SYLVA J15 2014

2014 Sylva J15 · Convertible · Driven 7,500 kilometres

An unbelievable opportunity to purchase one of the most fun and entertaining sports cars available today. This car has been enthusiastically and fastidiously maintained and pampered by myself. It wants for nothing and will set your heart racing on every drive. It gets attention like NOTHING else, be prepared to be noticed!

The whole detailed build has been ‘blogged’ on line and I can provide three years of detailed online pictures if required. It’s been magazine featured and the whole build has been documented. I also have three box files of magazines, ALL the build receipts, past MOT sheets, etc etc.

I’ve owned her for 3 years and use her regularly most summer weekends (she’s never seen a drop of rain) for spirited driving and local car meets. It’s now time for another lucky guy/ girl to experience what real world, analogue driving is all about at the fraction of the price of more exotic machinery. I have owned many lightweight cars from Lotus 7 inspired kits to a Vauxhall Vx220 and this little Sylva, hands down beats them all for grin factor, real world, real British roads, performance. Nothing I’ve ever driven gives you such an immense sense of theatre as this car, the moment you slide into the snug seats and clip into the harnesses to the moment the engine comes on cam and you hear the throttle bodies a foot from your ears come alive, it real is an overload for your senses.

MOT’d until October 2025

Spec.

Chassis/ bodywork

Purchased direct from Sylva 2012, IVA passed 2014

Impeccably built by military engineer to an unbelievable standard.

Powder coated chassis, McLaren orange for main chassis and engine mounts satin black.

Body work - French Blue (All stickers and roundels can easily be removed)

Engine/ Gearbox

Ford Puma engine fully tuned by Northampton motorsport giving a lovely responsive power delivery.

Omex 600 ecu

Fuel injected on individual throttle bodies

Custom exhaust manifold

Ram air air filter

Sylva stainless exhaust manifold

Removable stainless CAT (replaced with link pipe when not being MOTd)

Profusion stainless steel silencer

IB5 gearbox with Puma’s ratios (perfectly suited to car)

Gear linkage via mechanical rod link using bearing rollers for a very smooth action.

Later model engine mounts to get rid of vibration

ENT24 dive shafts

Cooling

Polo radiator and fan

Carbon side NACA ducts ducts direct to cool air inlet

Suspension/ steering/ wheels/ tyres

Gaz Gold adjustable alloy shocks, rose jointed

300lb rear springs

175lb front springs

13” Compomotive CRX wheels

Toyo track day tyres

Escort quick rack

Front Caterham R500 uprights

Rear Sylva fabricated uprights

Brakes

Front HiSpec calipers in factory blue with EBC green stuff pads

Rear HiSpec calipers in factory blue with EBC green stuff pads

Fiesta discs all round

Individual Wilwood integral master cylinder (no remote fluid reservoir)

Sylva pedal box

Interior

Carbon panels where possible

Removable SPA steering wheel

Koso dash and Tim gauges

Savage switches

Titan 3 inch (4point) harnesses

Battery charge point for easy hook up

Other info

Lightweight Odessey battery

Optional light covers

Sylva alloy fuel tank filler cap

Powder coated panels

Double roll hoops

Carbon aero screen

SPA central mirror

Twin Gail pipe

Front hinged rear clam for super easy engine access

Shift lights