samcooke Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 £5 per 'nut here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooty Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 £5 per ‘nut sounds fair, count me on too Double it if you hit any animals, triple it if the animal’s being held by a presenter at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Gratton Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 #### - won't get home in time to see it. They could have used our XTR on the show - it looks a lot more like something they would build on Blue Peter LOL. Seriously - glad other XTR owners are showing up. If you want your car placing in the members gallery on xtr2.net give us a shout. Ours goes for SVA a week on friday. Target weight is 425kilos with all the extra lightweight gizmos we've got hope it doesn't weigh 480 after that lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 I'll give a fiver to! Deifinatley going home early tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEiGHT Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 **** me they were clean ! How do you get a car that shiney ? Here's a piccie from the Blue Peter web site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooty Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 No ‘nuts as I suspected I saw the XTR in the factory the other week, they were just putting the number plate on – loved the colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Sorry to let you down with no "nuts"......... Did almost run down that darn dog though!! We will try get some pics of the car posted, but would like to know what you all think of her, especially the colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Yupright Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Ours goes for SVA a week on friday. Target weight is 425kilos with all the extra lightweight gizmos we've got hope I wouldnt get your hopes up Even the fully lightened Megabusas are heavier than that, with 13inch dymag wheels etc. Cant see yours being lighter than one of those (considering the bodywork, bigger wheels/tyres etc). I think theres been quite a lot of exaggerative marketing. If you get 450, you should be happy. Specially with all that downforce etc that a megabusa doesnt have. Cheers, Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 anyone got any piccies then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadscoob Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Think we should concentrate more on stopping eating burgers/curries and drinking beer than saving 10kg lol. We're gonna use Westfields weighing methods - we'll be using helium in the tyrs, 1/2 litre fuel, no oil, 1 seat with no runners, fake instruments and a styrofoam cup in place of the engine lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Gratton Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 We can always hope The weight savings so far are as follows: wheels that weigh 4.8kg per corner (that was the spec we gave to the frabricator and they said no problems) - they are approx 4kg lighter than westfields image wheels, lightened and drilled brake disks - 1.1kg per corner lighter than std westi disks lightweight front 4pot calipers lightweight wheel studs - 6 of ours weigh the same as a std stud we have no reverse motor or associated wiring loom - saving approx 13kg and obvious splashings of carbon fibre (dash and a few other nice secret bits too ) We also have some very trick race suspension but that won't be on the car before SVA - each strut body weighs just over 1kg The only down side is the car has to carry my lardy butt but craig is the pinicle of health Over the winter we have some rather severe changes to make which should save even more weight - oh - and a subtle 33% power increase too We'll post how we get on. Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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