Ultimate sub 2000cc endurance racer
Discussion
Gents,
I have rather fallen in love with endurance racing.
Currently trying to gather thoughts for a build over winter for a competitive car.
Working on the assumption it'll be properly prepped for consistent 8 hour plus running can anyone give me some ideas?
Headline points:
Really looking for a minimum power/weight of 185bhp/t minimum, ideally 200+
Big enough to take massive fat 6'3'' drivers
Parts readily available
Is cool
The shortlist so far is:
Mk1 Mondeo touring car rep
Audi TT DTM rep
Alfa 155 BTCC rep
Can you hit me with some interesting options?
Petrol only, ideally n/a but blown 2000cc acceptable.
I have rather fallen in love with endurance racing.
Currently trying to gather thoughts for a build over winter for a competitive car.
Working on the assumption it'll be properly prepped for consistent 8 hour plus running can anyone give me some ideas?
Headline points:
Really looking for a minimum power/weight of 185bhp/t minimum, ideally 200+
Big enough to take massive fat 6'3'' drivers
Parts readily available
Is cool
The shortlist so far is:
Mk1 Mondeo touring car rep
Audi TT DTM rep
Alfa 155 BTCC rep
Can you hit me with some interesting options?
Petrol only, ideally n/a but blown 2000cc acceptable.
Got to be a Civic Type R, the EP3.
I helped a team out in Britcar for a while with one, and we came Top 8 overall and Class winners by a country mile 3 years running in the Brutcar 24 hour race. The car was reliable, handled well, very economical (saving pit stops) and quick.
Spare parts and upgrades are also easily available. No contest.
I helped a team out in Britcar for a while with one, and we came Top 8 overall and Class winners by a country mile 3 years running in the Brutcar 24 hour race. The car was reliable, handled well, very economical (saving pit stops) and quick.
Spare parts and upgrades are also easily available. No contest.
Edited by andy97 on Thursday 13th November 06:33
Although based on last weekend's RoR efforts, I'd suggest any old diesel hatchback would be a decent bet.
PS - sorry I couldn't get down for RoR - got back from the US on Saturday morning and was jet lagged to fk! Will head down for the full weekend next year and do whatever I can from a journalistic perspective to raise interest in the event.
benjj said:
The team boss man seems rather set on prepping this car. TT Quattro Sport. 240bhp, 1 of 800 specials made.
Guess a lot of weight would need to come out of it but then has some potential.
Add in a 120 litre enduro fuel cell, remove lots of weight, add awesome looking DTM plastic tat and, ta da...
Check the rules - as I'm sure you know they usually don't like AWD and it gets penalised pretty heavily. If you can find a FWD TT it'll be a lot lighter to start with, and 200hp is not going to be impossible to manage through the front wheels. Guess a lot of weight would need to come out of it but then has some potential.
Add in a 120 litre enduro fuel cell, remove lots of weight, add awesome looking DTM plastic tat and, ta da...
Rover 75s and MG ZTs came with a 2.0v6 which sounds very nice - about 158bhp standard in the MG. Plenty of weight to strip out there too though, but you could probably pick up the base car for less than £500.
Never under estimate the challenge of building an endurance race car, so rather than building one from scratch, I'd be looking for something already prepared for endurance racing in mind rather than building an endurance car from scratch or a race car built for 15-20 minute races.
Andy97's suggestion of that Civic in particular is a good suggestion.
Andy97's suggestion of that Civic in particular is a good suggestion.
Clio Cup cars are good, but I would actually suggest a Ginetta G40. It's light so good speed, but 2 litre Zetec engine lacks toque so you will have to carry speed through the corners. They are good on tyres though and very reliable. I raced both in 2 litre or below class and the Ginetta is the quicker car. Consider though if you prefer front wheel drive or rear wheel drive (I prefer rear so am a bit biased in my view).
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