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We’re going Racing

Here at Mat Smith Sports Cars with our long track record of building racing cars for other people we’ve decided it was about time we built one for Ourselves.

So we’ve bought an early Chimaera and we’re going to take it from a road car and over time optimise it for track work and ultimately turn it in to a racing car.

You can follow the cars development on our website.

Testimonials

I must thank you for the excellent set-up on my Chimaera 500, which makes it suit both track and road.

I am particularly thrilled with the suspension and brakes set-up and the way the car now handles on the track.
The Gaz Gold Pro dampers you fitted work really well, especially with the different track and road settings you advised.
The full geo set-up you did has made the handling, which you have nicely biased towards the track, so much more confidence inspiring, with plenty of feed back from all corners of the car. I am now able to control the "on-the-limit" slides with small amounts of steering input and with no resorting to fresh underwear.
The brakes were also so much better after following your advice and fitting racing pads to the standard discs to eliminate brake fade under heavy braking. Again, very confidence inspiring.

Perhaps the nicest thing of all is that I now have a really good track tool that is still a total joy to drive at any speed on the road, around town or on the fast and twisty stuff.
A quick ten clicks on the front dampers, a change of wheels and tyres, and the car is transformed between track and road.

Best wishes

Anthony Bristow ..

Anthony Bristow
Chimaera 500