Sylva Riot & Spectre:CKC Guide 2009
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Sylva Riot
THE SYLVA DNA is all about sharp dynamic ability and high performance through light weight. Since 1982, MD Jeremy Phillips has designed a string of acclaimed sports cars – many of which have proven themselves on the race track. Late in 2004, the mid-engined Riot appeared. Originally designed to accommodate motorcycle power, car engine options were quickly added. Powerplants fitted to date include the Yamaha R1 and Ford Zetec SE (Sigma units). Tipping the scales at under 500kg even with a car engine aboard, the Riot doesn’t need big power to be genuinely fast, while its agility ensures endless entertainment on road and track. The steel spaceframe chassis is clothed mostly with gelcoated GRP bodywork (the side panels being aluminium), while the use of cycle wings all-round and the car’s miniscule dimensions lend the car its highly distinctive appearance. Under the skin is a steel spaceframe chassis that uses double wishbone suspension at the rear, while up front you’ll find inboard coilover dampers that operate on lower wishbones and top rocking arms. A recent development has been the introduction of fabricated uprights. In 2009, the Riot was joined in the Sylva stable by a new full bodied car (pictured right). It shares the Riot’s proven underpinnings, but clothes them in a curvy all-GRP body that’s inspired by racecars of the 1960s. Undoubtedly pretty, the new car also offers greater protection from wind buffeting, a little more interior space and improved aerodynamics.
SPECIFICATION CHASSIS: Spaceframe with integral roll-over bar. BODYWORK: Riot – All GRP in self-coloured gelcoat with the exception of the aluminium side panels. New car – All GRP in self-coloured gelcoat. DONOR CAR: No single donor. ENGINE OPTIONS: Yamaha R1, Ford Sigma, Rover K-series – almost any fourcylinder car or motorcycle engine will fit. SUSPENSION: Front – Inboard coil-over dampers, top rocking arms, fabricated uprights, Rear – Double wishbones, coil-over dampers. Fabricated uprights. STEERING: Ford Escort rack, Ford Sierra column. BRAKES: Discs all-round. KIT PRICE: Riot – Chassis Kit £1998, Body Kit £566. New full bodied car – Chassis Kit £2247, Body Kit £1757. Prices include VAT. BUDGET BUILD COST: Riot – From £8000. New full bodied car – From £10,000.
SUMMARY – The Riot and the new car continue the Sylva tradition of combining excellent dynamic ability, lively performance and excellent value for money. Few sports cars have such purity in their design as this duo.
Sylva Autokits, Unit 9 Townley Close, Boston Road Industrial Estate, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6AT T: 01507 526134 E: sylva-autokits@hotmail.co.uk W: www.sylva.co.uk
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