Hi all
Can some one tell me what the small yellow bar in photo is just curiosity really
and what are these cars like compered to tiger or westfield
Whats it like to drive with that very swept back windscreen

Yellow Bar is a trailing arm...

Never driven one myself, but Strikers have a great reputation for handling.

Stu

As above,,,, anchored to the rear drive line,
i own one, i always drive on the open roads with the doors on, no roof gear and hardly get any buffeting, my door's are not full height like in your pic, would'nt reccomended driving with out doors ,you would need an helmet, quoted as " arguably one of the best handling seven type car.s" I never said that but it does handle extremely well,ideally suited too some one who is not to big, being smaller than the west field due to the shorter wheel base. Have had good result's from my first season of sprinting,prob abit under estimated, may be im biased,
hope this help's
cheers r1 bob

Hi

Further to the post above.

It's a 5 linked live rear axle, 2 bars run forward from the axle casing to either side of the chassis (i.e. the end you can see on the picture)
Two run from the axle casing to the very rear of the chassis plus a panhard rod.

Gives very good axle location, reckoned to be THE way to do a live axle.

Compared to a Westfield a striker is physically smaller, particuarly short wheelbase. They are generally considered to be one of the best track packages around, as can be seen by derivitives (Mk2 strikers and Fury's are basically the same chassis) winning the kit car championship on numerous occasions.

They are used extensivly in club level hillclimbing and sprinting too

Dunno about the sporting credentials of a Tiger as never come across one on a track to compare against.

I've driven a couple of cars with standard screens (westfield & caterham) and my only recolection is that in both cases I felt more exposed than in the striker. You seem to feel as though you're IN a striker not ON it - don't know if that makes sense though
And that might have just been the way the cars were set up too, certainly never found the screen angle to be a problem.

Hope this helps

A pal of mine has to pedal his 1400cc Hayabusa Fisher Fury very very hard indeed to beat another bloke who has a Striker with a bog stock ZX9R engine.

They're bloody brilliant little cars. I'm a total convert. I've driven Caterhams, Westfields, a Mac#1, and a couple of MKs and its the best handling car imo.

I've just sold mine to fund my racing and I shall miss it.

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Gives very good axle location, reckoned to be THE way to do a live axle.

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A pal of mine has to pedal his 1400cc Hayabusa Fisher Fury very very hard indeed to beat another bloke who has a Striker with a bog stock ZX9R engine.

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Hi

As mentioned dose not give any better location than conventional. And is very restrictive in roll movement. Needs a LSD to aid traction. Fitting an ATB is useless as the inner wheel is too lightly loaded to work. And no anti squat.

Cheers Matt

Thanks all
as usual lots of good info in a very short time

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A pal of mine has to pedal his 1400cc Hayabusa Fisher Fury very very hard indeed to beat another bloke who has a Striker with a bog stock ZX9R engine.

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They are very nearly the same chassis though, the Fury is just a little wider

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Originally posted by zilspeed
A pal of mine has to pedal his 1400cc Hayabusa Fisher Fury very very hard indeed to beat another bloke who has a Striker with a bog stock ZX9R engine.

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They are very nearly the same chassis though, the Fury is just a little wider

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and fair few kg heavier, which I suspect is a good part of the difference.

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