John sc chimaera upgrades

[ClassiChimi]

NickOrangeCars said:

As a way of an update on the Orange Chimaera - we have decided to now fit a sequential box to the Cerbera (follow that on another thread) - so the Tremec TKO600 will now be dropped into the Chimaera, this is part of a bit of a refurb both softening the suspension, dropping out the race clutch and generally making it more road friendly again. As you can see from pictures it now has a stable mate in a Ginetta G40 GT5 - for those who don't know them Ginetta build cars in the TVR style of chassis and fibreglass panels. We will be racing it in the GT5 Championship next year.

If anyone is interested in seeing it run will be at Snetterton 1st November on a trackday.

Now we'll find out just how good you are Nick,,
I already know your a fast boy mate, just joking

[NickOrangeCars]

QBee said:

And will the driver need to go on a diet, or is the minimum weight limit set to accommodate the , errrrr, "gentleman" driver?

Already in progress - Karting every week for fitness seems to be doing the trick, oh and stopping eating chocolate cake every day :P

[SILICONEKID345HP]

What engine is in the Genetta?

[ClassiChimi]

NickOrangeCars said:

Already in progress - Karting every week for fitness seems to be doing the trick, oh and stopping eating chocolate cake every day :P

You'll be well on it then Nick. Goodluck and the racing should be close and great fun.
Out of interest, so are the panels detachable so you can repair a corner rather than the whole thing,I've never looked at these cars that closely but I've always liked them.

[Engineer1949]

bonnet and wings are one piece rear tub is another then just the doors plus some internal mouldings it is a very nicely built car easy to maintain and fix engine is zetec on jenvey throttle bodies with sealed mbe ecu

john

[Richard 858]

The best of luck for next year Nick, I know a couple of Ginetta racers - a Father & Son, with the Son being one of the works team drivers so I'll be keeping in touch with proceedings through the newsletters etc. Had a good look around the factory along with QBee last year, nice environment and a couple of particularly interesting display cars!

P.S. Am I the only one that's noticed a blinding error in Nicks latest choice of car though..............it's not ORANGE !!!

[QBee]

It will be by the time they have wrapped it.......John?

[Engineer1949]

got a testing/track day tuesday at snetterton then if all well sorting the wrapping thereafter


john

[ClassiChimi]

Engineer1949 said:

bonnet and wings are one piece rear tub is another then just the doors plus some internal mouldings it is a very nicely built car easy to maintain and fix engine is zetec on jenvey throttle bodies with sealed mbe ecu

john

Thanks for that John. I get the feeling your going to be very competitive and have an absolute ball racing one of these cars.
Can't wait to watch your progress.
Many regards Alun

[ChilliWhizz]

Engineer1949 said:

got a testing/track day tuesday at snetterton then if all well sorting the wrapping thereafter


john

What time will you get there John?

I'll pop along for a nosey

[NickOrangeCars]

ChilliWhizz said:

What time will you get there John?

I'll pop along for a nosey

Will be there nice and early 7:30ish I suspect and will be there all day.

[ChilliWhizz]

Nick will you do passenger stuff I'll bring my lid and maybe the Aston

[SILICONEKID345HP]

How quick will the Zetec be ? and are the throttle bodies fuel injected ?

I thought the Duratec is the engine to go for ..

[ClassiChimi]

Zetec maybe it's parts of the regs for that series.
My mate bought brand new Zetecs direct from Ford for about £700 each. So he got two.
With a bit of tuning they still fly

[QBee]

It looks like a G40 to me, so google Ginetta Junior racing.
It's been all over the telly the last couple of years, so it should be all over YouTube.
To me they look pretty quick

[NickOrangeCars]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

How quick will the Zetec be ? and are the throttle bodies fuel injected ?

I thought the Duratec is the engine to go for ..

Very quick - look at http://www.tsl-timing.com/event/153405/session/qu1... - quickest time 2:08 for Snetterton which obviously has quite a few long straights, on shorter trackers they are even more competitive.

QBee - it is a G40 but it is the GT5 variant which has more power + more Aero, the Junior is GRDC, then they have GRDC+ - and then the top class is GT5.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

How did you get in to Ginetta?

[ClassiChimi]

I can't speak for Nick but having watched them around a few tracks, flipping quick.

[QBee]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

How did you get in to Ginetta?

Like any car - open the door and park arse on seat, I imagine.
Though with a full roll cage this might involve some amateur gymnastics.

[QBee]

ClassiChimi said:

I can't speak for Nick but having watched them around a few tracks, flipping quick.

If you are up early, there's Ginetta GT4 racing on ITV4 at 6.55 this morning....if you have Freeview you will have ITV4