though you do know the yellow ones aren't as quick as the red ones

Hi Phil and welcome.
No such thing as a daft question so ask away. There probably aren't many things that haven't come up previously so Someone will advise on whatever you come across. I hope you enjoy your Libra, although you do know the yellow ones aren't as quick as the red ones

Hi Phil and welcome to the GTM nutcase owners forum, I have to disagree about yellow cars being slower than red ones,
Back in the day when I had my road going Yellow Cox with 1425 S engine and running gear, I had the chance to have in my class at a Curbro' sprint a share driven red Coupe, that arrived with mechanics on the back of a breakdown tilt bed truck, they were very stand offish and did not talk to me, but went away at the end of day still not talking, but around 3 sec slower than my pace around the track,
Oh and my Jedi has yellow front springs and rear wing, which do not appear to make it slower (or faster??)
John

As you know it's Torque which gets you from A to B and Horsepower which determines maximum speed, but in Hill and Sprints, I'll take a torque monster engine over a high power one any day.
Phil.

Not sure who the quote is from but I recall someone once wisely saying "horsepower sells engines, torque wins races".

Hi Phil,
My old 1425 Cox was built back in the day before all the specialist pistons became available, so it was standard stroke with 2.5 PI Triumph pistons, worked well, though I had been told I could blow a head gasket from time to time so always carried a spare gasket and a torque wrench which cured the problem as it never happened,
Torque verses HP was described to me as; HP determines how fast you hit the trees, torque determines how far you go into the trees.
Jedi wheel spin-when I used a ZZr1095 Kawasaki (very wideband and high torque) but tall and a bit heavy, I used to get inside wheel spin exiting high-speed corners, I fitted a rear anti-roll bar that helped, later I fitted a Quaife Mini diff that cured it, I now run a much more powerful ZX10r engine, narrow power band, similar torque without roll bar, traction is good with 250 section super soft Pirelli slicks on the back, leave the start line @9000rpm in 2nd gear most places.