Stu16v
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 10:45 PM |
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Found some results from Blatchat on the other thread for you mate...
Dont just build it.....make it!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 11:46 PM |
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memorys,
I remeber Chris turning up with the first "cantilever" rear susspension set up, everyone thought "nah" you know what happened
next.....
My last season racing was the year GB had is one on top of other class 10, 1996 i only remember cos i just looked at the date on a 3rd place throphy
form that meeting, lost touch after that, while entry fee's are more expensive i find circuit racing cheaper, and a dam site cleaner too, i
enjoyed it but meetings are long drawn out affairs with little time spent behind the wheel, and the money thrown at it ??? you could buy a V8 radical
for the same price.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 11:55 PM |
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Yes, there's certainly different levels of cost!! I already had my engine and injection system, the rest of my car cost £600 to build all in.
Results not too bad considering, but then I find myself lined up next to Phil Rogers at the MAP open, and realise I have bitten off more than I can
chew when I hear that his Millington engine alone was £18,000!!!!! ( I "only" finished 1/2 a lap behind him!!, in 4th place I think!) You
certainly can't race cheaper at the level I'm at, but like you say, to get anywhere nationally is a different story, but then it is on
circuits too!!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/12/04 at 12:04 AM |
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thats true, but at least i don't get dirt chucked in my face 
i think its a bit more level playing field on the circuits, don't get me wrong i loved grassin but 18K on an engine to race on grass, is Dereck
Poole still around ? i remember him inporting a "SCAT" engine from the states to put in a class 3, (a nascar engine cut in half n all
ally) there was talk of another special class years ago, bit like FF with 1600xflows in standard trim, did that come off ? iv'e seen the price
class 1 mini's used to go for ??? there supposed to be "rescuded from the scrap heap cheapies"
class 9 like you would be where i would build a car, probably cheapest specials class and you can be 1/2 decent without a large cheque book.....
Enjoy..........
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NS Dev
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| posted on 16/12/04 at 12:19 AM |
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Cheers mate, I think you are dead right, class 9 seems to have about the right combination, and yes, if I had 18 grand I would be rallycrossing (for
some very strange reason I seem to like dirty motorsports!!) I guess some people like to be at the top of their sport not the bottom of the next one
up, but that's not how I like it!!!
I think Derek is still about, if not then he only retired recently. He had a 2.4 pinto Starlet last time I saw him (3 years ago I think) but I vaguely
remember the scat engined escort!! Sounded interesting!!
There was talk of a "formula 600 specials class" and now of "junior specials" but having seen the formula 600 initial
"trial" cars, they looked a bit slow and uneventful for specials..............not much point racing them if you can't scare yourself
a bit in the process!!
Cheers,
Nat
[Edited on 16/12/04 by NS Dev]
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Stu16v
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| posted on 16/12/04 at 06:21 PM |
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quote:
is Dereck Poole still around ?
Ah, the Grassin Grandad! He was racing this year IIRC, I'm sure my mate has mentioned him 'in passing'- probably literally...
I used to race class 1 before the move to class 8. And the 8 was cheaper to run per season (damage notwithstanding) compared to the Mini. To have even
half a chance with the Mini, everything had to be absolutely top notch, all of the time. Never mind the money, I couldn't afford the time for
the upkeep of one of them again...
Dont just build it.....make it!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 17/12/04 at 10:38 PM |
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Yep, that's exactly what I like (touch wood!!) about my 9. Realistically it has cost me in 2004: £100 in tyres, £220 in race and tow car fuel,
£50 in entry fees and signing on, £50 club membership and licence, plus £100 on "random other stuff" like a couple of oil seals, oil
changes and filters etc etc. VERY low budget, but I still managed to win my class in the club and come second in the league, I think it;s a bargain!
especially as driving the car is fun as it is quite fast (well 200hp in 450kg should be I suppose!) which I wouldn't ger in the lower
classes.
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