The car is a V6 Trophy and was originally converted to right hand drive by Dave Appleby Engineering. Reading between the lines, the intention was to convert it to 4WD but the car disappeared to Scotland and sat hiding for a couple of years when the owner lost interest. Having run a Group A Evo, the complexity and cost of being competitive is fearsome. There are also so many Scooby's and Evo's on rallies that when this car came up we thought that it would be different and a bit of fun.
Technically the car is relatively straight forward - 3-litre V6 with Trophy cams, solid lifters and Trophy exhaust. At the moment it runs the twin plenum setup with Magnetti management although we plan to change to MoTec once we have the handling under control (as long as I don't destroy it first!). Transmission is the Sadev 6-speed sequential with LSD. Suspension is currently the Bilstein setup but with Eibach springs although Proflex 3-way is pretty high up the list of mods.
Help and advice with such an odball is always welcome and those of you that have used SG Motorsport will know that Scott knows his stuff and is enthusiastic about the V6. He's also a nice guy and not a rip-off merchant so its great to have him involved with what we are trying to do - even if it's me that is going through the hedge backwards
Scott from SG Motorsport trying to explain why this was a good idea!
So far, mods to the car include:
Replacing the anti-roll bar drop link rose joints which were bent almost double.
Sourcing a light pod and fittings
Replace the bag-tank with a custom job by Premier Fuels
Replaced the plastic undershields with kevlar guards
Replace the front brake hoses which were so short that they were operating as steering lock stops!
Check and adjust all the camber angles which were all over the place
Setting up the car is a bit of trial and error as although we have the original Trophy settings, they were for a smooth racetrack and in better climate. Being "the only one" as opposed to "the special one" there's no reason not to share our settings, successes or failures, so if anyone has any questions or bright ideas.......
