I test drove it years ago.
My version of the story...
In pursuit of more power they removed the rev limiter and whilst on a rolling road over revving snapped something. The sourced Cup engine was water damaged in a warehouse but they bought and rebuilt it.
The Check Engine light was set up to act as a shift light - maybe ??
The suspension i believe is standard but doesn't work - it is stuck in position 2 i think.
And the fuel filler cap has half the key stuck in it.
Very few people even now will split the wheels so kudos to an owner for splitting these years ago.
I did ring Owen Deveopments and asked them about the car but this would have been 15 years ago now, i don't remember what i did last week...
Outside of rust which i cant comment on i have never thought anything too bad with the car, yes the wing and wheels look a bit silly but that is hardly the end of the world to fix. With aftermarket ECU it might actually be a better drive / more powerful etc etc. I did have a copy of the graph somewhere - 360BHP other than ECU is there any difference between a cup and open cup engine ?
Mine is 211 and has a KM speedo, i am sure Ross said as it was the last RHD Cup they had run out of MPH speedos ??
My version of the story...
In pursuit of more power they removed the rev limiter and whilst on a rolling road over revving snapped something. The sourced Cup engine was water damaged in a warehouse but they bought and rebuilt it.
The Check Engine light was set up to act as a shift light - maybe ??
The suspension i believe is standard but doesn't work - it is stuck in position 2 i think.
And the fuel filler cap has half the key stuck in it.
Very few people even now will split the wheels so kudos to an owner for splitting these years ago.
I did ring Owen Deveopments and asked them about the car but this would have been 15 years ago now, i don't remember what i did last week...
Outside of rust which i cant comment on i have never thought anything too bad with the car, yes the wing and wheels look a bit silly but that is hardly the end of the world to fix. With aftermarket ECU it might actually be a better drive / more powerful etc etc. I did have a copy of the graph somewhere - 360BHP other than ECU is there any difference between a cup and open cup engine ?
Mine is 211 and has a KM speedo, i am sure Ross said as it was the last RHD Cup they had run out of MPH speedos ??