Racing Historic Modsports Turner Sports Car

[8pot]

This unique British Turner Sports Car was seen in the Paddock at one of the National circuits displaying the HMSA Historic Modsports and Saloon Association logos.
historicmodsportsandsaloons.com

Its owner is contesting several National Championships in 2010 and will be out playing with several members of the BritishV8 and British Racecar Forum.

[Moderator]

Awesome! How much engine does that car have? I'd love to see some spy photos of the engine compartment, chassis and suspension.

[8pot]

Hi Curtis
The engine in this small British Turner Sports Car is a dry sumped Cosworth built all steel short stroke all steel 1824cc Ford X/Flow,tiny compared to the big V8s.
Its built to scream its head off over 10,000rpm,it has a Cosworth steel crank,steel rods,huge valves,roller rockers the whole damn works,on the dyno it revved near on 11,000 rpm on a race fuel mixture of 108 octane.BHP came near to 234 @ 9600 rpm,with Torque around the 165ibs mark.The stainless steel manifold system is a work of art helping this little beast breath well.
Performance figures are exciting with 0-60mph coming up in 2.9 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 10.78 seconds,the car only weighs 485 kilos so these bike speeds are due to good power to weight ratio.

The whole body unclips to show a mass of spaceframe tubes,rosejoints and raw polished alloy with hundreds of rivets,it looks like an old pair of Edward Green shoes,you would love it.

Our magazine did a 10 page feature on this car titled Head Turner and can confirm its bloody quick,the owner says he races it like a big Go Kart because of its 50/50 balance,brave man.
This racing Turner will be competing around the UK circuits in 2010 under the banner of the HMSA Historic Modsports and Saloon Association. 07818-063543. historicmodsportsandsaloons.com

There are many beautiful big V8 Modsports and Special Saloons joining this car in races so it will be fun seeing proper race cars doing battle once again.