First post here, I picked up this Formula 27 from Bring a Trailer back in November and have been busy on it ever since. It's a Formula 27 that was built in 2001, powered by a CBR1100xx engine, turbo charged with meth injection. I've replumbed much of the engine bay and removed or resoldered plenty of the dodgy splices that had been added over the years.
I paint corrected the exterior, added stripes, ceramic coated it and painted the silver wheels black
The interior was looking a bit barren, so I had my wife use some of her mad skills with the sewing machine to whip up a new interior to cover the black aluminum. I replaced several gauges, added new LED idiot lights, made new aluminum E-brake, shifter and reverse knobs.
I installed a HealTech quickshiter and I'm in the process of adding a sequential shift light to keep up with how fast this thing revs
I love driving it so far, hopefully when it warms up I'll have a little more traction when the turbo kicks in. I need a passenger for ballast right now to keep the wheelspin down!
I'm still trying to come to grips with the handling, it's taken me a while to get used to sitting so far back in the chassis. Those front wheels seem really far out there! I've got a couple of mid-engined cars and this one feels completely different
Looking forward to spring to drive this thing more!