Anatomy of a car nut: My two cars compare and contrast

Now that I am fully retired for a year now I have been heavily into upgrading the 2009 Westfield Megabusa and sorting out the gremlins from the initial build of the Sylva J15.

In terms of handling and acceleration the Megabusa is by far the best car. However unless you want a bike engine screaming in your ear all the time, with clunky gear changes in traffic, then the Sylva is currently the best car for the the road. I have come to this conclusion having driven both cars on and off the track for the last year.

The Megabusa started off the 2014 season, a pig to drive as I had never experience a BEC (Bike Engine'd Car) before. I could never work out where maximum revs were in time and never could decide which gear I was in. After solving various technical issues I eventually fitted a digital LED progressive rev warning indicator and a cheap gear indicator. These made a fundamental difference to the driving experience on the track.

The Sylva started off 2014 relatively unreliable due to various technical issues but fundamentally I could not get it to turn into corners properly (too much over steer). The brakes had no feel. Against advice I fitted a front ARB (Anti Roll Bar) and that transformed the turn in. I also upgraded the brakes by changing the master cylinder sizes.Latterly I began to enjoy the J15 even on the track.

I am constantly upgrading and modifying both cars relative to perceived problems either on the road or the track.

The Sylva can be found at: http://sylvabuild.blogspot.co.uk/
The Megabusa can be found at: http://westfieldbusa.blogspot.co.uk/