Guy buys Honda RA107 F1 Car

Duke · 3 May 2011 at 22:22

The ultimate track car

Okay it was a dog compared to the others on the grid at the time but still :eek:

http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9325

He wants to do a shake down at Castle Combe but don't see that happening with their noise restrictions.

Skeeter · 3 May 2011 at 22:47

Need to find out when he does his shakedown at Castle Combe, so I can get pictures of him stacking it

MissChief · 3 May 2011 at 22:50

I hope he realises what's required to actually start an F1 car and i hope it came with a lot of spares too!

stoke1863 · 3 May 2011 at 22:55

The cynic in me thinks that hes an idiot. It takes a full pit crew of people to even get an F1 car to start. All oils need to be an exact temperature tyres needed to be heated to the right temperature and so much more.

On the other hand hes obviously not short of money so maybe he has the resources to give it a drive.

Vipernet · 3 May 2011 at 22:58

£37k withough engine and gearbox!

Props though, would love to see this at Doune hillclimb!

GravyMonster · 3 May 2011 at 23:08

Idiot. Couple of years older with a few more miles, 2/3 the price and the performance is very similar.

http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/32920/2002__2003_Bar_Honda_F1_Car_for_sale.html

/motors joke

stulid · 3 May 2011 at 23:14

What the deuce :eek:

Skeeter · 3 May 2011 at 23:18

MissChief said:
I hope he realises what's required to actually start an F1 car and i hope it came with a lot of spares too!

stoke1863 said:
The cynic in me thinks that hes an idiot. It takes a full pit crew of people to even get an F1 car to start. All oils need to be an exact temperature tyres needed to be heated to the right temperature and so much more.

On the other hand hes obviously not short of money so maybe he has the resources to give it a drive.

Its minus an engine, so I assume the replacement will be far more manageable and easy to run.

LizardKing · 3 May 2011 at 23:23

Shoulda just rented a Jordan!
http://www.f1jordan.co.uk/hire-cost

Finding an engine to fit in that plus a gearbox is not going to be easy :eek:

Westyfield2 · 4 May 2011 at 00:18

Fingers crossed he gets it to Combe!

Mr_White · 4 May 2011 at 00:25

For lazy people.

I haven't yet got an ECU in the car, but one will come with the engine we're thinking of using. I'll make sure to do a photo-log when it comes to installing everything.

The engine we have in mind is the 3.0 L H1V8, which is about the correct size and weight to replace the original 2.4 L Honda engine. Its also a very capable unit, which can be made to match the original engine's power output. We plan to start with a milder tune(500 rather than 750 BHP),at least until we are confident with the car. We'll have to make a frame to take the stress loading between the bulkhead and gearbox, as the H1V8 is not really designed to be used as the main stress member.

As for trans, the car still has its original X-trac, but we are probably having to replace it with pneumatic sequential we can have built into the existing carbon housing. Then we can keep the original suspension pick up points.

Westyfield2 · 4 May 2011 at 00:27

Duke said:
He wants to do a shake down at Castle Combe but don't see that happening with their noise restrictions.

Skeeter said:
Need to find out when he does his shakedown at Castle Combe, so I can get pictures of him stacking it

Just had a look at the pics and realised who the owner is... he's a her :eek:

, but Nadine sure can drive :cool:

. Not seen Bjorn behind the wheel though.

Skeeter · 4 May 2011 at 07:57

Westyfield2 said:
Just had a look at the pics and realised who the owner is... he's a her , but Nadine sure can drive . Not seen Bjorn behind the wheel though.

Its a BF/GF pair who have been racing together for a couple of seasons on things like GTs.

GravyMonster · 4 May 2011 at 09:09

LizardKing said:
Shoulda just rented a Jordan!
http://www.f1jordan.co.uk/hire-cost

Ah! Daytona Milton Keynes have had that in their reception for the last 6 months.

/useless info

CaptainRAVE · 4 May 2011 at 09:16

To be fair, a "dog of a car" is only a couple of seconds off the pace per lap, if that - still supreme by any standard. Plus, no normal person would be able to push an F1 car to the limit like that anyway.

Benihana · 4 May 2011 at 09:18

How much are tyres for that and where can you even get them?!

GravyMonster · 4 May 2011 at 09:20

They are still available. Supplies of originals from Bridgestone/Michelin will obviously be expensive and hard to come by.

However cars like this are still raced in things like the EuroBoss series, so tyres shouldn't be too hard to find.

Westyfield2 · 4 May 2011 at 10:37

Skeeter said:
Its a BF/GF pair who have been racing together for a couple of seasons on things like GTs.

Yeah their Vipers are nice.

I don't know them mind - only met them once, just a friend of a friend.

Duke · 4 May 2011 at 10:49

CaptainRAVE said:
To be fair, a "dog of a car" is only a couple of seconds off the pace per lap, if that - still supreme by any standard. Plus, no normal person would be able to push an F1 car to the limit like that anyway.

Yep

Tweaker · 4 May 2011 at 16:51

Even if they dont get it running, they still own an F1 car, considering millions of people watch them go round a track every other sunday, actually owning one is surely a great thing.