Inaugural Auckland Pistonheads Meet?
Discussion
Yeah it was a nice day, shame I couldn't stay longer.
It was nice meeting everyone and discussing cars etc in the most anorak of ways!
I may have to get myself a little Caterham/Fraser/Westfield/Lotus 7 whilst I'm making my mind up over the Ultima, just to tool around on track days!
I wasn't really sideways coming out of the carpark, after all I was still looking out of the windscreen and not the side window - maybe next time!
It was nice meeting everyone and discussing cars etc in the most anorak of ways!
I may have to get myself a little Caterham/Fraser/Westfield/Lotus 7 whilst I'm making my mind up over the Ultima, just to tool around on track days!
I wasn't really sideways coming out of the carpark, after all I was still looking out of the windscreen and not the side window - maybe next time!
You must Jaimie would be great, there are some cheapish ones around.Yeah, I've always thought a Frazer 7 with one of those little nissan SR20DET engines in them would go alright, they're uber-compact, very light engines that can make 250bhp on standard internals without breaking a sweat..... if you want to forge the insides then anywhere up to 5-600bhp is impossible on more boost..... in a Fraser, that'd be manic! 
Nah, that'd be missing the point. I'd have the Ultima for sledgehammer-vs-walnut situations and the 7 for a well balanced, sensible package. No more than 160bhp, probably Toyota, 5-speed, rollcage and that's about it. Of course it would have to be road legal as I'd want to be able to use it for work.
There again one of the guys I met in the UK had a Dax Rush fitted with Sierra Saphire Cosworth 4x4 running gear (330bhp I think) - that looked and went rather nicely...... Oh dear, here I go again!
It would probably be far more sensible to get the 2002 restored and set up for track days rather than spend money on another car!
There again one of the guys I met in the UK had a Dax Rush fitted with Sierra Saphire Cosworth 4x4 running gear (330bhp I think) - that looked and went rather nicely...... Oh dear, here I go again!
It would probably be far more sensible to get the 2002 restored and set up for track days rather than spend money on another car!
Esprit said:
Yeah, I've always thought a Frazer 7 with one of those little nissan SR20DET engines in them would go alright, they're uber-compact, very light engines that can make 250bhp on standard internals without breaking a sweat..... if you want to forge the insides then anywhere up to 5-600bhp is impossible on more boost..... in a Fraser, that'd be manic!
Haha I've always thought about doing exactly the same thing!! With either that SR20DET or a Toyota 3SGTE backed by a Supra box. I know the NA versions of those engines fit in the Fraser so hopefully a turbo would too. Ahh the insanity...
And I don't think that an Evo or a GTR would really be something you'd want as a pure track car. The Lotus 7 replicas would be far more exhilerating I'm sure, not the mention that you have to know how to drive to get the best out of one. Is the Chimaera your daily driver Jamie or could you work on track-speccing that?
BTW I have some footage of that particular Dax Rush I think doing some sprint events and unless you're on a nice smooth track/airfield it looked like being inside a cocktail shaker...
>> Edited by htsd on Tuesday 31st August 23:53
Once the Chimaera is all back together it's getting sold, so no, track speccing it is not on my list of things to do!
I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy a ready-built Ultima and then modify it to suit rather than trying to build it when the factory and any real help is on the other side of the world.
A nice sensible WRX would be a good choice of daily driver whilst the Ultima is being sourced but I just can't bring myself to join the backwards-cap brigade, so a 7 is really the only option (other than getting my '02 sorted that is).
I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy a ready-built Ultima and then modify it to suit rather than trying to build it when the factory and any real help is on the other side of the world.
A nice sensible WRX would be a good choice of daily driver whilst the Ultima is being sourced but I just can't bring myself to join the backwards-cap brigade, so a 7 is really the only option (other than getting my '02 sorted that is).
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