# Empire Wraith (hillclimb)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/empire-wraith/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: Empire
- Discipline: hillclimb
- Series: hillclimb
- Era: 2010s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06

The Wraith is Empire's sharper argument: the constructor's developed hill single-seater — the 1100-class front's aero generation — the marque's championship-contending statement above the Evo's accessible case.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 1100 bike donors (turbo options) |
| Power | ~250-300+ hp boosted builds |
| Generation | Aero-era development (2016+) |
| Position | Above Evo (contending tier) |
| Ledger | BHC contention, hill records |
| Diligence | Ladder identity + turbo honesty |
| Years | 2016–present |
| Class | Hillclimb contending tier |

## History

Empire Racing Cars sharpened its hill argument with the Wraith (2016): the constructor's developed generation — the 1100-class architecture's aero-era refinement (the downforce development the discipline's sixty-second arithmetic rewards at the class's front), the bike-engine grammar continuing (the Hayabusa-generation donors' turbo options the class's quickest run), and the build-quality progression the marque's trade maturity brought — contending the British Hillclimb Championship's sharp end: the 1100 class's record-chasing seasons, the run-off regularity the type's campaigns earned, and the outright-adjacent performances (the class's quickest embarrassing bigger machinery on the tighter hills) the discipline's giant-killing tradition celebrates.

The development step's substance separates the generations: the Wraith's aero package, stiffer construction, and revised geometry answered the 1100 front's escalation as the class's quickest builds turned to forced induction — the turbo Hayabusa arms race that pushed bike-engine hillclimbing beyond three hundred horsepower — and the marque's contending examples validated the step in the run-off appearances and class records the British seasons document.

The sharper-argument identity structures the type: the Evo-versus-Wraith ladder the marque's range runs, the aero-generation development the class's front demands, and the championship-contention provenance the seasons write.

The present is hill-front custody: the 1100 class's contending stakes, turbo-donor honesty at the sharp end's stresses, and the record-book layer the quickest examples carry.

## Palmarès

BHC 1100-class contention and run-off regularity through the Wraith seasons — hill-record entries on the tighter courses — the sharper argument's ledger.

## What to check before you buy

Hill-front law: the Evo-ladder identity first (Wraith-generation specification against the accessible tier — the aero-era development pricing the step), turbo-donor honesty at contention stresses (the boosted Hayabusa builds' launch violence per the sharp end's arithmetic), construction integrity per the record-chasing life, and championship provenance (the run-off-and-record biographies pricing the quickest). The giant-killing romance (1100s embarrassing the exotica on tight hills) layers the class's affection; constructor-support relationships complete the trade's custody as ever.

## Did you know

- The tight hills are the equalisers: 1100-class Wraiths embarrassing V8 exotica where the courses reward agility over power.
- The aero generation reached the class: downforce development arriving at bike-engine scale as the front's arms race.
- The record book is the provenance: hill times being the discipline's documented biographies, course by course.

## Related entries

- Empire Evo (hillclimb) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/empire-evo/
- Force TA (hillclimb) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/force-ta/
- Gould GR59 (Hillclimb) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/gould-gr59/
- Force PC (hillclimb) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/force-pc/