St.Jude Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Inspired a bit by this video about a fairly wealthy American owning and driving his own F1 car: The thought occurred to me what would the perfect Autoshite race car would be? Personally, for me, it'd be the Tyrrell 019 - which I think is a better looking car than the Jordan 191. I think followed up by the FSO Polonez rally car. Got to be careful with the Polonez Group B stuff though - this specific one that I'm on about is the one where they essentially took the arse end of a Lancia Stratos and threw it under the Polonez shell. Total death trap to drive, it'd be a lot of fun. warch, AnnoyingPentium, Rustybullethole and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Locost Bits of old Ford put together with lumps of scrap metal and stuff from B&Q by the owner at home. Designed by a man called Ron Rustybullethole, egg, Scruffy Bodger and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Don't those fizzos like rolling over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 24 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said: Locost Bits of old Ford put together with lumps of scrap metal and stuff from B&Q by the owner at home. Designed by a man called Ron warch, CreepingJesus, horriblemercedes and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 egg, warch, MiniMinorMk3 and 24 others 13 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Surely the Autoshite racing car has to be something completely unsuitable for the sport in which it is being used. I therefore suggest a Series Land Rover for any discipline that doesn't involve off-roading. adw1977, mat_the_cat, GrumpiusMaximus and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 A Rover 75 Tourer, but rallying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 warch, 155V6, adw1977 and 19 others 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 34 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: OMG that is motorsport perfection. Would crash into a wall, 14/10 CreepingJesus and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 500tops, AnnoyingPentium, grogee and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 It'd be driven by Taki Inoue... GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crad Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 AnnoyingPentium, egg, MiniMinorMk3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 12 minutes ago, grogee said: OMG that is motorsport perfection. Would crash into a wall, 14/10 Do you want more? grogee, sutty2006, eddyramrod and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Stability in cornering guaranteed* anonymous user, GrumpiusMaximus, AnnoyingPentium and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 2 minutes ago, Kiltox said: Stability in cornering guaranteed* Except for when you're a 10th of a second down on the pole time at Monaco... AnnoyingPentium, MrGTI6, sutty2006 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I'll just leave this here... AnthonyG and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Nothing too modern for me. CreepingJesus, garethj and DeanH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 850 wagon, but with a mismatched tailgate and winter tyres cos we got them for pennies off eBay. And painted beige with brown and russet accents, which any AS racer would have to be. St.Jude, warch, AnnoyingPentium and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, Sham said: Nice to see that car still going - I remember its original owner Dan Rooke winning titles in that when I first commentated on Rallycross. 500tops and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 59 minutes ago, yes oui si said: It'd be driven by Jean-Denis Deletraz... FTFY. (Allegedly he was why the 107% qualifying rule was brought in.) chaseracer, GrumpiusMaximus, St.Jude and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I've wittered about these before, but to me they're a pretty autoshite way of going really fucking fast round a circuit "Powered by a two-stroke 250 cc engine producing 75 kW (100 hp) for an overall weight including the driver of 205 kilograms (452 lb), superkarts have a power/weight ratio (including the driver) of approximately 365 W/kg (490 hp/tonne)(0.22 hp/lb), or closer to 730 W/kg (980 hp/tonne)(0.44 hp/lb) without the driver, which is about the equivalent of a midget car, or an open-wheel A1 Grand Prix car. Superkarts can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (60 mph) in less than 3 seconds with a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph).[8] Their low weight and good downforce make for excellent cornering[9] and braking abilities.[10] A superkart is capable of braking from 160 km/h (100 mph) to standstill in around 2 seconds, and taking corners at nearly 3 g" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superkart djim, CreepingJesus, St.Jude and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Commentated on those a few times too - they are absolutely MENTAL and even make motorcycle racing look sensible. I'm going to enjoy this thread, rubbish racing cars are something of a speciality of mine. eddyramrod, Stanky, GrumpiusMaximus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Saw this at Cadwell 10 years ago in the HSCC pre-65 Touring Car race eddyramrod, RayMK, St.Jude and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 21 minutes ago, Pieman said: FTFY. (Allegedly he was why the 107% qualifying rule was brought in.) Pales in comparison to Inoue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, crad said: From 7:30 onwards some Brummie bloke starts talking bollocks, just to warn you. GrumpiusMaximus, crad and M'coli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 grogee, M'coli, Rightnider and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 49 minutes ago, CreepingJesus said: 850 wagon, but with a mismatched tailgate and winter tyres cos we got them for pennies off eBay. And painted beige with brown and russet accents, which any AS racer would have to be. @reb - you said you wanted a track 850... CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 57 minutes ago, CreepingJesus said: 850 wagon, but with a mismatched tailgate and winter tyres cos we got them for pennies off eBay. And painted beige with brown and russet accents, which any AS racer would have to be. I think just two of those were built for the 1994 BTCC season, one is now in Volvo's museum in Sweden and I think the other one is in a private collection. You may notice that the Montego estate I posted is in a tribute livery to this car - the car that was a meme before the word "meme" was invented! I may be completely wrong here, but I believe I read that it was only partly a publicity stunt and the car was partly designed as a test bed for FWD ahead of the 850 saloon being introduced the following year, the team (TWR) having been used to working with RWD cars. CreepingJesus and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 adw1977, grogee, Clunk and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 9 minutes ago, Pieman said: I think just two of those were built for the 1994 BTCC season, one is now in Volvo's museum in Sweden and I think the I may be completely wrong here, but I believe I read that it was only partly a publicity stunt and the car was partly designed as a test bed for FWD ahead of the 850 saloon being introduced the following year, the team (TWR) having been used to working with RWD cars. The story I heard was that when they turned up at the factory to pick up the shells they didn't have any saloon shells ready, so they just took some estates instead. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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