The CLR project
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The CLR project
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Something a little different for this forum. Due to the depth and attention to detail with this car I’m just going to lightly skim over some of the design and construction pics, I would literally be here forever for the full breakdown. It basically makes the £230,000 Alfaholics GTA-R look a bit tame. The technology found on this car is more akin to what you would find on an aircraft (MIL spec loom, L163, Titanium…). The car started life as a 1975 GT Junior 1600. It started with a completely restored shell with all the other components in boxes. The early idea was to use the Alfa engine but this was ditched fairly early on. In search for a new powerhouse the F20C was chosen. The Honda F20C engine held the record for producing the highest specific power output for any mass production naturally aspirated piston engine, at 123.5 HP/L, until Ferrari began production of the 458 Italia in 2010, which produced 124.5 HP/L. The F20C revs to 9000rpm, is unbelievably strong and reliable even at this level of tune. The engine was completely stripped down and rebuilt as new then some special track orientated modifications added, baffled sump etc. A completely unique custom fabricated ITB system was made, not only that it uses Formula1 engine type injection with the injectors housed within the trumpets; a true work of art as you’ll see from the pictures below. It is now mapped and running on E85 so it is a very green machine. In the current state of tune it is making around 265bhp and weighs around 800kg. Some of the detail and lengths gone to really are astonishing, 180mm wider track for instance… It really is a one-off in the truest sense.
The car has been through various stages of design and some aspects of the early work presented here may no longer be on the car. The pictures are roughly in time order. The final car is fully FIA compliant and certified so can be used in most race series. It has also been road registered which is some achievement. At present my aim is to dial it back a little and attempt to make it TUV compliant for registering in Germany and just enjoy it as a road car.
This is only a short summary but I’m sure that’s enough of my blabbering, I’ll let some pictures do the talking.
Something a little different for this forum. Due to the depth and attention to detail with this car I’m just going to lightly skim over some of the design and construction pics, I would literally be here forever for the full breakdown. It basically makes the £230,000 Alfaholics GTA-R look a bit tame. The technology found on this car is more akin to what you would find on an aircraft (MIL spec loom, L163, Titanium…). The car started life as a 1975 GT Junior 1600. It started with a completely restored shell with all the other components in boxes. The early idea was to use the Alfa engine but this was ditched fairly early on. In search for a new powerhouse the F20C was chosen. The Honda F20C engine held the record for producing the highest specific power output for any mass production naturally aspirated piston engine, at 123.5 HP/L, until Ferrari began production of the 458 Italia in 2010, which produced 124.5 HP/L. The F20C revs to 9000rpm, is unbelievably strong and reliable even at this level of tune. The engine was completely stripped down and rebuilt as new then some special track orientated modifications added, baffled sump etc. A completely unique custom fabricated ITB system was made, not only that it uses Formula1 engine type injection with the injectors housed within the trumpets; a true work of art as you’ll see from the pictures below. It is now mapped and running on E85 so it is a very green machine. In the current state of tune it is making around 265bhp and weighs around 800kg. Some of the detail and lengths gone to really are astonishing, 180mm wider track for instance… It really is a one-off in the truest sense.
The car has been through various stages of design and some aspects of the early work presented here may no longer be on the car. The pictures are roughly in time order. The final car is fully FIA compliant and certified so can be used in most race series. It has also been road registered which is some achievement. At present my aim is to dial it back a little and attempt to make it TUV compliant for registering in Germany and just enjoy it as a road car.
This is only a short summary but I’m sure that’s enough of my blabbering, I’ll let some pictures do the talking.
