It looks so cool & calm
Track action, where's the competition?
More Track Day action
A bit more to it than a Busa engine
(The following has been taken from Ian's sales pitch from when it was for sale)
The perfect trackday special? We think so. As fast (or faster in certain places) as a similar power Radical without the worries of running costs that those are saddled with, thanks to the Audi 1.8t powerplant. You KNOW that engine doesn't need any special maintenance, tinkering, refreshing after a few miles or any other such rubbish.
With 180 to 195hp (don't know exact figure, engine is the 180hp Audi unit, with good induction, free flow exhaust and an "aggressive" map, all done by Audi Holland technicians and warranted by Westfield, who guestimate 195hp) and similar torque (from around 2k rpm) the car is adequately fast. 0-100 is comfortably quicker than a 996 GT3 RS, 100-120 is similar. Given the car weighs less than 600kg it's hardly surprising it's fairly quick. If that's not enough, the Audi engines are very, very easy to tune, from a simple 210hp remap to 300hp with a new turbo, ECU and injectors. If you want to scare yourself, 300hp is a good option.
We've completed 3 trackdays in the car and on those days it was faultless. Handling is fantastic, the corner speed is truly amazing and in a totally different league to any other road car, it's setup at the moment to be very friendly, so is fairly neutral, high speed cornering leads to mild oversteer which is easily corrected. That's not to say it's easy to drive, but it certainly isn't intimidating.
It's road legal as well of course. Surprisingly, it's perfectly happy trundling around town or back roads, if desired the suspension is easily and quickly raised to give more ground clearance. It's no offroader, but general road driving holds no worries. Again with the Audi powerplant and gearbox you've nothing to worry about like on/off bike clutches as fitted to most other trackday type machinery.
This car is not to be confused with the orange prototype Westfield supplied to the press. This car has a properly sorted gearbox and the brakes work, as well they should, they're AP Motorsport callipers, proper Motorsport items recommended for single seaters and other lightweight machinery.
Obviously genuine AP disks are used along with Ferodo 2500 pads. Any maintenance needed is easy thanks to the removable front and rear sections, giving total access and freedom to work. In addition to the factory spec, we have upgraded the following:
We don't beleive you can make a decision on buying a car like this on a road drive, there's no way on earth you can get anywhere near its awesome potential anywhere else but on track so we are prepared arrange test drives for seriously interested parties at Bruntingthorpe proving ground.
I have to emphasise there is nothing else like this, you've got 99% the thrill of a Radical and JP1 for 50% of the cost and 25% of the running cost. No matter what you currently drive, you will be blown away.
Ian Gratton
