Kit Car Crisis

[Ex-biker]

Anyone see this on Discovery last night?

Was very interesting, showing the real truth about building a kit.

Well worth setting the video for next week.

[meeja]

No... missed it! Details please!

[Ex-biker]

Basically this guy decided to go racing in the RGB championship.
He went to Donnington last year to buy a kit.
The first choice (WLR) goes all wrong so he gets a Mission TS400 and then finds it is not as he had thought. ie. not just a case of fixing the bits together.

The build up was good too. He has no garage etc, so he builds a big shed in the back garden, then goes on to explain that when done he has to hire a crane to lift it over his house.

Well worth a watch.

[n gibson]

Mission T5 or Dominator TS400? Two different manufacturers and two different cars!!!!!

[Ex-biker]

I dunno!

TS400 I think.

I remember it was rear engined and designed to fit a 'Busa engine.

Watch it, you'll find out.

>> Edited by Ex-biker on Monday 9th May 13:55

[anonymous-user]

Just saw an advert for this. The ad said "Series starts Tuesday at 10pm". So it looks like those of us who missed it have a second chance. Discovery Realtime (as was Home and Leisure).

[meeja]

Excellent.

Will get the video set.

Technically, it is not a video any more, it's a DVD recorder, but thats the march in technology for you!

[eliot]

There's a brief mention about it by dave walker in PPC mag this month. There's a photo of it running on the Dyno, so one things for sure - they got it built and started!

But then again, being british I dont suppose they will go in for all the "Oh No - A Crisis - will it be ready on time???!!!" hooks that they use on American Hotrod/Chopper, only to find out the next week that they forgot to fit sump plug or rotor arm - yawn....

Eliot.

>> Edited by eliot on Monday 9th May 20:13

[gtr-gaz]

This guy lives in Baldock, about 3 miles from me.

It made the local rag a couple of months ago.
A picture of it on a car trailer being hoisted over the houses by a crane.
So he does actually finish it!!

[ERP]

If you check out the the RGB boards, you'll find that although it ran on the dyno, the suspension mounts snapped off during tuning and the chassis started to buckle during his test lap preventing him from competing.

[vojx]

ERP said:

If you check out the the RGB boards, you'll find that although it ran on the dyno, the suspension mounts snapped off during tuning and the chassis started to buckle during his test lap preventing him from competing.

red faces all round?

>> Edited by vojx on Tuesday 10th May 11:30

>> Edited by vojx on Tuesday 10th May 11:31

[CorseChris]

Interesting - in the first episode the guy who made his chassis was saying that it could be done for almost nothing if you blagged your stock from scrap bins.....

..perhaps choosing to recycle those Dexion shelves wasn't such a smart move after all......

But it was kinda interesting to see someone finding out the real truth! Can't wait until the gets to the bodywork...

[meeja]

Caught up with this programme last night.....

Interesting.....

[ozzie dave]

Anyone diditized this for those of us who dont get anything interesting like that.

[Ex-biker]

ozzie dave said:

Anyone diditized this for those of us who dont get anything interesting like that.

I've not got the first one, but I'll try and record the rest of the series on DVD.

then sell copies on here

[meeja]

Ex-biker said:

ozzie dave said: Anyone diditized this for those of us who dont get anything interesting like that. I've not got the first one, but I'll try and record the rest of the series on DVD. then sell copies on here

Nah... use eBay... you'll make more money!

[Ex-biker]

meeja said:

Nah... use eBay... you'll make more money!

& that's just on postage . . .

[Ex-biker]

So did anyone se it last night?

It ain't bad when you can have the manufacturer coming round to help you, is it?

[ferg]

Ex-biker said:

So did anyone se it last night?

I did Mark. I have to say that some of the welding on those chassis brackets and wishbones compared quite badly against the Luego parts on Tom's current project......

I get the feeling that the guy isn't fully prepared for the amount of work that building that thing is going to be. And no manual!!!!!

[Ex-biker]

Without the manufacturer popping round to help out, he would have been totally stuck.