TopGear XTR2

[markg]

rowan atkinson was first man to trash a mclaren f1 so i wouldnt ask him for a lift!

[gee_fin]

Couple of things, missed the XTR2 one but -

Erm, wasn't the Zonda's time on a wet/moist track?

11s to 100mph isn't really all that much to write home about for a £30k kit-car (especially when the R500 is now sub 8s).

1.2g is not very good either, unless they were on standard road tyres, which I would presume they weren't, you'd want to see 1.4g for decent rubber and more if they have the downforce producing shell that they claim.

Kudos to them for beating the Zonda and getting some top advertising in, however, I wouldn't bet a pint of milk that the record will stand for any signifcant amount of time. All it'll take is a modified R500 (one of the JCC ones that are still coming home ahead of the factory car) or an SR3 and that record will be seconds down the road.....

Not meaning to dampen the enthusiasm but it does need to be tempered  

[Matt Seabrook]

The car had to be road legal so I think that road tyres had been fitted although they looked like Avon ACB10`s

[Midds]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=17&f=20&t=21073

[david.c]

JUST WATCHED MY VIDEO OF THE WESTFIELD AND THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME.    

Certainly a good scoop for Westfield getting it on Top Gear.

I assumed that it was on road tyres as it had to be road legal.

Just wish I still had the zonda lap on tape to compare the straight speeds, corner G's etc.

Thought the Grannies doing donuts was fun  Smell the rubber.

David

[Mark Stanton]

I assumed that it was on road tyres as it had to be road legal.

Dangerous thing assumptions - especially where television and media are concerned    

[deadscoob]

If the cars have to be road legal I'd assume that rules the Radicals out? Or have they got one through SVA now?

now if you could squeeze the Paganis engine in the Xtr2......

[david.c]

Mark

Does that mean you know it was on slicks?

Cheers

David

[peterg]

Deadscoob...I think you'll find there's some road legal Radical SR3s out there somewhere      

[CateringVan]

I think Richard Ince has a road-legal SR3 (he's another Cateringvan owner who races an R500)

[Mark Stanton]

Does that mean you know it was on slicks?

They didn't look like slicks         cos they're not road legal are they

Neither did they look to have toooooooooooooooo much tread from what was seen on the TV, must have been a refraction of the light  

Did you believe Jez when he said it had a 1300 Hyabusa engine in the back        No-one saw it    It could have been a 6 litre V8, or a Judd V10      

[gee_fin]

I don't think Richard Ince's SR3 is road-legal. In fact, I don't think I've seen a road-legal one yet. You'd be sacrificing a fantastic track-car in order to go to Sainsbury's once a week.

I still can't understand how the XTR2 and the SR3 can pass SVA. A mind-boggingly impressive wad of cash in the right pocket I presume I mean, those headlights! The splitters LOL

Top work Radical and Westfield [+]

[Chris Elworthy]

Is there another challenger on tonight's programme ?

[david.c]

Sure hope so  

Looking forward to the racing holy men

I wonder if they will get them doing handbrake a nd 'J' turns    

David

[deadscoob]

Westie front splitter is made out of F1 type material (wood ) - so you either don't fit it for SVA or trim it to body.

Then go B&Q, pick up a sheet of 8x4 and make another 2 - we're gonna cut one jagged at the front - DeathRace 2000 style

Headlkights were actually very easy - car just has to be raised a "little"

Would like to see what the SR3 is like if it can actually pass SVA - front lights, front wing ducts, splitter, side skirt thingies, instruments - thought all that would fail.

I know what reaction ours gets on the road, so in a Radical it'd be hilarious