Cerberus wrote:Very nice Rob, does this mean you will be quicker than Tim now
Phil
H'mmmm
I might be on a par with him ; not sure I can beat the Duratec though because it still has more ft/lbs than my zetec and at a lower rev' band. Tim's , from memory is 225bhp with 180plus ft/lbs at around 5000 rpm
-- the car is also 50kgs approx'ly lighter.(plus he can drive
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When I built mine originally , I had no eye to lightness because I thought it was light anyway being F/Glass etc. So as Stylus's go , mine is heavy at 626kgs , even after many lightening exersizes of various bits ££££££££££££££££££££ If I built one now , knowing how to do it , it would be relatively easy to get it around 550kgs. With me in the car plus fuel at SVA it weighed 761kgs and I'm 80 ish kgs
At our first Stylus track day at ENSTONE with other SYLVA cars , Tim and I swapped cars . Stuart , my son , said to me afterwards what did I think of the RT . I said that actually it didn't seem quicker but of course I'm very familier with my own car. The surprise was -------- he said '' well Dad , you were 1 sec' quicker than in your own 200bhp car ''
The point I'm making here is that when a car is quick , you don't notice it as you assume you would apart from in a straight line of course.
When I've made changes to my set up and competed afterwards , Stuart always surprises me when he gives me my times . I don't feel it because it's cornering in a more stable way so the usual messages up your backside don't arrive
I live in hopes
Rob.(ugh -- morning Tim
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