Hello everyone,
I just bought a CAV GT40 second hand and it is fantastic. I am a 26 year old race driver from Ohio and enjoy vintage racing as my hobby. I bought my GT40 as a fun car and am glad I did. It has an Elliot built 347 that makes 480 hp so the cars does what it should! Currently it has the Audi gearbox. The car has 5,000 miles on it and the gearbox is not broken so I think that is saying alot. I don't impact load trannies so I think it may be OK, but am unsure. I'd prefere better ratios though or at least a lower final drive number.
Unfortunatly it looks like I won't get to enjoy my car much for quite sometime as I am likly moving to Europe in two weeks to race F3 and train for F1. It will have to stay State side for now. An American driving a GT40 through Europe would draw too much attention. Although perhaps I should. With murphy's law, I'd end up getting hired by Ferrari.
Looking forward to chatting,
Casey Putsch
Putsch Racing
I just bought a CAV GT40 second hand and it is fantastic. I am a 26 year old race driver from Ohio and enjoy vintage racing as my hobby. I bought my GT40 as a fun car and am glad I did. It has an Elliot built 347 that makes 480 hp so the cars does what it should! Currently it has the Audi gearbox. The car has 5,000 miles on it and the gearbox is not broken so I think that is saying alot. I don't impact load trannies so I think it may be OK, but am unsure. I'd prefere better ratios though or at least a lower final drive number.
Unfortunatly it looks like I won't get to enjoy my car much for quite sometime as I am likly moving to Europe in two weeks to race F3 and train for F1. It will have to stay State side for now. An American driving a GT40 through Europe would draw too much attention. Although perhaps I should. With murphy's law, I'd end up getting hired by Ferrari.
Looking forward to chatting,
Casey Putsch
Putsch Racing