Steve Cox                           Car # 40     F40 Silhouette

Steve is 44 married to Tracy for 10 years and we have two young sons, Brodie (5 ½) and Bailey (3 ½) . Steve has been racing on and off since the mid 80's mainly in the Sports car series with a Chevron Sports Car.  During that time he has made many friends and won several championships.  He has also driven in quite a number of Rallies including four Internationals, winning his class many times.He has been second, third and fourth in the NZ Super Sedan Series and wants to move to first this year.

Steve is the managing director of two companies, Prodoc International Ltd who supply Export Paperwork Solutions to major exporters around NZ & Australia, and F40 Developments Ltd, who build F40 replicas, are toolmakers and provide Motorsport engineering services.

What he brings to the series.

The F40 has always been renowned as one of the ultimate supercars, and our recreation of it will continue the passion, and also give the opportunity to the viewing public to see a car that many have only dreamed about. We have successfully built a quality replica that revives the looks, and have also paid attention to the power, brakes and handling to make sure that the beauty is more than skin deep. We have had a huge response to the car on the Internet, magazine articles and live wherever we take it.

F40 SilhouetteSpecifications PERFORMANCE 0 - 100kph 3.27 secs (60mph) Ø 0 - 150kph 5.96 secs Ø 0 - 160kph 6.45 secs (100mph) Ø 0 - 200kph 9.18 secs Ø 0 - 250kph 14.94 secs (155mph) Ø 1/4 mile approx 10.5 @ 210kph (131mph) Ø 100-150 kph 2.78 secs Ø 100-200 kph 5.95 secs Ø 100-250 kph 11.76 secs Ø 150-200 kph 3.17 secs Ø 200-250 kph 5.76 secs Ø Ø 1.77 G's peak for cornering and 1.5 G's under brakes, all on slick tyres CHASSIS / SUSPENSION Ø Custom designed and built by F40 Developments from specially imported tubular steel Ø Steel floor and firewall to pass LTSA rules Ø F40 Developments CNC aluminum `A' arm suspension and uprights Ø Custom Proflex three-way adjustable shock absorbers Ø Three piece Compomotive racing rims, 17 x 9 front rims, 17 x 13 rear rims with 255x50x17 front tyres, 335x35x17 rear tyres, Michelin for street, Dunlop Slicks for racing Ø AP Racing six piston calipers with 356x32mm rotors at the front, four piston calipers with 330x32mm rotors at the rear, fully adjustable pedal box Ø Custom built alloy fuel tanks Ø All alloy CNC design and fabrication is done in house at F40 Developments BODYWORK / INTERIOR Ø 85 different body parts Ø Custom built in Fibreglass, Kevlar and Carbon Fibre Ø Carbon / Kevlar mix floor and interior panels bonded to chassis Ø Custom carbon fibre rear wing and front splitter Ø Hella headlights and switch gear Ø F40 Developments designed and built carbon fibre seats Ø Momo steering wheel, Sabelt seatbelts Ø Motec ADL Dash, Military spec wiring looms Ø F40 Developments custom rear window Ø Painted using PPG paints Ø Dry weight 1050 kg (2315 lb) ENGINE / TRANSMISSION Ø 650 Hp Four litre Alloy Lexus engine race prepared Ø Autronic SMC engine management with Traction control, Anti-lag Ø JE Pistons, Oliver Rods, Ferrara Valves, custom steel flywheel Ø Inconell Stainless custom exhaust Ø Twin T34 Air Research Turbos, custom intercoolers Ø Custom carbon fibre Air boxes  Ø Peterson Dry Sump Oil system, SX Fuel pumps Ø Twin plate `Rally Spec' Tilton racing clutch Ø ZF five speed transaxle gearbox BACK TO DRIVER PROFILES - Click here (BACK)