track day sump
Discussion
For a car pretty much specifically designed for track day usage, why on earth should you have to pay around £1500 extra (ie. for new sump)in order to use that vehicle on track without invalidating your warranty? This is a pretty poor show in my opinion given the pedigree of vehicle we are talking about here.
I don't recall similar work having to be done on TVR's, Porsches, Elises, Evo's etc.before they are fit for track use.
The track day sump should be standard unless someone can teel me of a disadvantage of having it on in normal road use?
Kinetic,
I suppose it's down to the "lack" of Nobles at track days it seems clear that most users don't track them (no - I don't know why either!) - and so I'm sure that those owners like the fact that they pay £1500 less than having it bunged in for standard.
Whilst we all think that everyone that buys a Noble should track them - it's clear as the ownership expands they aren't all mad driving nutters like us lot!
I presume Noble know this and to meet various market price points.
Funny enough it seems a bit widespread - it's apparently the same with some M3's that can benifit from a baffled sump at extra cost according to the BMW Car Club GB's forums - so I wonder how many other wet sumped cars have problems? Obviously anything dry sumped will be fine.
J
I suppose it's down to the "lack" of Nobles at track days it seems clear that most users don't track them (no - I don't know why either!) - and so I'm sure that those owners like the fact that they pay £1500 less than having it bunged in for standard.
Whilst we all think that everyone that buys a Noble should track them - it's clear as the ownership expands they aren't all mad driving nutters like us lot!
I presume Noble know this and to meet various market price points.
Funny enough it seems a bit widespread - it's apparently the same with some M3's that can benifit from a baffled sump at extra cost according to the BMW Car Club GB's forums - so I wonder how many other wet sumped cars have problems? Obviously anything dry sumped will be fine.
J
that's a bit of a strange attitude from Lotus - I would have thought given their test bed is a track they would have sorted that out! KINETIC said:
The track day sump should be standard unless someone can tell me of a disadvantage of having it on in normal road use?
Good point. A disadvantage of it being an option is that (according to at least one insurer I approached), just choosing to have a track day sump fitted gives you the potential to go on track and thus they want a higher premium for the modification, even if you say you don't want to go on track.
IMHO an advantage of NOT fitting one is that reselling a car that hasn't been on the race track is likely to be easier.
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