gazza285
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 04:18 PM |
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
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Originally posted by RazMan
I'm not into replicas (of any sort), even less so with this one, but you've got to give the guy credit for having the courage to actually
put this on the road. It must have been an SVA nightmare!
Do we assume that you don't own a replica 7 then?????
Not when his profile says he's building an Aeon GT2.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 04:46 PM |
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I like the idea of what he has done. We are not all sheep yet driving round in sat controlled tintops........... Its something differant
and if its not to your taste buy a corsa.... or some bland wagon in tea biscuit brown so you dont stand out. Rant over
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Winston Todge
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 05:13 PM |
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The guy that owns that particular car with twin ZX10 motors is a regular(ish) on this forum.
Hopefully he'll give a good insite into its on road manners! And how cool/silly he feels driving it!?
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 05:16 PM |
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Its something different and if its not to your taste buy a corsa
Or build something else  which is what we've done or are doing. We're all entitled to our opinions, what's to rant about ?.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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andyps
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 05:26 PM |
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Does this car put to rest the question about two engines and SVA/road legality?
[Edited on 19/1/06 by andyps]
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 06:44 PM |
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I like it..................................
But I've kind of given up on the idea of road use nowadays - it's too scary.
I fonly they made single seaters to suit fat b'stards.  
[Edited on 19/1/06 by zilspeed]
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caber
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 06:59 PM |
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Quote from site
"This is the Furore Formula 1. It is fully road legal & has been in regular use on the roads of Essex."
Need anyone say more
Caber
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RazMan
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 07:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
Do we assume that you don't own a replica 7 then?????
Abso bloomin lutely! 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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RazMan
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 07:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by caber
Quote from site
"This is the Furore Formula 1. It is fully road legal & has been in regular use on the roads of Essex."
Need anyone say more
Caber
And all you Jocks wear dresses
[Edited on 19-1-06 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 09:52 PM |
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Knew I had a picture somewhere...
...I wonder what it's called on the DVLA's computer?
It was a genuine Formula Ford race car that got converted for the road, MOT'd and everything...
 
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russbost
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 10:34 PM |
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Well it's a little late chaps & I'm off to bed with a good (bad) woman, however I'm really interested to see the comments both
good & bad (on the car not the woman). To answer a few comments - first try reading the website then you'd know that the lights were
different for SVA, not a lot else has changed & if you can't see how it would get thro' SVA then you don't understand the
regs.
Second a prize for any Corsa boy that ever gets to look at anything other than the rear end (which is ugly, but if anyone knows a way of slimming 2
1000cc bike engines let me know), the production version will be prettier (but be a tad slower).
Re the looks of the car if you think F1 is pretty it's pretty if you think F1 is ugly, it's ugly!
It was on BBC tv this week, in the Daily Express & The Metro which I think is more than most builders/owners can claim.
I absolutely love driving it, watching peoples faces as their jaw hits their chest is great - I can now lipread "what the f**k" at around
300 yards.
Please keep the feedback coming, I will answer any questions willingly. I reckon you could be on the road for around 7K & it's as practical
as any seven without weathergear.
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jambojeef
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| posted on 19/1/06 at 10:57 PM |
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Im curious to know what its actually like to drive Ross?
I guess styling is especially subjective when it comes to cars (and girls) but what I guess everyone is looking for in a high power/weight ratio car
like yours and the ones we're building is handling and the driving experience so - spill the beans!
I read the magazine article and it didnt really say! How does the one engine per rear wheel make it behave like an LSD as you say in the mag and how
is it actually connected?! Id have thought that cornering hard you could spin the inside wheel pretty easily if each engine is truly independant of
the other....?
Geoff
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russbost
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 posted on 20/1/06 at 07:43 AM |
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Hi Geoff
It drives just like a single seater race car , but with less sticky tyres & more compliant suspension. Re the drive system, it is simply chain
driven individually to each side from each engine, In the dry I've never had any significant wheelspin & it's very hard to unstick,
when it does breakaway, the front drifts first followed almost immediately by the rear in a four wheel drift easily controlled on the throttle - makes
it look like I can drive! You obviously can unstick the back end with too much power in the wet, but even that is good because one wheel usually
breaks b4 the other giving you a warning of climbing rpm that you are close to the limit. Russ
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DarrenW
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 10:50 AM |
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I reckon you could be on the road for around 7K & it's as practical as any seven without weathergear.
Not very then
Like anything that is a bit out of the norm they always take some getting used to. The 7 is basically a trillion years old now so just about
accepted.
Ref the Corsa boys - id love to see when have a go and then get truly anialated.
Are you the man behind the car? Wether any one loves it or hates it (its one of those with nowt in between) everyone will admire you for doing it. It
doesnt surprise me that you will get huge media interest - milk it for all its worth.
I for one wish you every success.
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russbost
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 11:53 AM |
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No not very, but if you take the airbox off you can get the shopping in ................
The performance is quite ridiculous for the road at least in the area in which I live, I can't think of too many cars that do 0-60 in less than
3.5 secs (most front engined rear drive can't get enough grip for a start).
Yes I'm the man behind it - or should that be the nut behind the wheel.
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andyps
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 02:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
...I wonder what it's called on the DVLA's computer?
According to the RAC site there is "No descriptive data is held by DVLA" for the registration it has on it.
Edit to add: this relates to the formula ford single seater.
[Edited on 21/1/06 by andyps]
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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russbost
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 04:56 PM |
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The DVLA have it as "Furore Kit" - interesting considering that no such thing existed when it was registered.
Re the comment about "single seaters for fat ba***rds" - I am intending that the production version should be good for anyone up to around
18 stone.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 04:59 PM |
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damn counts me out then, i'd have to lose 13% of my body weight
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akumabito
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 05:49 PM |
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Too expensive!
There should be more cars for poor people (me).
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russbost
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| posted on 21/1/06 at 02:08 PM |
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There are, they are called Lada's!
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