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| 1. Customers will be offered a choice of two cars to choose from. The first will be the Ameo Cup racecar that currently does duty in the Volkswagen Ameo Cup races. The car sports a full race built 1.8-litre engine, a BMC intake and a sequential gearbox with a full auto mode that makes the car an absolute beast to drive. You also get a full FMSCI spec rollcage, a seam welded body structure, a race ready fire extinguisher and an OMP race seat. |
| Well, all in, the Ameo Cup car - with that massive rear wing will be available to customers for about Rs 40 lakh, which considering the fact that it is about 205 bhp and can lap the Buddh International Circuit in under 2:20:000 is impressive. |
| The race spec Vento gets the bits like the rollcage, the race seats and harness, the KW suspension with Eibach springs and the fire extinguisher. |
| 2. But that isn't the only car Volkswagen will offer private owners who want a track toy. The Indian Touring Car Championship now has a new turbo class and Volkswagen have developed a race spec Vento that can be entered directly into the series. The race spec Vento is also a 1.8-litre engine under the bonnet making 210 bhp with the ITC spec restrictor plate but makes a whopping 250 bhp with the restrictor pates off. The car is available with both a standard H-Pattern 6-speed manual or the completely bonkers sequential gearbox with a manual shifter too |
| The race spec Vento also gets the usual bits like the rollcage, the race seats and harness, the KW suspension with Eibach springs and the fire extinguisher. It also gets a set of forged wheels that have been made specifically for this car by Wheels India Limited in India and weight only about 6.5 kg each! The race spec Vento does not get the same wing as the Ameo does but owners can opt for one. The car also gets massive front brakes from a Golf R32 along with rear discs from an Octavia RS comnbined with a set of race ready brake pads. |
| The base model car with no options ticked in will cost about Rs 24 lakh while the fully loaded version with all the trinkets added in will be about Rs 40 lakh - the same the Ameo Cup cars. But that isn't all! Volkswagen Motorsport India can also offer a different map on the Vento, which will boost power upwards of 300 bhp and can also develop and offer front aewro like a splitter and a set of canards along with more aggressive rear aero. |
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Originally Posted by swiftnfurious
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That's an out of the box thinking to extend the sales. However, I have some of these questions. .... |
| .... PS: Those who are familiar with the race scene - can't we build a race spec car with good garages for an additional 10L or so? May be the likes of Leela Krishnan could be expensive, still? |
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Originally Posted by octane1002
(Post 4476243)
This looks suited to enthusiasts with spare moolah to hone their track skills (and of course if they get noticed by the right people at VW Motorsport HQ, may get sponsored by VW for one of those one make series organised by VW). . |
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Originally Posted by SDP
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Other Points ...[*] The following 3 cars parked around the pit-lane were special. From right to left they were the N, R series and circuit-racing spec. These are race-spec cars that are apparently street-legal. They are made to order and are customizable.   .. |
| Volkswagen Motorsport took a road-going Vento sedan and created this racecar. Visually, you can see that the driver's door has a door pad, primarily because of the door handle and the manual window winder. The other doors are hollow, although they do still run glass windows because the TC4-A class has a high-ish minimum weight - to keep costs in check and allow more manufacturers to easily create racecars. The dashboard is just about there, but the meters, the centre console, all feature racecar essentials rather than creature comforts. Behind your race bucket - there's only one seat - is a massive roll cage and empty space that runs all the way back to the boot lid. The body is stock, more or less, the tail lights actually work but the headlights are empty. |
| the whole car is seam-welded for longevity. A street car has the minimum of spot welds it needs, to stay together over its street life. A racecar with its additional stresses and performance, in a year or two, will crack those welds. So they welded all the seams on the Vento TC4-A through and through. They strip out all insulation - hence the noise and the heat. If the weight limit is low, you'll also get plastic windows. Then comes the installation of the roll cage, the OMP racing seat and six-point harness. Finally, there's the tiny steering wheel. |
| 1.8-litre TSI engine they use, has proven to be an extremely robust racing platform, working happily with just one oil change and service per season. The turbo runs a restrictor plate as per the class regulations and allows the engine to make 215PS. 250PS would be possible without the regulatory requirement. There's a minimum of engine work but the gearbox is a race gearbox from French company 3MO. MoTec supplies all the electronics, including gearbox electronics. |
| The electronics are important because not only does it bring telemetry and the sequential shifter, but given our fuel quality, it also allows the Turbo to run as hard as it can without damage |
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