As I am only a happy customer, I don't want to get too involved in selling these bits, but am happy to coordinate things on a bulk buy basis for anyone who is interested as the company is local to me in Somerset. Have a look on their website:
www.empireracingcars.com to see what their main activity is. Bill Chaplin is the boss and extremely knowledgeable and well thought of in his field - Hill Climb single seaters.
From what one or two people who have contacted Empire Racing Cars directly have said, they are quoting £795 if they can get a minimum of 10 orders, or around £1100 for one off kits, mine cost quite a lot more than that, as it was the first one, and it was all fitted and set up, but apart from the fact that it shouldn't have been necessary in the first place, I am more than happy with the results. As far as I am concerned it has really transformed the feel of the car. I have done around 300 - 400 miles now, with a few 2 hour journeys being the longest, and it is all functioning perfectly.
I'm not too sure if there is some organised coordination going on here or not (but if you are, then well done chap!), but I would be keen to add my name to the list of folk willing to invest in an Empire Racing kit. Having looked carefully at the pictures, it is obvious to me that this is a properly engineered solution to the dynamic limitations of the current setup, as it makes the suspension and steering movement describe correct paths relative to eachother, not incorrect ones.
Clearly different drivers have different views, but don't forget that the roads in one persons locale might be very different to another's. Surrey UK roads are hopeless and my car is a completely different animal to drive in Germany for example than around my typical A and B roads where I live. The Germans understand how road safety is linked to road condition, not sure the Highways Agency in the UK have quite the same concerns... But there will always be different views from different drivers as the 'test conditions' will be different for everyone.
I was going to hang out for the Factory 'Fix', but I fear that will be only a partial correction of the problem (lifting the track rod) and partial masking of the symptoms (better quality and adjustable dampers). Happy to be proven wrong, but I think I'll take the engineering route first.
So - how close to 10 are we now do you think?!
