The absolutely sensible Kangoo Van - Genuine Sensible'ness
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Brilliant! Bet it's good on fuel too? I can nudge 38mpg in my Cup on a run, obvs mpg not a priority with something like this, but it's another bonus on a very versatile machine.
Only thing I'd maybe change is the wheels to steels with a decent width, not a criticism of the current wheels, it looks fab as it is.
Only thing I'd maybe change is the wheels to steels with a decent width, not a criticism of the current wheels, it looks fab as it is.
So the van is officially awesome!
At 5PM on Friday last week we decided that as we had an entry for the Javelin sprint series at Cadwell that weekend and no vehicle to run in it we'd take the van and sprint that.
Some Friday afternoon prep involved firmly affixing the engine to the chassis, enabling the selection of 4th gear and fitting a new set of tyres. Oh and the slight intake modifications mentioned previously:
Filling out a setup sheet for the van I noticed many boxes were somewhat redundant on our standard template:
But never the less we arrived at Cadwell full of expectation to be absolutely dead last and have a bloody good laugh doing it. I have to say the Javelin guys and all those competing were a great laugh and despite the weather we had some excellent banter with the other competitors - this little series really is a shining light in club motorsport where many championships these days are becoming more and more insular and far too serious for what is essentially hobby motorsport that is meant to be fun.
Conditions were terrible with at least two rivers running over the circuit and "under the trees" worse than I've ever known it. The van did its best and it didn't even fall off although the body roll was something else!
More amazingly than anything else we weren't last! Actually quite a long way from it ending up 66th out of 80 runners and up on a variety of things including an Evo, a Caterham and an Elise!
Great fun way to spend a Sunday and I highly recommend the Sprint Series to anyone wanting some not too serious motorsport fun!
At 5PM on Friday last week we decided that as we had an entry for the Javelin sprint series at Cadwell that weekend and no vehicle to run in it we'd take the van and sprint that.
Some Friday afternoon prep involved firmly affixing the engine to the chassis, enabling the selection of 4th gear and fitting a new set of tyres. Oh and the slight intake modifications mentioned previously:
Filling out a setup sheet for the van I noticed many boxes were somewhat redundant on our standard template:
But never the less we arrived at Cadwell full of expectation to be absolutely dead last and have a bloody good laugh doing it. I have to say the Javelin guys and all those competing were a great laugh and despite the weather we had some excellent banter with the other competitors - this little series really is a shining light in club motorsport where many championships these days are becoming more and more insular and far too serious for what is essentially hobby motorsport that is meant to be fun.
Conditions were terrible with at least two rivers running over the circuit and "under the trees" worse than I've ever known it. The van did its best and it didn't even fall off although the body roll was something else!
More amazingly than anything else we weren't last! Actually quite a long way from it ending up 66th out of 80 runners and up on a variety of things including an Evo, a Caterham and an Elise!
Great fun way to spend a Sunday and I highly recommend the Sprint Series to anyone wanting some not too serious motorsport fun!
davebem said:
Thats an excellent result! Glad to hear the Sprint series is not taken too seriously..I understand an Alfa 147 won it last year, It would be something I would like to have a go in, are you timed on the track or in the sprints whilst nobody else is on track?
Timed whilst no one else is on track. It is run very similar to a hill climb where a set course is laid out on the circuit so in the case of Cadwell we were running around 7/8th of the circuit as the course. 
cut my teeth in a pa-28 any more info on that Looks fantastic OP! I really wish I had known about this possibility when we were looking for a van for our business having had a few fast renaults in the family it would have been nice. There's one on ebay at the moment, looks quite good 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reanult-Kangoo-182-Cup-...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reanult-Kangoo-182-Cup-...
Amazing. I used to have the 1.5 DCI kangoo (was the one with most power, can't remember how much) and even then it was surprisingly quick! Such a silly little van to drive - you could choose between decent power and braking but crap handling when empty, or decent handling when full but slooooow 0-60 and even slower 60-0 when full I loved it.
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