Originally Posted by cossymad
Originally Posted by Jano_OddKidd
i think its a great idea
As for "who is going to look after it" Forrest has gone well out of his way to put this car together aswell as the trailor to tow it to the events. No doubt he will spend even more time keeping it up to standard for this years events.
If any members of the Essex RS Owners club wants to drive it round the track for a session they will need to contact the club VERY soon
as the places are numbered and running out
I agree with Jano, and TBH what other club has does this?????
Exactly none.
And who cares what car it is, I mean they are hardly gonna use an unrealible turbo, or build a n RS500 touring car replica are they???
The car is only an XR3i but it weighs about 50kg, has bucket seats a cage, fuel tank in boot, no dash etc etc.
I say well done
I agree too, i think its a great idea and i've really enjoyed working on the car
I know how much time, effort and money Forrest has dedicated to bring this whole project together, so i hope that people treat it with a little respect, obviously with it being a track car it's gonna get a good thrashing BUT there IS a difference between 'driving it hard' and 'taking the piss'
At the end of the day, the car has been made for the the Essex RSOC members, if you abuse it to much then you are ruining it for everybody. I think that if you break it, then you should help fix it, simple.
The reason it's an XR3i is because it's simple. If it goes bang then we can source another engine easier and cheaper than getting another RST lump, and we dont have to worry about setting it up and theres always the turbo reliability problems
The Essex RSOC is (as cossymad said) the first RSOC to have there own track car, so i expect there will be some problems to start with but i say give it a chance, if it all goes pear shaped then so be it, but u cannot say they didnt give it a try.
I also say well done