DAYTONA Sports Car Upgrades/improvements

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Originally Posted by Serpnt

Look forward to the resolution and as an fyi, last Saturday I caught up with the owner of the ex Tim Hendy DSC which has a 7 litre monster in it. We went for a blast in mine and then his and what a difference those cubes make. Suffice to say I came away drooling and now that the TH car is painted, it looks as good as it goes.

Serpnt, I was starting to get the guilt's about hijacking Mikes thread so I thought I'd start our own so we can add our stuff to a dedicated topic.

Yes, the ex Tim Hendy Car has quite a history. Sadly no longer with the Hollinger. I also understand before it was painted it rolled out of its pit garage one day unoccupied at Sandown (?) and had a little collision with another car??? I also understand it is now for sale.

While I haven't driven my car in anger as yet I've been really quite surprised what the blueprinted LS 6ltr can do. Its really quite potent and it'd take some time to get my head around 7ltrs worth of LS7. An easy upgrade I believe as well based on what Richard B tell me. Although I have no current intention of doing anything with the powerplant.

My first modification is the serpentine belt which sucks. I'm really surprised they didn't engineer that a little better. Once that's done I'm doing something with the wheel sizes. IMO the Daytona shape doesn't compliment itself to have a lower profile tyre on the rear. I'm going to put some 280/680 slicks on the rear, 240/640 fronts and do a test to see how it handles on the track and how it sits etc. I need to fill up those rear wheel arches.

After that, I'll look to improving the AC as its also works OK but could be better.

Lots of projects, but so little time with a 2 year old. All good fun though.

Why don't you post some pics and details about your car here too?

For those who aren't aware my car is car number 7. 6 ltr blueprinted chev with twin motec and Hollinger sequential.