McRaes R4

[Zico]

Couldnt find the old thread..

Recent testing went very well according to a recent MN, http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/12072006/45...y-road-13.html

Interesting to see how far back the engine sits.. http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/12072006/45...y-road-13.html
Something I bet the WRC manufacturers wish they could do!

Anyone know anything about the suspension on the car?

[Fischer]

Thanks for the info.
When the R4 is completely finished, hopefully Mcrae can demonstrate his car in Top Gear, would be nice

[Koppomsbo]

Dont know about the car, but im for sure gonna buy a pair of shoes

[Bazza2541]

Have you checked the dates on those articles?

[Zico]

Have you checked the dates on those articles?

Yep.. I only put them up because the old thread has dissapeared, has a few unseen pictures also..



From the news section at Colins website


"Date: 9 th March – We hit the dirt for the first time!

Earlier this week we gave the R4 its first proper shakedown, and it felt really good. Dave Plant and his whole team from DJM. were in attendance. On the Tuesday we put some road miles on it, then on Wednesday we took it to a stretch of forest. We had the use of a 2.5 mile loop which was quite rough and bumpy, but that’s what we wanted.

There’s not one production part on the machine and the fact that nothing fell off or broke during the 60 mile test was really good. We were all very pleased.

To finally get in the car, which felt as good as it did, well, it really puts a smile on your face.

The idea of course is to build a National spec ‘formula’ car, which is less complicated than a WRC machine with a basic mechanical set-up, but which will offer drivers a fast and reliable rally car. The way it performed was more than I expected.

The car is now back at DJM for a complete check-over before we concentrate on a series of constant high speed tarmac work"

[HaCo]

At the end of this video you can see the R4 in action, but as we are use from McRae it is crashed allready!!!
http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.ph...st_id=2508&s=l

[Zico]

1st public pics of the R4.. Gulp!

http://www.colinmcrae.com/gallery.as...=5&viewer=true

http://www.colinmcrae.com/gallery.as...=5&viewer=true

http://www.colinmcrae.com/gallery.as...=5&viewer=true

Not sure I like the colour scheme.. Why not in white?

[jonas_mcrae]

actually it looks way better that when it was all red, the livery is nice, and maybe in white the silver decals wouldnt look so good

[cut the b.s.]

This car will debut this weekend at Goodwood Festival of Speed according to their website, no updated news on his own website though

[Donney]

It looks good, although I'd change the livery, I really hope it proves to be a successful formula.