I just got a great opportunity to learn about Prosports first hand. I just acquired Prosport chassis RMS 0108 from a very generous friend that made me an offer I couldn't refuse. When he got the car 7 years ago he was told that it had 20 hours on the chassis and 13 hours on the motor. My friend started the car once when he first got it to make sure it ran and since that time it has been sitting in his car collection and hasn't moved (or been started).
It has a Kawasaki 1000cc Loynings built engine that was refreshed (I'm not sure what that means) by George Dean. The engine has a dry sump and a paddle shift system made by Flatshifter.com has been added.
The car arrived yesterday and today I took the rear body off of the car and cleaned everything up. There is a bit of work to do before I get it started. I pulled the battery and am charging it, but it will likely need to be replaced. I also need to get a wider seat because this one is very small. Also the car has a dry-break fueling system and it didn't come with a fuel can, so I need to pick one of those up.
There are a few things about the car that I need to take a closer look at. For example the front splitter is made of plywood and the nose is bolted directly to it. Also it looks like some one made an oil catch can from a bicycle water bottle. Does anyone have any advice on the front splitter?
I think my favorite part of the car so far is the warning sticker near the shifter that says "Warning - Moving this shift lever could cause loss of bladder control". 🙂
Nice car. Looks to have the air jacks and center lug wheels. I wouldn't worry about the overflow bottle at least it is metallic.
A friend of mine has a mold for the original front splitter. He owns a composite shop here in Georgia. I will ask him how much for a glass replacement, I owe him a call anyway. It mounts to the bottom of the nose and removes with the nose. The front mounting of the nose is a bayonet/receiver system. What does the under structure of the nose look like?
I will be interested in your comparison to the SR3 on track.
Thank you Neil, that would be a big help. I noticed that some of the later Prosports had a chassis mounted splitter like the SR3, but I don't know what it would take to convert it to that...or if it is even worth doing. Either the body mounted or the chassis mounted would be fine. Here is a picture of the structure under the nose that I got from the Registry. I haven't gotten the nose off yet because it is bolted down in four places in the front. I may try taking it off tomorrow if I have time.
I haven't heard back from my buddy on the splitter, holidays and all. I do not have a crush box like yours. mine looks like this,
The splitter attaches to the body. I have seen your set up before and think it is stiffer. My car is probably easier to load on a trailer ; )
Thanks for adding that picture. The differences in these cars is interesting. Your car is a slightly later chassis number than mine (137 vs 108) so it is interesting that it doesn't have a crash structure in the front. It is also interesting that your car doesn't have the two round holes in the nose for the brake cooling ducts. Where does the brake cooling come from. Perhaps the difference are because your car was a works car?
My nose is not original to the car. The nose I took off did have the openings. But I suspect it wasn't original either since it wasn't made of carbon and it didn't have headlight buckets.
Well we got the Prosport Running again today today. Thanks for helping Carl (fatbillybob on the Forum). It sounds great! The next step is to put a new fuel cell in. The current fuel cell was pressure tested in September of 2000, so it is overdue for replacement
Nice car. Looks to have the air jacks and center lug wheels. I wouldn't worry about the overflow bottle at least it is metallic.
A friend of mine has a mold for the original front splitter. He owns a composite shop here in Georgia. I will ask him how much for a glass replacement, I owe him a call anyway. It mounts to the bottom of the nose and removes with the nose. The front mounting of the nose is a bayonet/receiver system. What does the under structure of the nose look like?
I will be interested in your comparison to the SR3 on track.
Neil, have you heard from your friend about the splitter?
