Obscure race and rally cars
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hotprops said:
Hi there just came across this about my scirocco I still have the car not usable at this time .The car had 95bhp at the front wheels and 110 bhp at the back wheels power came from 2 1800 gti units supercharged 4psi front 8 psi rear was a very good car as all gear was standard cheap to run and could beat far more expensive cars wieght 2100 kgs it scored with very good traction and good cornering speed . After winning the NW tarmac champion ship twice I was going to try the forest but the RAC put paid to that by not isuing its log book then later putting in rules to ban it . The last event it did was a sprint at Wallasey won its class .Last outing was demo run at Wallasey Prom Rally .
Regards
Kim Mather
Welcome aboard! It's great that you own a car mentioned in this thread. How did you come by it?Regards
Kim Mather
Edited by hotprops on Thursday 23 July 20:12
I'm a bit confused by the figures you've quoted there - GTI engines produced 110bhp as standard so surely the outputs with even low pressure S/Cs would be a fair bit higher? Also 2100kg seems wrong - a Golf GTI has a curb weight of around 975kg. Sorry to be pedantic but we PHers like our facts and figures!
adam24 said:
Hi guys,
My Dad designed this:
(not my pic http://www.mulsannescorner.com/patmichlbrabhamlmp0...
He's been told on numerous occasions that's it was quite a radical/obscure design at the time, which has been the same for some of his other designs including the Lister LMP.
It looks quite normal in this day and age but back in 2001 it wasn't! It's a shame it's capabilities weren't fully explored as it could have been a very quick car!
As you say that wouldn't look out of place on the grid today.My Dad designed this:
(not my pic http://www.mulsannescorner.com/patmichlbrabhamlmp0...
He's been told on numerous occasions that's it was quite a radical/obscure design at the time, which has been the same for some of his other designs including the Lister LMP.
It looks quite normal in this day and age but back in 2001 it wasn't! It's a shame it's capabilities weren't fully explored as it could have been a very quick car!
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