Ah brilliant! Well done that man! I'm so glad that car has gone to a good home, it was far too good to break.
By the way, I still have the red grille and chevrons from it in my garage. Noticed them the other day! Mean to give them to Lee but totally forgot. Does it still need them?
I put a pair of 10 year old almost worn out Firestone 700s on the front thinking it would at least make the handling safe, i.e. understeer. But, when it came to it the almost brand new Avon ZV3s on the rear seemed to have less grip and the car had what can only be described as "turn in oversteer". This was a bit of a surprise at the first couple of corners but once I got used to it I could make the car do a four wheel drift around a corner!!
I was equally surprised at the flat cornering stance when I saw the pictures, but a feature of the 16v is much thicker anti roll bars, so much so that if you push a rear corner the whole rear end goes down.
The brakes were excellent, part of the work for the MOT was fitting Mintex discs and pads all round, no fade or lack of power. My young son thought it cool when after the first session I came in and the front pads were pouring smoke out of the wheel arches and the top of the bonnet!! Did not seem to affect the performance, if anything they improved. Unfortunately, later in the day the front wheels got so hot that one of the plastic wheel centres fell out somewhere around the track.
I do not know how fast it was going, the speedo is broken, but is was pulling 6500 rpm in 4th before braking for Paddock Hill bend.
Yeah they look like 8v one to me too Tim. You study the pics too much!
I'm running 8v rims and 185's on my red valver at the minute and the handling actually seems a bit sweeter than on the 6J's and 195's! Well it did until it developed a misfire in the rain a couple of weeks ago. I've yet to discover whats causing it
