Re: 'ring lap

#1

Abo wrote:

Quote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI&feature=related

AIUI, to answer accusations from some German manufacturers that the
radical wasn't a real road car, they drove that to the 'ring from the UK
and used the same road tyres for all the runs.

Anyway, it's a pretty impressive lap. The karousel didn't look like
much fun, mind.

#2

Abo wrote:

Quote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI&feature=related

Sex wee! 170mph in something based on a tea tray.

That's pretty mad. I do think it's pretty cheeky how they get the road
legalness of it by driving it there.

Do you think you could UK road legalise something like an F1 car? Has
anyone tried doing something similar in the likes of a road legal Caparo
T1? I wonder if it would be faster.

--
Douglas

#3

Douglas Payne wrote:

Quote:

Abo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI&feature=related

Sex wee! 170mph in something based on a tea tray.

Shame it didn't have an extra gear, the thing was on the limiter at 170

Quote:

That's pretty mad. I do think it's pretty cheeky how they get the road
legalness of it by driving it there.

Do you think you could UK road legalise something like an F1 car? Has
anyone tried doing something similar in the likes of a road legal Caparo
T1? I wonder if it would be faster.

Someone in Japan did something like this IIRC, but I haven't been able

to google it. I remember it being yellow, originally had a Judd engine
but the owner dropped the engine from a Ferrari road car in for
reliability reasons. But that's all I can remember.

#4

Abo <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Quote:

Do you think you could UK road legalise something like an F1 car? Has
anyone tried doing something similar in the likes of a road legal
Caparo T1? I wonder if it would be faster.

Someone in Japan did something like this IIRC, but I haven't been able
to google it. I remember it being yellow, originally had a Judd engine
but the owner dropped the engine from a Ferrari road car in for
reliability reasons. But that's all I can remember.

There was a real Jag XJR9 LeMans car on road plates (and taxed - IIRC,
the tax disk did indeed say "Jaguar", too) at Harpenden's Classics on the
Common last year...

I seem to recall somebody'd road-legalled a McLaren M6(?) CanAm or
similar car, too - and there's at least one road-reg Porsche 962.

#5

"Abo" <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> wrote

Quote:

Douglas Payne wrote:
Abo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI&feature=related

Sex wee! 170mph in something based on a tea tray.

Shame it didn't have an extra gear, the thing was on the limiter at 170

That's pretty mad. I do think it's pretty cheeky how they get the road
legalness of it by driving it there.

Do you think you could UK road legalise something like an F1 car? Has
anyone tried doing something similar in the likes of a road legal Caparo T1?
I wonder if it would be faster.

Someone in Japan did something like this IIRC, but I haven't been able to
google it. I remember it being yellow, originally had a Judd engine but the
owner dropped the engine from a Ferrari road car in for reliability reasons.
But that's all I can remember.

Putting in a Ferrari engine to make a care MORE reliable. Wow.

Fraser

#6

Fraser Johnston wrote:

Quote:

"Abo" <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> wrote

Douglas Payne wrote:
Abo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI&feature=related
Sex wee! 170mph in something based on a tea tray.
Shame it didn't have an extra gear, the thing was on the limiter at 170

That's pretty mad. I do think it's pretty cheeky how they get the road
legalness of it by driving it there.

Do you think you could UK road legalise something like an F1 car? Has
anyone tried doing something similar in the likes of a road legal Caparo T1?
I wonder if it would be faster.

Someone in Japan did something like this IIRC, but I haven't been able to
google it. I remember it being yellow, originally had a Judd engine but the
owner dropped the engine from a Ferrari road car in for reliability reasons.
But that's all I can remember.

Putting in a Ferrari engine to make a care MORE reliable. Wow.

Fraser

Yeah seems like that on the face of it, but I reckon you'd get more

miles per rebuild from a road-spec Ferrari engine than you would from a
F1 Judd...

#7

"Fraser Johnston" <ftrust (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au> wrote

Quote:

"Abo" <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> wrote in message
news:hbn7cc$89n$1 (AT) news (DOT) albasani.net...
Douglas Payne wrote:
Abo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSGbO0MGGI&feature=related

Sex wee! 170mph in something based on a tea tray.

Shame it didn't have an extra gear, the thing was on the limiter at 170

That's pretty mad. I do think it's pretty cheeky how they get the road
legalness of it by driving it there.

Do you think you could UK road legalise something like an F1 car? Has
anyone tried doing something similar in the likes of a road legal Caparo
T1? I wonder if it would be faster.

Someone in Japan did something like this IIRC, but I haven't been able to
google it. I remember it being yellow, originally had a Judd engine but
the owner dropped the engine from a Ferrari road car in for reliability
reasons. But that's all I can remember.

Putting in a Ferrari engine to make a care MORE reliable. Wow.

Does sound a bit odd. Now did it have that funky paddle shift Alfa
transmission, though...

--
The DervMan

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