That's cos it IS as good as anything out there - at least in terms of sheer performance with a couple of upgrades.
I think I've done 6 meetings with the durga now - at batley on sunday I didn't change anything from the previous outing at Worksop where I'd done a few things to get the car to turn on the weird surface - mainly limiting the rear shocks.
The car was pants at batley - the rear was really really loose and I was struggling. it got better as the day went on, mainly from adjusting my driving style but also laying down the rear shocks to their inner most on the tower. I think a bit more droop would have helped at Batley as Mike West pointed out - but I was too lazy to redo the rear shocks and remove some limiters
By the end the car was awesome of course - I got the fastest laps in my last qualifier and got some of the fastest laps in my final, but made a few too many mistakes on the challenging track.
I had a problem with the rear diff at this meeting. I couldn't clear the double jump even though I had the power and the slipper was fairly tight. The rear diff felt GOOD but I gave the car some power with the car in my lap and the rear diff spun like it was totally loose (which it wasn't).
I took it apart - which is a bugger of a job if I'm honest since I still had the kit screws in the car (now replaced) and noticed one of the diff plates had come unglued from the plastic holder. No ammount of tightening would stop the diff spinning - so if you have any problems at all with the differentials it's worth checking the plates are securely attached otherwise they'll just spin.
I replaced the diff with a 501X diff and it was loads better (will rebuild the kit diff later).
The rear belt looked to have very slightly rounded teeth - whilst the front looked perfect still. I also noticed a little collection of rubber around the centre bulkhead - so I assume the rear belt might be rubbing slightly tho I've not had time to check it out yet.
Another thing I noticed was an increase in 'slop' particularly around the inner hinge pins front and rear. I'm assuming the plastic balls have worn slightly and I could probably do with adding some shims in there.
Peter Moss brought his brand spanker Durga to Batley and was using some touring car flourine coated balls for the hinge pins - which sound ideal for the plastic mounts, better than putting harsher steel ones in from the 501X maybe?
Anyway I've rattled on a bit - the bottom line is the car was ace. It might be getting retired soon when my 501X gets rebuilt, but I've really enjoyed racing it and won't be selling it.