Chequerd Flag working rear disc brake

[Ferrina]

Re: Chequerd Flag working rear disc brake

They handle quite well at speed, I'm up for hiring a go-kart track for the day!!! Didn't see any evidence of bike engines?

[smartSteve]

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Did I not mention that smarts are actually pretty hilarious on track?? Far more fun than they ought to be... far more capable too.

I was pretty surprised myself when I took the eddy around the track at Brooklands.

[BCA]

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Did I not mention that smarts are actually pretty hilarious on track?? Far more fun than they ought to be... far more capable too.

[smartSteve]

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Thanks, not quite what I was hoping for though... that site seems to imply that they drive with standard tyre sizes and engines??!

If my French is still good enough, they say that Scuderia CS is preparing the cars to the same specifications and you can rent one for the season. So we are not really talking about "plain vanilla" smartz.
A competition in the UK? I'm not too sure - I like my car too much to put it on the track for a competition and risk it getting damaged.

[BCA]

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http://www.smartcup.be/

Kate

Thanks, not quite what I was hoping for though... that site seems to imply that they drive with standard tyre sizes and engines??!

Hmmm... how far are we from a UK series - anyone interested?

[Taffdan]

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Once a Roadie gets sideways in a big way you are heading for the hedge or something coming the other way

I disagree slightly with this, if you know what you are doing the Roadie is quite easily controlled in a rear end slide, probably the simplest rear wheel drive to control that I have driven, including BMWs, MX5s and MR2s.


Oh and the rather quick traffic Volvos, and Beemers

[lil.smartie]

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Slightly off topic, but does anyone know of any decent sites with info about these smart racers??

http://www.smartcup.be/

Kate

[Ferrina]

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Slightly off topic, but does anyone know of any decent sites with info about these smart racers??

Yeah, would be interested to find out more. On that info about R6 engines, I'm considering bike power now, but nothing mad though. The modest power of a ZX9R engine sounds good and cost effective at 138bhp from a 899cc lump. Not sure what to do now? Got a nice VVC 1.4 16V K series in the back garden, but I'm out of cash at the moment and frustrated!!

Sorry, gone a bit further off topic there!!
:newbie:

[BCA]

Re: Chequerd Flag working rear disc brake

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know of any decent sites with info about these smart racers??

[lil.smartie]

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The Smart Cup cars have R6 engines in though! Those guys are nuts too, in the office there is a pic of Sidi getting out of a Smart on it's back window then look through to the workshop and it looks fine! Sidi got out with no injuries either!

I think the point it is rear discs are needed in some track applications but as Paul said it actually makes everyday driving worse than with the shoes & drums, I don't think that's the case with any other mods that indies do on a daily basis!

Kate

[BCA]

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Cool, love these little racers... rear disks, single pot calipers - custom subframe with R1 engines.... not bad.

[Ferrina]

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Spotted this little gem, diggin' the colour scheme, but check the rear wheel...

[BCA]

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The only reason you'd want these is if you do alot of 100mph to very little speed, hard, repeatedly... In a committed lap of the Nurburgring - and I mean committed here - you can get them to start grumbling at the back quite a bit, very little loss in braking ability if at all, but doesnt sound right... You would not get the same problem with discs, though I'd reccommend making sure they were cool enough (this is the drums problem) and making sure they're pathetic sized calipers with very little brake bias at all, let the fronts do the vast majority of the work...

[RacingSnake]

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If people are seriously thinking about doing this mod, the ONLY kit worth fitting is the Movit kit. www.movit.de

These guys do good quality brakes for all makes
I'll refrain from commenting on hi-spec.

but kudos to CF for doing the mod, it looks great

[palmer02]

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Well said