Saloon Car Race Preparation

This guide to saloon car racing is intended to help newcomers to motor sport prepare and race the types of cars other people drive to work. Drawing on the expertise of professionals, this book documents the step-by-step procedures for converting several types of popular cars into high-performance racing machines. The models featured for such conversion include Honda Civic, VW Golf GTi, Mercedes 190 16-valve, BMW M3, Peugeot 309, Vauxhall Astra GTE and Alfa Romeo 33 16-valve. When converted to racing specifications the cars still feature their original bodyshell, engine and gearbox/drivetrain. Following completion of the conversion the narrative takes the car to the track and describes the methods employed to diagnose problems and how to alleviate them to extract the maximum performance from the vehicle.