Thread: Anyone made a caterham style diy car?

Originally Posted by hamsav

Yeah , and then you woke up ;-)

The cups in my cabinet might suggest otherwise.

I always found the street racing more exciting than track . No room for error and lampposts and spectators right in your face... that used to be a rush...
Sitting on the start line with butterflies in the belly feeling like you are about to puke from all the adrenaline and wondering if this was the race where you f#@ked up and would end up in a shop window or wrapped around that lampost on the outside of that off camber corner with the slippery giveway white lines...
Those were the days.... Young, dumb and bulletproof.....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I had a bit of a sleeper too...

...was regularly popping the bonnet as no one could believe how quick it was....lol

I used to get that when I had a turbo MX5, surprised a few people! Though the noise tended to give away that it wasn't standard, certainly wasn't quiet.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I had a bit of a sleeper too...
Morris Marina running a 2.6 ltr p76 six cylinder with twin carbs and a toyota 5speed...
Just looked like a boring old marina with mags but went like a cut cat...
Embarrassed many a v8 holden and ford and was regularly popping the bonnet as no one could believe how quick it was....lol

You forgot ’and handled like a sledge’!

Flag the car and build a jet boat at the end of the day a car is ...just a car... you can only drive it 100kph on the road or race it on track days. Learning to drive a jet boat is way more fun, get to some places you might otherwise not get to join JBNZ and meet some interesting people you might otherwise not bump into. It is a jump out of your comfort zone that driving a car just won't give you