Build Progress

You may have noticed that we have introduced some photos of the build of Andy Barnett's Saxo. The car is now away at the paint shop to have inside & out painted following our fitting of the roll cage. We are expecting the car back next week ,just in time for us to close for Christmas.

Meanwhile we have been having a look at the TU5 engine with a view to squeezing a bit more power out of it. Our XU engines for the 205,s produce in excess of 135bhp and this will be the minimum target for the TU. The draft regulations have tightened up a few grey areas that were available in the past & I think a few people will be detuning their what were perfectly legal engines to comply with the 2008 rules. Best published figures I've seen so far are 120bhp & 109lbs/ft of torque by PM Racing [std is about 98bhp for an early Saxo] but knowing the capabilities of the TU I suspect that some of the guys out there have knocking on 140 bhp.

We are still awaiting a clarification on the strut front issue as the new regs outlaw any Bilstein type of inverted strut. John at BAD Suspension meanwhile is working on our C2 damping.