by SuperSlab » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:24 am
Pretty to look at and great runner! What is not to like?
Had the car at the track last night and it is beautifully smooth, handles like a dream and is plenty fast enough in a straight line. I keep track of best lap times of all my cars (well, I am up to recording lap times for 85% of my cars!). When I take a new car to the track I "guesstimate" what lap time it will do. Glad to say I underestimated the performance potential of this one. Make that "badly underestimated"! Over time I have been able to get a pretty good feel for what to expect, even without having ever run a car. I can generally get to within 1 - 2 tenths of a second of the actual result.
For the 907 I estimated a best lap of 8.3 seconds: did an actual of 7.923! Pretty darned quick! To put this in perspective: it is like a quarter of a second quicker than my Slot.it Jaguar XJR12 and just a hair slower than my Slot.it Lola B08. Hhmm, note to self: have to do some work on those two!
And it is not just the fact that it is quick that is so nice: it is the on track behaviour that really is the icing on the cake. It really is very, very smooth, super grippy and tremendously easy to drive.
And yes I do realise that by adding in a Slot.it axle and gear and BWA wheels at the rear end I i) escalated the price quite a bit and ii) significantly upgraded the car.
But still. I did not even add a gram of weight to it!
10/10 for SRC!