OzOne wrote:

500bhp/tonne
0 - 100kph/60mph in 3.2sec.

http://pub29.ezboard.com/faussieclub...icID=327.topic

click the link to the clip.

Good for the heart :-)


Was the fella dyslexic, he put the steering wheel on the wrong side!

Cheers
Marty

Lotus 7's? Sports car racing used to be big in the US when I was a kid, the
only type of racing folks seem to like these days is NASCAR......gag. Hell,
folks don't seem to be much interested in automobiles period, just those
damn trucks or SUV's.
John Cairns
OzOne wrote in message ...
500bhp/tonne
0 - 100kph/60mph in 3.2sec.

http://pub29.ezboard.com/faussieclub...icID=327.topic

click the link to the clip.

Good for the heart :-)


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

"John Cairns" wrote in message

Lotus 7's? Sports car racing used to be big in the US when I was a kid,
the
only type of racing folks seem to like these days is NASCAR......gag.
Hell,
folks don't seem to be much interested in automobiles period, just those
damn trucks or SUV's.

Yeah, sadly. But there are still a few of us who salivate all over the
Gallardos and Modenas at the auto show.

Max

OzOne wrote in message
Copy of a 7 with better suspension geometry.
Chassis by PRB in Sth Africa.

Mine is about 80% complete :-)

Hmmm? What's the story at the rear? My Super 7 (Ford Cosworth twincam),
with its live rear axle, was (past tense; it's gone), um, uncomfortable,
even on the track. And it lifted its inside rear on high-speed sweepers.
Has PRB articulated the rear end, or is it still live?

Max

OzOne wrote in message

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:39:40 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:


OzOne wrote in message
Copy of a 7 with better suspension geometry.
Chassis by PRB in Sth Africa.

Mine is about 80% complete :-)

Hmmm? What's the story at the rear? My Super 7 (Ford Cosworth twincam),
with its live rear axle, was (past tense; it's gone), um, uncomfortable,
even on the track. And it lifted its inside rear on high-speed sweepers.
Has PRB articulated the rear end, or is it still live?

Max

Yep, still live though there is a de Dion rear end but at a weight
penalty.
We usually find that lifting rears is caused by incorrect spring
rates, doesn't really slow you too much with a good LSD but with less
grip you can't get the power down as early.`
These cars usually run 20VToyotas thru Sierra boxes and Quaife diffs.

Not a day has gone by when I don't regret selling the 7. Track days just
haven't been the same. But I know things have changed, such as the engines,
and parts for the Cosworth were getting a bit, uh, pricey.

Can you recommend a good website for current 7s? Google shows lots of them,
and I don't have the time to sort 'em out.

Max

OzOne wrote in message
http://pub29.ezboard.com/baussieclubmans
http://www.prbaustralia.com.au/
http://www.westfieldsportscars.com.au/
http://www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk/

Are all pretty good.
here in Oz we have limits on power/weight so some of the beasts that
are available in the UK and US just can't be registered here

I raced FII for years here and in the UK.
I got out after buying a brand nesw Chassis and two Cosworths from the
UK only to have the regulations change here without notice or
consultation within 6 months. VW Golf engines became the one to use.
I shipped the chassis and one engine back to the UK but kept one.
This sweet little Cosworth is sitting crated in my garage waiting for
a car worthy of it. I'm toying with an old Lotus Elan to plonk it
into!
Unfortunately it won't come anywhere emission rules so can't go into a
new build car.

Those Cosworths make my heart beat faster. But the parts priced themselves
out of reality, at least here in the US.

Thanks for the sites. I found them all via Google, but didn't spend a lot
of time on 'em. I'll give 'em a second look.

Max