Big G

Someone with cataracts liked this and took a couple of pics






But, Is this your mates 'made to look like a snotter' beast of a car thats banned from TOTB?

Alps Pacino

Why's it banned from totb

James

wtf is it!

looks propper cool though!

lead_foot

iTrader: (1)

tubbed rear arches iirc.

Big G

Correct, you win a fart in a jar

Alps Pacino

I thought that tbh,

BRIGSPORT

iTrader: (2)

The jar you speak of,is it of a certain vintage?

Clare

That comment just made me choke on my chewing gum

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Yeah thats mick's snotter and the reason he isnt allowed to run it is its not classed as a road car by the event despite running 11.1 in the same format he goes shopping, even the tyres, and doing 10K miles+ some years.

And its only on 245 wide tyres IIRC, so not even like its running stupid wide drag tyres or anything either


real shame!

Eagle

iTrader: (2)

i like that

bet thats upset a few people
maybe they didnt want it upsetting all the big names that enter

dojj

iTrader: (3)

why not just put normal arches on the outside and make it "legal"?

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

that looks soo ocoool

Escy

They are normal outer arches. Tubbed rear arches are extended inwards, not outwards.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

so make the arches even wider then and put the inners back in to the inner part again

it make look silly but if it's called a shitter it won't need to look pretty will it

Chip

iTrader: (3)

He does 10k+ miles a year in it some years, and it handles well etc, it would be FAR less of a useful roadcar to him if he starts moving the wheels so far out and screwing up the geometry and making the car too wide to park easily in tescos etc.

The daft thing is the "no tubs" rule is there to stop people running stupidly wide drag tyres, but on mick's car the tubs are only there to allow him to lower it, he is still on narrower wheels than a lot of modern BMW's etc come out of the factory with, and even more ridiculously the caterhams and westfields are allowed to enter which are tubbed from the factory.

Its a real shame, but it just falls foul of the words of the rules even though the car itself is totally in the "genuine road car" spirit of the event FAR more than many of the cars that are allowed to enter!

gingeRS

James

what the fook is it !

Chip

iTrader: (3)

A vauxhall viva / forenza (bits of both!)

BRIGSPORT

iTrader: (2)

That would be a firenza.

AlexF

or a magnum depding on the year

Alex

SS1

iTrader: (3)

would be a good car for the new madmax film

mrviper

what spec lump is in it?

Chip

iTrader: (3)

Essentially standard internals, all be it with some clever tweaks that Mick wont want me repeating, and that more to the point I only know half the story on as he wont even tell me all about it, lol