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DannyB
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
I hope not... That would look fucking shit


Not really about looks is it. It's about making modifications to make the car quicker. Progression. Each year He's stepping it up to get quicker times.

[Edited on 19-03-2014 by DannyB]
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Its still about the looks for me a bit tbh
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Its still about the looks for me a bit tbh


The car still looks amazing, but compare it to 2 years ago or whatever. It's all about the quick times now rather than a fast, great looking road car to set occasional quick 1/4 times.
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Yes I have thought about it and would love to do it and would have it painted to look like a standard front end (lights painted on) but it's to much work for me to do might do it in the future tho
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I can see a lot more of the UK cars ending up this way over the next year or two, definitely.
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Good luck as said, hope it smashes it
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Yes defo the way forward with a closed front end but the Corsa engine bay is so small compared to the other cars
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would need a whole front end re-design I think, get some more things down that end to help with traction. A bit like how that JSR Tigra is. Spaceframe the front, have a one piece front end on quick release. That would look amazing I think.
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Nice idea by Danny,, however if you I tend to keep it road legal (for running in etc) then will need to pass MOT's.

Really hope you're happy with it on Sunday, I can't face another disappointment, I'm sure you can either
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Mot's arnt a problem haha
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theres quite a few cars over here doing 1 piece front ends and semi framing, i think thats where you should go with this... even cut out all the floor and alloy plate it
that carbon nova at last pv could of been MOT'd, he even cut out the original VIN number and riveted it into the alloy floor
do it ben
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Looks fantastic. Hope you get the results you want.
Jed - Those plans would surely require another mortgage!?

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quote:
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theres quite a few cars over here doing 1 piece front ends and semi framing, i think thats where you should go with this... even cut out all the floor and alloy plate it
that carbon nova at last pv could of been MOT'd, he even cut out the original VIN number and riveted it into the alloy floor
do it ben



If you alter the chassis then it needs a test similar to iva/sva..
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was good to get out in the car on sunday again , only managed 4 runs so wasent enough to set the car up , first run i did with no burnout so tyres were cold, that was a 10.6 @146mph, 60 ft was 2.1 sec and i was doing 1.6 all last year and year before so with warm tyres that could of been a 10.1 run , managed to beat my pb with a 10.5 @145 mph and did another 146 termina so its got a 9 sec run in it with them terminals , car was great and only fault was gear linkage came undone on 4th run ( knew it needed sorting but just didnt have time to sort it )

some pics





















go pro footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwpfYZo6L4



10.5 run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2s-9Hj6Nwg

10.6 run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFgF6siaMU&feature=youtu.be
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Thats cool, 9 on the next outing imo
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I'm surprised you didn't go on the Saturday, but well done for getting some good times.
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was there on sunday did some really goond runs there mate
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cheers guys , corsadonk was busy on the saturday but was thinking of going for the saturday night but would of ment extra cost in a hotel for the night
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One of my customers was going up, as a shake down for his car. So I can imagine it was very busy.

I like how on the in car footage, it looks like the car still scares the shit of you.

Good luck for this.
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oh it does , when it pulls you all over the place at 100+mph
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Would have meant hotel for extra night

How much have you spent on this car, and you with about that
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Would have meant hotel for extra night

How much have you spent on this car, and you with about that


but when i took 2 mates up with me so its hotel for 3 of us ,then its extra tickets for the 3 of us to get in on the saturday and the extra price to run saturday it all adds up to a few hundred

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Suppose, surely it's cheaper as tg by split fuel costs there, and hotel prices too?

Anyway, you don't have to explain the reasons to me haha
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That onboard vid is ace
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Camp in my garden for free... Lol!

I cried into my milkshake at just the 25quid to get in!

Looked and sounded well!

In the stand there was some good rumours being batted about by people who think they know all,

Like the new 'sequential' gearbox your running lol!

Won't be long till your in the nines!

What was the track like Sunday?

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