E9 racer project for sale
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rblongboarder
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Thanks for posting. It was quite interesting to scroll through all the photos...
ElGrecko
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It's a bit of an odd duck. Full cage (but if those forward facing tubes are really carbon fiber then that not a real cage that would pass any serious sanctioning body's standard) and racing seat, but no flares so you're stuck with skinny tires that nobody used in any racing versions. No fuel cell, stock suspension parts, no Heim joints or solid bushings and all of the hoses and engine compartment are street car stuff. No fan showing so it likely has an electric fan, but doesn't look like there are oil coolers for the engine or diff. The motor appears to be built and 240 CV is an improvement, but a redline of 6500 rpm is holding back power. The cam doesn't come on until it's over 3700, and with that much cam you should be spinning it to over 7000-7500 at least. If the rockers aren't done and the head work isn't there to support the cam, then why go with that much cam? Lots of racing livery, but this isn't a race car it's a track day car that might be fun but isn't close to anything like a race car. On the plus side it can still be driven on the street, but the interior is rough for anything but track day use. To sum it up it's not enough of a race car to be attractive to a race car collector and for a street car it's too rough and needs a lot of work to make it nice enough to really enjoy on the street. Unless you are looking for a E9 track day car it's going to take a lot of money to make this what you want. If you want a race car you need flared fenders, suspension work added coolers and the engine compartment brought to a higher standard, the battery moved to the trunk and a lot lot more. If you want a street car you need to lose the cage, and redo the entire interior, and then repaint it. Going in either direction is going to be expensive, so I don't see it selling for a lot unless two people are looking for track day cars. Probably least expensive to put it back on the street and enjoy the perky motor and have fun with it. If it goes for a low figure that could be a fun build.
