Update of how the test day in my race car went!

[Calamity Josh]

thought i'd show you guys a few pictures and that of how my test day went in the new race car! Lets just say i can't even begin to explain how fast it really was :eek: by the end of the day it was wheeling coming out of the corner... every time!

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_7072_zps00d5db51.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/DSC_9895_zps06be9e92.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_7138_zps7ceb91f5.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_7091_zps81bcba97.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_7126_zpsb4b8c490.jpg

ohh and a quick video of the second out of seven practices i did, bare in mind i'd only got in it six laps before lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjbi7P2SfY&feature=youtu.be

[8valve-craig]

Awesome Class 10. What motors are they?

[Calamity Josh]

Awesome Class 10. What motors are they?

thanks mate :) and there twin GSXR 1000 k4's, running about 175 bhp each!

[Mazz]

Awesomeness :)

[meritlover]

looks great, where can i get plans to build one?

[TeddyThom]

I'd quite like to know how these are built as well...

[jimbob-mcgrew]

that looks like good fun.
lively little rocket off the line :)

[Calamity Josh]

theres a rule book which gives you the basics, you can do the sport on a budget but i've ended up ploughing thousands into it, i darent even add up how much this ones cost

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Brilliant Josh.. really inspires me :)

[Edd]

Looks like fun

[Benn]

Has it got no brakes on the front?

[Calamity Josh]

Has it got no brakes on the front?

has brakes on all four corners same as any other car, as you can see in this picture (just)
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_7106_zpsf3adfe9e.jpg
may i ask what made you think that?

[nova ian]

I'm guessing this was the Scunthorpe test day at Blyton? Looks as if it went well for you. We wanted to have the F600 ready for this but were still a long way off! Lol

We've got all the chassis welded up and painted. Just got to reassemble it, wire it up, re pannel it, shorten the axle and add some 100mm cv flanges and finally shorten a drive shaft. So still got our work cut out! I've applied for my liscence though so I have the shared number of ST15 with my mate who owns the car.

Can't imagine how quick that thing of yours is though, because bloody hell does the 600 shift! Lol

If your ever racing at Nottingham I'm sure we'll meet as we're only looking at doing the local races for now for a bit of fun. Good work on getting it all done and a successful test dy under your belt :)

[burgo]

So what does it weigh roughly?

[Calamity Josh]

I'm guessing this was the Scunthorpe test day at Blyton? Looks as if it went well for you. We wanted to have the F600 ready for this but were still a long way off! Lol

We've got all the chassis welded up and painted. Just got to reassemble it, wire it up, re pannel it, shorten the axle and add some 100mm cv flanges and finally shorten a drive shaft. So still got our work cut out! I've applied for my liscence though so I have the shared number of ST15 with my mate who owns the car.

Can't imagine how quick that thing of yours is though, because bloody hell does the 600 shift! Lol

If your ever racing at Nottingham I'm sure we'll meet as we're only looking at doing the local races for now for a bit of fun. Good work on getting it all done and a successful test dy under your belt :)

yes it was scunny, shame you didn't get the car ready, it was a decent day, sounds like you have a fair bit left!, the video does the speed no justice at all, by the end of the day out of every corner it was picking up the front wheels, the start in that video wasn't even full throttle and was in second! i'm sure i'll be at some nottinghams this year, i'll let you know :)

this is how i felt.

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/jeremy-clarkson_zpsb44b9d69.jpg

[Calamity Josh]

So what does it weigh roughly?

510 kilo's, but most of thats hung out the back

[Benn]

has brakes on all four corners same as any other car, as you can see in this picture (just)
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG_7106_zpsf3adfe9e.jpg
may i ask what made you think that?

It was looking at that pic.. Looking at the o's wheel i can't see a disc or anything...

[Calamity Josh]

It was looking at that pic.. Looking at the o's wheel i can't see a disc or anything...

just because those wheels have reasonably big centers, and the disks are made as small as possible with bike calipers

[burgo]

The disk isnt round if that helps you spot it benn lol

So almost 700bhp per ton!! Are you actual mental?

[Benn]

Ah ok. Was gonna say if you didn't you'd be fully mental.

[Calamity Josh]

The disk isnt round if that helps you spot it benn lol

So almost 700bhp per ton!! Are you actual mental?

in basic terms... i think so yes. especially beings as it's the equivalent of a locked diff beings as both chains run to a common shaft that the driveshafts come off the end off! i have plans to get it down santapod one day lol, i just looked it up, the 0-60 of the standard bike is 3.7 seconds, at a guess on dirt taking into consideration the extra power from the 2 engines, but the loss from weight and the fact it's on dirt, i'm guessing it'll be somewhere nearer 4

[burgo]

Whats it geared like? Have you worked out the theoretical top speed?

[Calamity Josh]

Whats it geared like? Have you worked out the theoretical top speed?

it's running a pair of the original sequential bike box's, i don't know about the sprockets imbertween, but it's running 15"s which iirc was what the bikes ran, so it must be somewhere near origional?

[burgo]

So about 180 then lol

[Calamity Josh]

So about 180 then lol

the long and short is very quick lol

[autograss_racer]

Not sure if it was a Class 8 or 10 but one of them took some speed record a couple of years ago - was it indoor 0-60 acceleration or indoor land speed record or something?

[Calamity Josh]

Not sure if it was a Class 8 or 10 but one of them took some speed record a couple of years ago - was it indoor 0-60 acceleration or indoor land speed record or something?

it was phill cooper in a class 9, broke the indoor land speed record taking it off top gear who used an f1 car, and it has only just been retaken by top gear america in ken blocks fiesta iirc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wigw_y4R6lw

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Sounds crazy.. Can I have a shot Josh :(?

[bazzap8389]

I need one of these in my life lol