sumo power

[leegav]

went for a trip down to Rye today to look round a race garage called SUMO POWER in the guy next doors Skyline....
oh my word.... talk about power in a car...not been in anything like it before and i dont think i ever will.....

im not going to post how quick he took it but ive not been that quick before...
on previous "track days" out he said hes had it to 1 80

the mid to top end power is unbelievable and it sounds incredible but its rather slow until 4,000 revs...my god does it go after that...
shame its so s.hite on the corners....
the power he has in his is just short of 800bhp but the main technician at sumo had one outside, that he races and it had over 1000bhp..
apparently it races in brighton on street drag races? not sure if any of you have been down there? its a black one and fairly famous car?
my neighbor didnt let me have a go in his.... even though i let him drive mine a couple of months ago...
there were race cars all over the place and the garage was immaculate everywhere...
i didnt want to seem like an by taking photos whilst the owner was there talking to us, but managed to get in this quick shot before he came to meet us.. this was only a small part of the garage, there were race cars everywhere and in the back was a special area were they did work on a le mans jaguar...there were 7 cars under heat resistant car covers....wasnt allowed to look under them...
also had fish and chips near the marina and it was delicious...
i expect i could organise a good look round for the club at some stage if people would be interested...
all in all a good monday out....

[b33fy]

Its a great place Lee, they run the R35GTR's for FIA GT1 world series, the unofficial factory team. They have a yearly open day. James and I went along to one when they first opened, some great cars on show and a few freebies, hats, stickers, etc, worth keeping an eye out for.

[bigstuff]

Awesome that sounds fantastic sounds like that would make a brilliant stop on a run.

[leegav]

its fantastic place... could have spent a week there looking at everything...
those big cars just dont do it for me though... but each to there own i suppose..
my friend next door has known the guy for 10 years apparently...
my engine and carbs looked very simple compared to some of the engines in those cars...

[DJ.]

Very interesting, and sounds like great day out

Shame you didn't get to try 800bhp, but I can understand his attitude (or fear) .

Duncan

[Crunchie Gears]

Lee

That is a awesome day out!

[Mattijs]

I actually considered getting a GT-R, but buying one is just the start... After that, you keep spending lots of money.

So instead, I bought a kit car. At least that means that once you have the car, especially a Tiger, you're not spending anything... Much... Oh... Maybe a Skyline would have been cheaper in the long run?

[Nash]

A few of us had our names down on PH for there last open day but it was cancelled at shirt notice. Shame as it looks a cracking day out.