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Top Gear on TV last night - what wheels did the Noble have? Looked like TSWs to me but not sure which type...
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Top Gear - Noble Wheels
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Top Gear on TV last night - what wheels did the Noble have? Looked like TSWs to me but not sure which type...
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I think that was the mental new MG?? Its the wheels off the Noble that Im after.
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What about the Focus RS as well! Im no ford fan but that looked so good! and from Clarkson was saying, bloody sticks to the road, pity bout the torque steer though, why oh why did they not make it 4wd????
Nice to see the Impreza get its arse whooped around that track as well but the CTR and Focus!
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Thanks Matt - I think it was a silver one. The wheels had nut-covers and centre nuts like the TSW R-System, but I couldnt be sure..
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Sounds like it GR - I gave my Demon Tweeks catalogue to the spotty erk over the road the other week so its hard to check. (Hes put some Super Ts on his Polo it looks great - they must have cost more than his car!!). Ill have a gander at the TSW site later.
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Cheers GR, yes it looks pretty similar, and whether its the same one or not its still a nice wheel. Heres another pic of that Noble:
http://www.noblecars.com/images/gallery/large/pics6.jpghttp://www.noblecars.com/images/gallery/large/pics6.jpg
The Noble has 18" wheels and the Avus R seems only to be available in sizes up to 17".
Hmmmm.
I dont think theyre TSW Avus R; they curve in a bit at the edges, the spokes on the pic go straight out to the edge of the rim.
On the subject of the Focus.I assume they didnt make it 4WD because theyve got that planned for the Cosworth (if it ever actually gets put in to production), anyway the standard chassis on the focus is great anyway so they probably didnt have to mess around with it too much to suit the power. I think they could have done more with the styling, but that seems to be the way its going nowadays. Hopefully, if they ever do build a full blown cosworth version theyll just go for it in all departments instead of trying to meet a compromise.
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Ah well, it was worth a try. Maybe Ill just have to buy a Noble then... Thanks Matt.
Im sure they said that the noble body was made in South Africa, then shipped to LEICS to be finished of by the car that makes the Cobra under license from Shelby in the USA. If thats the case, the boss is one of my customers so ill ask if he knows.
Dont think hell be in for about 3 weeks though!
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There are a couple of Nobles booked in for next weeks track day at Donington. If either of them stands still for long enough Ill have a look..
Apparently, Tthe Focus Cosworth is earmarked for 2004 i think. Was speaking to a Escort Cossie owner yesterday, who works for Ford.
Expect 4wd & 300bhp(ish!). He said theyre having troubles with the gearbox coping with all the power. Ok for short runs, but yr normal customer will not want to be re-building it after every 5000 miles or so!!
Hopefully, theyll sort out the slip diff prob that the RS has.......
