SSC Stylus RT

The Stylus is a cracking little car designed by Jeremy Phillips. Essentially a 'Seven' style spaceframe chassis with a pretty 1960s style body, it's an evolution of the Phoenix and Fury with lower door sills, wet weather gear and that most modern of conveniences: a usable boot! I've been lusting after them for years now, since seeing a group of them at Le Mans and I bought mine in spring 2011 with a fairly simple list of requirements in order of importance:

• Reliable engine
• Clamshell bonnet
• Wet weather gear

So there's always a compromise to be made and I opted for a car which had decent build quality using readily available mechanical parts. No wet weather gear... but that can be sorted later, right?

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Chassis, suspension and brakes

• Powder coated box steel spaceframe and aluminium tub
• Protech adjustable coilovers
• Live 'English' rear axle (Mk2 Escort) with 3.889 Quaife ATB differential
• Escort RS Turbo brakes with twin master cylinders
• 195/50r15 Toyo T1-R tyres on 15x7 alloy wheels

Interior

• Cobra Roadster leather seats
• Willans 4-point harnesses
• ETB gauges

Bodyshell / Exterior

• Clamshell bonnet
• Heated windscreen (Lotus Elan S2)
• Hella lights

Engine

• 1.8L Zetec from Raceline (approx 160bhp)
• 2.0L cams
• ITG filter socks
• Twin Weber 40 DCOEs
• Weber Alpha ECU
• Splitfire HT leads