Well..it used to be a Sylva Striker. Now it has a very heavily tuned, supercharged Civic Type R producing around 560bhp which is directed to 15" wide slicks via a Hewland transaxle at the rear, and a few 'aerodynamic modifications'.

I heard about this monster quite a long time ago, but I only saw it in action on Sunday in a sprint at St Eval. The owner (not the chap in the pic) is a lovely chap that says it could do with a touch more power...








[Edited on 30/8/11 by MikeRJ]

looks like its just about to be stolen

Is there any footage of that in action ?
looks very well put together

more power that must be 350bhp ++++

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Originally posted by big_wasa
more power that must be 350bhp ++++

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found some
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBuqv-z-kUE

It's only running 9 or 10psi as well, there is scope for more apparently. Engine was built by a fairly local guy that managed nearly 280bhp from my friends Mi16 engine, so I can well believe it. The main difference is that the Honda engine has been completely reliable...the Mi16 rather less so.

I do have some footage, but sadly the only sound my camera picked up was the constantly blowing wind, which drowned out most of the cars. I've been trying to filter some of it out, but wind noise is almost impossible to remove.

However, there is a YouTube video of him at the Camel Vale Castle Hillclimb in back in July. It sounds very odd with the supercharger, nothing like a standard screaming VTEC engine.

sure its a civic type R motor? looks like a S2000 to me

gotta love the function over form creations though

Good to see the pilbeam take then win

Blue Batmobile!

Looks like thomas the tank engine livery.

I missed out on going but a friend went and raved about that Striker, it's an S2000 motor on steroids and went a tad quick apparently to the point most folk wet themselves when they saw it...........

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Originally posted by MikeRJThe owner (not the chap in the pic) is a lovely chap that says it could do with a touch more power...

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However, there is a YouTube video of him at the Camel Vale Castle Hillclimb in back in July.

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Originally posted by dlatch
sure its a civic type R motor? looks like a S2000 to me

gotta love the function over form creations though

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Originally posted by livelee
Seconds 56 to 1:04 suggests it could do with a touch less...

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Nice! But he is having trouble keeping that on the road, so more is going to be a bit of a problem. Engineering-wise, it's great though.