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zilspeed - 25/5/05 at 05:02 PM

Notwithstanding the fact that I am a big fat git, I have an overwhelming urge to have a go in a single seater (again).

The last one I drove was one of Tom Brown's old racing school cars, a Van Diemen RF80.

Something like an old Formula Renault - the 1700cc version with the renault box can be picked up very cheap. Around 3500 to 4000 quid.

I would be just as uncompetitive in that as I am in the GTM, but I almost don't care.


phelpsa - 25/5/05 at 05:08 PM

There is a reason that 1700cc Formula Renaults are so cheap. They are not very competitive because they fall into the 2000cc class in hillclimbing / sprinting.

Adam


ned - 25/5/05 at 05:08 PM

dermot healey has a formula vauxhall jnr listed on racecar.co.uk for about £3.8k ready to go iirc

Ned.

ps http://212.53.73.128/cgi/forums/YaBB.cgi?board=roadcars&action=display&num=1116000249

[Edited on 25/5/05 by ned]


zilspeed - 25/5/05 at 05:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
There is a reason that 1700cc Formula Renaults are so cheap. They are not very competitive because they fall into the 2000cc class in hillclimbing / sprinting.

Adam


I know - but neither am I

Yet...


zilspeed - 25/5/05 at 05:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ned
dermot healey has a formula vauxhall jnr listed on racecar.co.uk for about £3.8k ready to go iirc

Ned.

ps http://212.53.73.128/cgi/forums/YaBB.cgi?board=roadcars&action=display&num=1116000249

[Edited on 25/5/05 by ned]


I had seen that as well - maybe a better bet - Dermot seems a decent bloke as well.


ceebmoj - 25/5/05 at 09:22 PM

have you considered building a single seater? get a tub and some other bits for dermot and sling a bike engin in ther. last time I was there we where talking about a cf van demon tub in the 500 regon. could be made in to a nice hill clibe speshal.

infact I was thinking of ofering a kit to turn eathe a FVL or a vandemon CF tub in to a bike hill clime car as I think that for a cost of 5 to 6k + engine I could produce a very good kit. that could mix it with alot of other hill clime speshals.

blake

blake