Simon Hick's Brighton Speed Trials MR2

[DanT]

shame your not breaking it..would love the sideskirts and rear spats

This car is far far far far too good to even consider breaking!!

oh totally agree...would hate to see it broken!

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Have there been any other chassis mods done which aren't listed? Trying to work out if this might also be suited to a track as well as going in a straight line damn quickly.

Even if chassis sorted for track, still leaves you to push the envelope with downforce.

Time Attack, Phil ?

[jasongtr]

shame your not breaking it..would love the sideskirts and rear spats

This car is far far far far too good to even consider breaking!!

oh totally agree...would hate to see it broken!

some might say the same about Nathans drag car - that was broken though

[Peter Gidden]

Nathan's car was a stripped out, race car, whereas Simon's is fully trimmed with an MOT.

If he were to enter the event, the buyer would be almost certain to take Simon's Brighton Speed Trials cup next year.

The closest car to him in the last 3 years was 0.8 second behind him, which it's fair to say, is a big gap for that event.

It would be great to see it at Brighton next year again.

[jasongtr]

so what if it was stripped out? still by the previous comments an mr2 thats too good to break, pretty easy to re-install an interior etc, Nathans car still had an MOT and was road legal

[Peter Gidden]

so what if it was stripped out? still by the previous comments an mr2 thats too good to break, pretty easy to re-install an interior etc,

True. But from BST point of view, it wouldn't qualify for "road modified" class.

[jasongtr]

thats getting away from the point that its too good to break

either way they are/were both great cars it seems, and the buyer could do with it what he/she pleases

[ashley]

Please don't buy this one Jason, I'd hate to see it in bits

[greeny]

This car is far far far far too good to even consider breaking!!

oh totally agree...would hate to see it broken!

some might say the same about Nathans drag car - that was broken though

Nath's was also damaged in an accident. Would be sad to see this car broken though, there's not many high HP MR2's in the country as it is.

But yeah the new owner is free to do what they wish with it once they've payed the price i guess!

Surely you should be a trader on here to be buying and breaking MR2's though?

[Magic Beans]

I'm still keen to hear about any other work which has been done to it, like chassis mods etc

[jasongtr]

I won't be buying this one Ashley so don't panic.

[ashley]

I won't be buying this one Ashley so don't panic.

So c'mon Phil- have you convinced yourself this is a good idea yet?

[Peter Gidden]

The buyer will naturally have to compete at Brighton next year, and keep the class record within IMOC.

Simon would love to hand over his enormous cup to a member here!

[Shmed]

How would 550 HP 'be' to handle on the track? I find 400HP comfoartable, and the GT3076 progressive enough. I'm tempted by this, but don't want to land up with a drag car that I'd want as a track car...

[monkeyra]

I'm amazed this hasn't sold, £7500 is a bargain. If I hadn't invested so much money into my 2GRFE swap, I'd be all over this.

[GeorgeL]

Phil... Just buy this mate before I find a way to get it on top of Building mine...

[Shmed]

Has it had any suspension mods? Polybushes? Coilovers?

[Peter Gidden]

Has it had any suspension mods? Polybushes? Coilovers?

Simon's car is running on OEM Rev3 suspension.

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Mine, all mine

[craig]