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Surely that can't be too hard to beat
BenB - 30/10/12 at 03:04 PM

http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3238

Stick a BEC in a lightweight chassis, jobs a good'un.
Somehow sticking a v8 in a milk float feels like cheating.

loggyboy - 30/10/12 at 03:24 PM

I wonder how far it got up the banking at the TRL track!?

bartonp - 30/10/12 at 04:05 PM

ISTR a big V8 powered milk float in Hot Car back in the 70's ...

MikeRJ - 30/10/12 at 04:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3238

Stick a BEC in a lightweight chassis, jobs a good'un.
Somehow sticking a v8 in a milk float feels like cheating.


Top speed will be completely limited by the woeful aerodynamics of a milkfloat (surely one of the few vehicles worse than a 7!) so you need big power rather than light weight. Ditching the old Rover V8 boat anchor and going for something with real grunt (e.g. GM LSx V8) would yield far better results I suspect. Then again I suspect the handling at 77mph would be worrying enough to not want to go much faster,

Rod Ends - 30/10/12 at 05:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bartonp
ISTR a big V8 powered milk float in Hot Car back in the 70's ...


gottabedone - 30/10/12 at 05:37 PM

^^^^^^ reminds me of the Munsters hotrod

steve m - 30/10/12 at 05:47 PM

That, is nearly as practical, as errr 7

steve m - 30/10/12 at 05:48 PM

so Liam gallagher was "ernie, and he drove th........................................."

Fred W B - 30/10/12 at 07:59 PM

I can remember buying that "Hot Car" issue when it was current. But I was at school still

Cheers

Fred W B


[Edited on 30/10/12 by Fred W B]