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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, to view larger image just click the images, use your browser's "back" button to return to this page


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