Avon

Graham Neale, Chester Sportscars' Managing Director comments...
" I'm very impressed with the Avon chassis and suspension; for a budget low cost car, the front twin wishbones with coil - over dampers are a quality proven arrangement and clever inclination of the lower mountings gives very good caster and feed back ".

" Moreover, the rear suspension design and geometry is particularly good, twin wishbones, rose joints, Sierra alloy diff casing and standard length drive shafts and hubs with drum or disc brakes enable accurate set up of the camber and toe-in and a cheap, reliable, wide choice of Ford axle ratios and brakes ".

" To really exploit the handling of our Avon Demonstrator, we've uprated the suspension using polyurethane bushes and Gaz adjustable dampers, fitted a limited slip diff., 3.62 axle ratio, rear disc brakes and front callipers with Cortina discs. Power is courtesy of a Zetec engine and 5 speed gearbox, full instrumentation, twin roll hoops, 4 point harnesses and 15 inch alloys complete the package."

"The Avon engine bay and cockpit area are generously wide enabling most engines (and those with wider backsides ! ) to be accommodated.
The Tiger Avon is available from Chester Sportscars Fully Built, Road or Track / Race spec., as a Comprehensive Kit excluding donor parts or as a Self Build Kit with Factory Reconditioned Modules, Engines and Pre-Assembled parts .

Engine choice :

• Ford Pinto SOHC 8 valve engine ( standard or tuned spec 1.6 / 1.8 or 2.0 ltr)
• Ford Zetec DOHC 16 valve engine ( standard or tuned spec 1.6 / 1.8 or 2.0 ltr )
• 4 cylinder motor bike ( Kawasaki ZX9R, Fireblade, GSXR 1000, Yamaha R1 etc )

Avon Self Build Kit Price £3,595 + Vat ex Wisbech.

Avon CSC bike engine Self Build Kit Price £3,750 + Vat ex Wisbech.

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Factory built Avon-ZX9R

£12,500 on the road

Kawasaki ZX9R "Ninja" 899 cc four cylinder, 140 bhp at 11,500 rpm

Factory built Avon-Zetec

1800Zetec, 155 bhp at 6,500 rpm

£11,150 on the road