THE JHW TROPHY
Now, motorsports is a pretty expensive on the whole, and buying a brand new race car is by far the biggest expense. and money is a huge issue for a great number of young drivers.
but, at JHW, we’ve come up with an answer with a spec-racer that is not only a great stepping stone for younger drivers, but a car that can be tuned and repaired easily, too!
this small and lightweight roadster mates a classic looking fiberglass body with modern styling cues, to provide both form and functionallity. the cars are also fitted with alloy wheels sport compound tyres, so the cost of replacing them isn’t astronomical.
the monocoque is full glued aluminium, so the end result of this and the fiberglass body is a sub 830kg car with full safety features. that’s got to be fairly impressive, right?
suspension wise, you have double wishbones up front, with a pushrod setup in the back, fitted with standard coil springs, gas mono dampers, and passive sway bars. so it’s fully analog and adjustable without being super uncomfortable.
the drivetrain is also very analog. a 6-speed H-pattern with an old school automatic locking diff means this car is super simple to work on.
under the hood, we have a 1.5 L, DOHC 12v I3 with all steel internals, VVL, VVT, and cast block and headers.
now, that may seem a bit counter intuitive to have a heavy cast outside with the inside being lightweight billet steel, but it has allowed us to generate better performance for the money.
the fuel system is proper old school TPC mechanical injection, so tuning and tweaking is super simplistic. and the engine is finally rounded out with a long tubular exhaust header, connected to a HF cat and straight thru muffler.
all this results in 157hp and 104ft-lb of torque.
perfromance wise, the Trophy hits 62mph in 5.6 seconds, and goes onto a top speed of 150mph. so it’s no slouch!
and the price? just $19800.
So lets go racing, shall we?
