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Sexual Chocolate said:
Looking for a cheap way into racing and came across this. Can anyone tell me anything about it apart from it looks like an immense about of fun with good racing? I'm a total novice by the way, never even done a track day and just sent off
for my MSA starter pack.
I can say the 750MC is a terrific club for novices all the way through to season pros. Really friendly paddock and great organisation. Give the guys at 750MC a call and they'll be able to put you in touch with some fellow Formula V'ers and give you all the help you need. for my MSA starter pack.
I looked in to F Vee when I first started racing, along with a number of other series. It is certainly very popular and there are some quick guys racing in it but I thought that the engines were quite highly tuned and needed refreshing quite regularly (a bit like FF 1600 - Kent) and that's a function of trying to extract relatively high power out of an old technology engine. This does add to the potential expense, although other spares and tyres etc were cheap.
In the end I chose top go down the Monoposto route with a F Vauxhall Junior and then a F Vauxhall-Lotus. Bullet proof cars which are relatively cheap to buy, hold their value, have good spares availability and are probably the quickest cars per pound around. If I was starting out again, I'd probably look at buying a F Ford Zetec for Mono 1800 - engines don't need rebuilding and cheap to run, particularly if you pick up second hand F Ford tyres from the National F Ford teams, which many people do. Mono 1800 was the cheapest racing I have done. http://www.monoposto.co.uk/
One other series worth looking at is Clubmans K Sport 1600. http://www.clubmans.org.uk/
Quirky looking front engined sportcars with cycle front wings and enclosed rear bodywork. Think Caterham 7 with swoopy bodywork and rear wing. An established formula and Mallocks are the most popular make of car, and they still exist so getting spares is easy. The cars are supposed to handle well (flat round Gerrards at Mallory!)and be very quick with good running costs. You can pick up a car for 8k
In the end I chose top go down the Monoposto route with a F Vauxhall Junior and then a F Vauxhall-Lotus. Bullet proof cars which are relatively cheap to buy, hold their value, have good spares availability and are probably the quickest cars per pound around. If I was starting out again, I'd probably look at buying a F Ford Zetec for Mono 1800 - engines don't need rebuilding and cheap to run, particularly if you pick up second hand F Ford tyres from the National F Ford teams, which many people do. Mono 1800 was the cheapest racing I have done. http://www.monoposto.co.uk/
One other series worth looking at is Clubmans K Sport 1600. http://www.clubmans.org.uk/
Quirky looking front engined sportcars with cycle front wings and enclosed rear bodywork. Think Caterham 7 with swoopy bodywork and rear wing. An established formula and Mallocks are the most popular make of car, and they still exist so getting spares is easy. The cars are supposed to handle well (flat round Gerrards at Mallory!)and be very quick with good running costs. You can pick up a car for 8k
Vee numbers are up on last year. You can see race footage from the Brands Hatch meeting below.
http://vimeo.com/94516697
http://vimeo.com/94516697
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