Speedlines Wanted

[Jamie Summers]

I know very little about the car, who drove it, how well it did etc, so if anyone does recognise it and knows anyhting about it's history, I'd love to hear ........
I believe it's fairly standard Cup spec but running with carbs at c.150bhp. I guess I'll learn more about it as we get it up to current MSA standards (it hasn't been raced since mid 1990s).
It's certainly no garage queen and has seen its fair share of action, with the scars to prove it ! But with a brief shakedown on road tyres at Brands it was keeping various Clio 172 and 182s honest ! So it should be a decent base to work from and a fun project to get it competitive.

Jamie

[northy]

arh so it went up for sale then. Nice car - i saw this a few months ago at Donnington Park.

Looked one of the better examples i have seen so far.

Please could you keep us updated with all budgets / parts etc to run in a race series. Something i am Keen on doing.

[A&P]

Nice looking car that, we will have to get all the surviving cups together one day. If you look on you tube theres early 91/92 footage on there :D ANDREW.

[Jamie Summers]

Yes, it's the car you saw at Donington - I beleive that was its last outing before we bought it last week.
I've seen the Youtube footage - most of it seems to be crashes ! Looking at how much contact there was it's a wonder that there are any of these cars left ! Mine is certainly not pristine, though the paint is excellent and hides a few sins !
Budget-wise I'm not really sure what to expect yet, but at the very least to make it compliant we are looking at a new driver's seat and harness (dates expired on the current kit), new extinguisher and a set of R888 tyres. I suspect there will need to be some new fastening hardware on the cage and that sort of thing, but otherwise I don't think it will need much more. There is all of the safety gear to go on top - race suit, boots, underwear, new lid etc etc - it does add up. I can see it costing £2k just to get us on the grid.
No doubt we will end up spending a lot more on "shiny bits", big brakes, more power etc etc, but that's not the immediate priority.

[RB23]

Nice car.

I tried to get Renault interested in a display of the existing Cup cars at WSR this year but I ran into a brick wall when Renault Sport moved away from Grovewood.
If we could organise something how many people have Cup cars and would be interested in getting them all together for a track day or similar??

[A&P]

Count me in :D

[northy]

i read somewhere now that the front roll cages have to be straight bars from the roof to the floor. That would be a bit of cost for you in getting changed.

[A&P]

Have had problems with mine this year , its all down to how you read the rules had photos taken of the cage and sent off to msa was a right pain in the arse, probably have the same problem next year :(

[Twincam]

I'm sure if you read the rules. If you have the homoligation papers for the cage, it will still be compliant. There was alot of concern with the escort safety devices cages as they have a double bend in the front leg but if you have the papers with the rops certs it's fine

Rich

[northy]

i doubt many still have the original certifications with the cages now a days