Paul Thompson 'Hooligan'
Admin
Well -
Something different here, I spent today with friends up at Donington Park Motor Circuit playing with a newly acquired vehicle...
The car is, we believe, the first privately owned Viper Competition Coupe in the Uk and what a blast!!
It is fully equipped with Air Jacks, Full Motec Instrumentation/logging and lots and lots of carbon fiber. My continuing diet stood me well as I found climbing in through the cage easier than acticipated and all belts fitted easily.
Whilst I did not get 'hands on wheel' today (has been promised for future outing) the experience was extremely enjoyable...
It was the owner's first time driving the car - having only collected it from overseas 10 days ago and with slicks all round (12" wide on front
) the grip was superb. It instantly gave an immense feel of security, as did the equally huge brakes. Its deceleration when requested was something else. Acceleration was good, although not spectacular, with a 520BHP lump up front and it was happy to be buzzed about all day with ZERO problems encountered (try that with most 40s....) passing just about everything (excluding some seriously quick Porsches with Pro drivers) and holding a steady 87 deg C on water/Oil temp...
So - lots of fun, thanks friends... and I look forward to it's next outing...
Something different here, I spent today with friends up at Donington Park Motor Circuit playing with a newly acquired vehicle...
The car is, we believe, the first privately owned Viper Competition Coupe in the Uk and what a blast!!
It is fully equipped with Air Jacks, Full Motec Instrumentation/logging and lots and lots of carbon fiber. My continuing diet stood me well as I found climbing in through the cage easier than acticipated and all belts fitted easily.
Whilst I did not get 'hands on wheel' today (has been promised for future outing) the experience was extremely enjoyable...
It was the owner's first time driving the car - having only collected it from overseas 10 days ago and with slicks all round (12" wide on front
) the grip was superb. It instantly gave an immense feel of security, as did the equally huge brakes. Its deceleration when requested was something else. Acceleration was good, although not spectacular, with a 520BHP lump up front and it was happy to be buzzed about all day with ZERO problems encountered (try that with most 40s....) passing just about everything (excluding some seriously quick Porsches with Pro drivers) and holding a steady 87 deg C on water/Oil temp... So - lots of fun, thanks friends... and I look forward to it's next outing...
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