The open day will run from 9am to 4pm (for passenger laps, sign on from 8am).
Activities will include:
- Various SP cars will be running on the Grand Prix Circuit for passenger laps with SP director Phil James (aka PHer BossCerbera). Five rides available in each car, subject to track stoppages. (More rides will be available if time permits.)
- Dyno runs on the Weltmeister dyno only £30 (limited to 25 places so book early to be assured of a place!)
- Free geometry checks
- A snack van will be on site for hot drinks and burgers all day - first bacon butty is on the house if you arrive before 10am
The SP cars being driven on track will include:
- Toyota MR2 SP240. SP's turbocharged and tweaked roadster with 240bhp/240lb-ft "A wolf in sheep's clothing."
- Toyota Corolla SP Compressor. SP's supercharged and tweaked hot hatch with 230bhp/190lb-ft "About as fast as I'd want to go in a hot hatch."
- TVR Cerbera 4.5. My SP-fettled trackday favourite "Silverstone's a power circuit, the Cerbera's got plenty of power. Perfect."
-TVR Boss Cerbera. I will be using the track opportunity for some shakedown laps after its year-long engine development programme. The Boss's last outing was London Thunder in November 2006.
Customer(s) cars:
- Lotus SP-K. Supercharged and intercooled by SP to serve up over 250bhp/185lb-ft "Really brings the Lotus chassis to life... after an hour in the lanes I had the adrenaline shakes"
Call Tracey (Mrs Trackside) on 01327 855772 to reserve a ride; to book a dyno run; or to RSVP if you'd just like to pop along for the social. The more the merrier, there's loads of space to park.
You can also book your own car in for the trackday by contacting www.goldtrack.co.uk
Background:
SP was formed in 2005 out of the ashes of former TVR main dealer Silverstone TVR. Alongside the TVR specialism, SP established a relationship with Toyota Motorsport to tune selected Toyota models - in particular the MR2 roadster (tested by PH in 200bhp guise in 2006) and the Corolla T-Sport. With expertise and development miles racked up on the 1.8 litre 1ZZ and 2ZZ engines in these models, SP has latterly turned its attention to forced induction conversions for Lotus cars using the 1ZZ and 2ZZ. One or two customers with Lotus SP-Ks will be along on the open day.
To accommodate the growing business, this summer SP acquired a large double workshop at the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit with four service bays, a dyno cell and ample storage for project cars. The dyno cell is sub-let to, and operated by, Weltmeister Technologies Ltd, run by ECU-guru Chris Davis. SP and Weltmeister collaborate and share expertise on tuning projects.
Why should everyone go?
"It's the first time we've opened the doors to everyone and got all the toys out for one last blast before Christmas. It will be fun, especially if the track's wet."