RE: jimbro1000's Fiat Dallara Icsunonove Turbo
Discussion
I've managed to knock that down a little bit - but it is still THE most expensive car to run of any here. With just 26 miles on the clock (well it would have it it had a pedometer) things are getting a bit better. I only get to put about 16-18 miles on with each race/test/practice session (15 minutes each).
I'm testing it on Saturday and should get a good 100 miles out of it over the day - that will put things a bit more in perspective!
I'm testing it on Saturday and should get a good 100 miles out of it over the day - that will put things a bit more in perspective!
Sorry, didn't catch the reply in time. Testing was at Castle Combe. The car suprised a lot of people that day. I was sharing the track with the group B car club who own a number of very fast and powerful cars. Keeping up with them (or overtaking them) in a small and somewhat underpowered car like this really woke them up. The only car that really outclassed me (didn't get to run against the 6R4 or the RS200) was a race-prep caterham. There was one very purple cerbie going round that I couldn't quite catch (and eventually lost when I missed a few gears). Plate number was V8 NUT if anyone knows who it was...
The next outing is at Silverstone on Sat 14th (I thought it was the Sunday but apparently not). This will also be the last outing for the year.
The next outing is at Silverstone on Sat 14th (I thought it was the Sunday but apparently not). This will also be the last outing for the year.
I guess I'm going to have to start running a subscrption mail service to let everyone know!
I doubt if there will be much more happening now as the near demise of my gearbox has put a real damper on things this year. I'm still hoping to get to Silverstone on the 14th but even that is a little tight for time.
There is no way I can get a replacement pair of tyres (I'm guessing it would be best to get a pair even if the current ones are only just "worn") from Hoosier in time...
If my sponsorship starts to come through I may attempt some of the winter series (only 3 races) but I would rather get the car properly prepared for next year (new turbo, proper gearbox rebuild, respray and some bodywork to add extra ducting to the engine bay). As always it comes down to money - and I never seem to have enough...
I doubt if there will be much more happening now as the near demise of my gearbox has put a real damper on things this year. I'm still hoping to get to Silverstone on the 14th but even that is a little tight for time.
There is no way I can get a replacement pair of tyres (I'm guessing it would be best to get a pair even if the current ones are only just "worn") from Hoosier in time...
If my sponsorship starts to come through I may attempt some of the winter series (only 3 races) but I would rather get the car properly prepared for next year (new turbo, proper gearbox rebuild, respray and some bodywork to add extra ducting to the engine bay). As always it comes down to money - and I never seem to have enough...
Its cheaper to get the hardware imported from Australia than it is to get it from the UK.
Seeing as I'm in the UK already things are rather easy!
Got some nice aluminium panels made up recently by a friendly and enthusiastic engineer. New wiper motor from a friend's scrapped Uno. Engine management system on it's way from a Punto GT (Weber Alpha variant so fully mappable) to replace the archaic Bosch system I'm currently using.
Apart from the costs it is all something of a no-brainer
Seeing as I'm in the UK already things are rather easy!
Got some nice aluminium panels made up recently by a friendly and enthusiastic engineer. New wiper motor from a friend's scrapped Uno. Engine management system on it's way from a Punto GT (Weber Alpha variant so fully mappable) to replace the archaic Bosch system I'm currently using.
Apart from the costs it is all something of a no-brainer
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