D my car is something like 3 inches wider than stock; the big differences are in transient handling, it's more stable under braking and the tendency for it to snap left right or right left in a series of S turns is reduced. Go figure the wider track makes it more stable. Also the corner speed is up about 2 mph (part of this is my getting the corner weights dialed). Our sports racer was 72 inches wide (same as an Indy Car) and you could be a total animal on the brakes as well as turning in.

If I flared the rear fenders I could probably go an inch wider except it would no longer fit on my trailer. The trailer was custom made for a TR3 so it's a bit narrow.

I need to sort the jetting; the main jet is good but I probably need to raise the needles and make a slight adjustment to the accelerator pump.I also have about 35-40lbs I can take out of the car as well as move the battery from the stock location. In the last 2 years we've made the car 7 seconds a lap faster. We can probable eek out another second or so without spending much if any money.

The addition of the u/c gearbox brought the brought the total dollars invested since 1984 up to $9000. For another $4000-5000 I could do things like put a dog box in it, shed 175lbs and fit better dampers. It would be an absolute weapon, still be cheaper than 75% of the cars I race against but I'm to cheap to do that.

Tom

I've have talked about switching to the Formula 500 for vintage racing and keeping the 1200 as my track day car (open wheelers are verboten at track days) but I'm having a lot fun with the 1200.