'll try and cut an example out of the footage.

 

will a window be installed in the rear for street driving or are you keeping the full carbon shell? can you see out of that at all or just through the side mirrors

 

I'll vouch for that; Haglofs gear is fantastic.

 

Hello not sure, read there are cameras for the rear with a video monitor on the dash somewhere.

 

Will there be a mechanism for the driver to clean the rear camera glass as he goes around? I imagine that could get pretty obscured in the event of rain and/or cars kicking up dirt dipping wheels off the track.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

There's actually a motor operated film covering the lens, advanced upon preset time intervals....I think that's how it's done???

 

Andrew's just looking for a job as riding mechanic

 

I could lash myself to the rear spoiler so I could use a cotton swab and a bottle of rubbing alcohol to keep the lens clean as it pounds around the track. As long as the driver wouldn't mind the incessant terrified screaming, I'm sure that would work out just fine...

All the best,
Andrew.

 

It would be utter joy you'd be screaming from.
A belated happy Burns Day.

 

Risked my life driving the (modern) 8C

Pete

 

Jim, is the final pic a pre-assembly pic or is that a spare chassis?

 

Appears to be a mock-up of the rollcage only. The frame it is attached to is just square steel stock.

>8^)
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