Has anyone got a car for trackdays? I used to track my 360 often but due to the maintenance and potential repair costs in case of a crash, I bought a westfield XTR2 to drive on tracks. The fully comp insurance was increadibly cheap at £330 inccluding 5,000 annual miles, breakdown cover and unlimited trackdays (excess £2,000). Mass Image Unavailable, Please Login
My trackday baby.....faster than most people would think Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Erm....gonna seem a proper anorak but this is a copy of my Classic car insurance valuation statement...no taking the pi$$ people ay Engine/ Drivetrain Full engine out rebuild by John Toovey Road & Race, finally raising power from 150bhp to 227bhp, 196ft/lb torque.MSD ignition system. Pipercross air filter, works exhaust manifold, one off Tony Law exhaust system, heavy duty clutch, new gearbox seals, fully rebuilt welded and braced rear axle with heavy alloy brace, 4.1 ratio diff with TranX plate LSD. Body Garaged for 16 years, so no rot whatsoever apart from two front wings ( bubbling on top of both so replaced with new ones). Car took right back to bare metal by F.allen & Son, primed and undersealed as appropriate. Repainted with modern paints and genuine stripes (courtesy of SLOC) applied by Fellows Signs and Graphics. Underbonnet has been left original with all original stickers etc. as underbonnet condition was so good.. Electric steel sliding sunroof believed to be fitted by Avon Coachworks at Warwick from new (Avon subsequently were commissioned by Talbot to trim a limited number of Sunbeam Lotus at the end of their production). Believed to be one of only 3 cars with a factory sunroof. Interior Totally unmarked interior believed to have been re-trimmed by Avon from new in black velour in normal Avon style. Avon centre console. Seats replaced with OMP reclining race seats (unmarked originals kept) with Sparco harnesses. OMP suede steering wheel and original Talbot over mats (carpets completely unworn). Suspension/ Brakes Every single suspension bush replaced with superflex poly bushes, every suspension component shotblast and painted by F.Allen & Son. AVO adjustable rear shocks with 240lb springs, Bilstein Coilover front strut conversion, with 200lb springs C/W ride height adjusters, rose jointed concentric alloy suspension top mounts, Sparco adjustable strut brace welded to works flitch brackets. Negative camber engine crossmember.Rear disc conversion (originally drums), AP Lockheed (princess) four pot callipers on larger diameter vented discs on front. Goodrich stainless steel braided hoses throughout with Ferodo fast road DP3000 brake pads, Wilwood residual pressure valve. Miscellaneous Competition oil cooler, competition large alloy rad, MOCAL alloy catch tank, uprated starter motor, brand new alternator, works replica steering quick rack, new TCAs, new steering ball joints, 15 Compomotive MO wheels with Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres, also set of original wheels with slicks, alloy wheel nuts, original Lotus Sunbeam drivers handbook and wallet, original factory workshop manual, Haynes manual, large collection of magazines dating from 1982 to date. Invoices Invoices total £7284 Items purchased with no invoice or lost invoices Toovey Race Engines (copy invoice on way) £2250 Full LSD rear axle (Ebay) £450 Car cover (SLOC) £100 Lotus body stripes (SLOC) £150 Strip, prep and refit car prior to paint (F.Allen & Sons) £1000 Works exhaust manifold (sourced by Ian @ Retrocar) £350 AP Lockheed 4 pot callipers, Princess type (Ebay) £125 Grand Total £11709 Sad are'nt I??
Mass, which company did you go with as I'm getting ridiculous quotes for my imported WRX RA (94 - 43k). Its just for the track and will hardly be driven. Quote for 96 Diablo - £3050, Quote for RA - £2300. Where is the sense in that? Regards, Matthew
Have an e30 320i BMW which is fully race prepared that I race in the Khumo and Miltek series. Haven't taken any pics as when its not on track it lives under a cover on my drive way.
Mass 235BHP circa 177lb/ft, weighs 540Kg's. Its an ex hillclimb car, geared a bit oddly, 0-60 is around 4.4secs, it'll do nearly 70MPH in 1st though
It sounds nice. The performance must be somewhere between R400 and R500! I seriously considered to buy a seven but decided to go for something with a little more downforce and high reving bike engine. Its about 410 bhp/ton.
Yep i got and its up for sale at the mo, had a fantastic year in the car and nothing can keep up with it. Some pics of me totally sideways at Oulton Park http://www.victorianoriginals.co.uk/mall/victorianplumbing/monaco/evo_sideways.htm Hoping to get a 360C Race car in the very near future. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A slightly old photo of mine... Around 200bhp, 155lbfts and 505kg or so sans sidescreens, roof etc. I have a lot of respect for cars like the radical, but to me aero on that scale is for race cars, not for trackday fun. Yes they're staggeringly quick, but I can't help thinking that once you get through the bravery envelope, the car does much of the cornering for you. And god help you if something mid-track (or a component failure) upsets the aero as I suspect if it did, it would be goodnight vienna very quickly. The 7 is still an astonishingly quick car, and you really feel that you're actually doing the driving in it (even when you get over the bravery envelope) But then I'm biased Image Unavailable, Please Login
hazy look what you done got me going down memory lane looking for one of these Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thats the "standard" one mate.....this is what you really want. Lacks power compared to me Sunbeam tho . Image Unavailable, Please Login
