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I was aware of the existence of multiple chassis but I thought that the differences were related to some differences in the bodywork and not on the chassis itself. If simbin modeled the 2004 t400r on the 2001 chassis, (if I'm not mistaken the one that was also called DeWalt car due to the iconic livery), the smaller one, then I understand why I didn't understand what was wrong with the measurements.The plot thickens on the TVR 400R. Only 7 ever built for competition. It appears the first 3 at least built in 2001 indeed have the smaller dims which it seems likely is the same as TVR Tuscan road car and what tech-racingcars.wikidot have quoted. The last 4 which I gather is the 2 Chamberlain and 2 LNT cars have the larger dims listed here:
https://auto-specs.zercustoms.com/t/tvr/2003-tvr-tuscan-t440r-specifications.html
length 4367 mm / 171.9 in
width 1880 mm / 74.0 in
height 1210 mm / 47.6 in
No reference anywhere to the wheelbase spec but you assume it has to be longer and your picture previously mentioned is the only one that is quoting a wheel base.
Check this page if you haven't already, you can really see the difference in width from the photos between the earlier cars and the later ones.
https://archive.dailysportscar.com/subscribers/cars/tvrt400.htm
So it appears there are two versions raced.
How I checked your model size was in CM by making the inertia box fit the car:
View attachment 1318069
INERTIA=1.990,1.2,4.435
My GTR2 model has the earlier width of 1.81m and wheelbase of 2.361 but it is a bit short, longer then 3.9 but around 4.1.
We can now assume that SimBin modelled their version off the earlier race car.
You could safely scale your model back a bit to the quoted 2003 spec.
As for tyre clipping the tarmac, getting the model size close to what is listed in tyres.ini solves this issue.
First of all, thank you for your patience and for giving me a hand.
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