Harvey's Ex Grp A track-day car - minor update 29-Feb-2008
13-03-2007, 12:39 PM
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Harvey's Ex Grp A track-day car - minor update 29-Feb-2008
Not sure on the engine spec, as he keeps changing his mind
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But it will be between 480 and 580bhp
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Transmission is FFD 6-speed dog box.
Note roller-bearing mounted steering rack to convert LHD rack (allowing the works spec big diff on the front) to right hand drive
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Car will weigh 1200kg MAX and he has told me that he is going to wipe the floor with me
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Proper Grp A rear beam:
Nine inch rear diff:
Grp A crossmember:
Carbon fibre rear WRC spoiler:
This will have it's main debut at Croft
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Looking forward to the updates
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Ps tell him to buy a new bloody sofa!!
Shocking!!
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Gonna be mental
Keep the updates coming
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Ps tell him to buy a new bloody sofa!!
Shocking!!
That's the Sofa in the waiting room at SCS, not his house
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I forgot to mention it has Proflex suspension as can be seen in the photos as well
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looks very nice
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Mike, why don`t you use a group a rear beam like that? Any disadvantages compared to the modified ones? much work fitting them to roadcars?
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Mike, why don`t you use a group a rear beam like that? Any disadvantages compared to the modified ones? much work fitting them to roadcars?
Because they are still limited to 9° due to their design and homologation rules. The ones that Ahmed does have no such limitations and so are even better at 6°, but you can only do this with a standard round beam, you can't get the square ones any better than 9° (although that is a million times better than the 18° of the originals).
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Ps tell him to buy a new bloody sofa!!
Shocking!!
That's the Sofa in the waiting room at SCS, not his house
Tell them to hurry up and deliver it to Harveys then
www.scssofas.co.uk
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And yet another monster will be created.
What the hell
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Ditto!
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Looks stunning
Its like biker build off on here with the cars getting built for Croft, should be good to see this and Andy's new car out on track.
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Ps tell him to buy a new bloody sofa!!
Shocking!!
That's the Sofa in the waiting room at SCS, not his house
Tell them to hurry up and deliver it to Harveys then
www.scssofas.co.uk
Bugger missed that chance!!
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Looks to notch, cant wait for the finished artical
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Mike, why don`t you use a group a rear beam like that? Any disadvantages compared to the modified ones? much work fitting them to roadcars?
Because they are still limited to 9° due to their design and homologation rules. The ones that Ahmed does have no such limitations and so are even better at 6°, but you can only do this with a standard round beam, you can't get the square ones any better than 9° (although that is a million times better than the 18° of the originals).
So why is he bothering with the grp A item.? What are the other benefits apart from it looking really trick. is it wider, lighter, all of the above?
Apart from that.......hubba hubba hubba
14-03-2007, 02:33 PM
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Because his car si a full Grp A car, so he is keeping all the pukka bits as they should be
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Not forgetting the monster diffs eh Mike
Gonna be awesome!
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thats going to be some toy.....
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Mike,
Dave is right get some pics up of the mega expensive front diff
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I will be watching this project.
Looks hard as fuck.
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Very interesting project Mike
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That is an awesome toy to have.
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Hi Mike i had too laugh he was giving you a bit of stick ..lol knowing harvy it will be a proper car, x trac 8,5" front diff/sump ect proper suspension cant wait to see the updates
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Harvey's Ex Grp A track-day car - minor update 29-Feb-2008
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Tell them to hurry up and deliver it to Harveys then 
