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around a couple of UK Modified cars
Car Description
A UK Modified car is built using a
fabricated tubular and/or box section frame, fairly lightweight in design but offers
full protection to the driver, the car has fully adjustable
suspension all round and all cars have 13" wheels, the formula
mainly uses second hand circuit racing tyres which are cheap and
plentiful
Engines are from large CC motorbikes
and are of 4 cylinder design, from all the major Japanese
manufacturers, this makes engine parts and even spare engines easy
to come by, they run with fuel injection, the engine uses its bike gearbox which is sequential and
the engine/gearbox assembly is mounted lengthways at the front of
the car, where the sprocket would be on a bike engine is now where
the propshaft to the rear axle fixes to, these cars therefore do not
have reverse gear, clutch is from the bike and a conventional clutch
pedal is used.
Braking is via disc brakes and is
fully adjustable with brake bias controls, left foot braking is
common in this type of race car
The body is made from aluminium
sheet metal, most panels are fairly flat making replacement easy and
cheap, the long rear side panels are excellent for signage, entry
and exit to the car is via an externally opening hatch in the roof
section
Licence Form for 2011, PDF
file [ download ]
Current Car Spec, PDF file [ download ] Racing Rules for drivers, officials and track staff [
download ]
Chassis
photos
Here we have some photos of the chassis in various states of build,
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Bare chassis red
Bare chassis silver
with engine and some panels fitted
engine and suspension view
engine right side
engine right side
manifold and exhaust, brakes
engine front and frame
side view bare chassis
another left side pic
front view
inner cab view
cab of the 36 car
chassis with panels
completed chassis left
completed chassis right
Charlie Wheeltons UK Build Modified:
Shipping
The Modifieds are sourced in the USA and are shipped from Arizona
via container, here are some images of the last batch of cars being
loaded, click image for larger version
Charlie Wheeltons UK Build Modified:
