No excuses then Ade!!!
Why are all your cars so light??? My S2 was 955 kg!!! Same colour as yours too!!!
No excuses then Ade!!!
Why are all your cars so light??? My S2 was 955 kg!!! Same colour as yours too!!!
I always understood that PtW is all out of ideas by 100mph or thereabouts??
Beyond that it’s all about aero and grunt, especially aero. A good example was the truck racing where 1000bhp+ monsters had virtually the same top speed as those with circa half the power. Or was that some kind of regulation???
[quote=pete757]No excuses then Ade!!!
Why are all your cars so light??? My S2 was 955 kg!!! Same colour as yours too!!! [/quote]
My cars biggest problem is the driver and I feel this is a well known fact
To get that weight there is a substantial investment in carbon and a reduction in elements of comfort…
I no longer have
Rear speakers
rear bulkhead trims
carpets
floor mats
boot carpet
inertia seat belts (just harnesses)
I now own in carbon
Front splitter
Rear wing
Roof
Boot lid
Door panels
access panels
side scoops
seats
I have also added stuff as well from the standard car
Charge cooler
Gearbox oil cooler system
8 pint accusump
My S1 Audi car was less than 800kg’s 782kg’s with all fluids except fuel springs to mind. That had about 430bhp
My S2 is standard, and I cant remember ever weighing it. Compared to my S1 it feels like a massive, lardy boat.
My S1 in its latest guise will be about 850kg’s I reckon, as everything is bigger (brakes, wheels, turbo, body, exhaust, to name but a few)
Finally had a chance to weigh the S2 today whilst at Oulton. With 10 lts of fuel it was 842kg. More than I thought but that’s with all the rally mods e.g. full T45 cage, 2 fire bottles… Warning triangle (oh yes, mandatory!).
That compares to my S2 Kermit which was 890 kg, but I’ve now got 240 sweet n/a bhp rather than 190.
Non of that mattered today though, I’ve been sick as a dog all week so I gave my trackday place and car to brother in law Tony for the day. He throughly enjoyed his arrive and hoon package around a damp Oulton. He tells me the new paddle clutch and gearbox were excellent - apparently, thanks mate.