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right i need to get into the drivers seat soon or ill be left behind...
thinking of starting with autocross, i have a car in mind a 1300cc mitiz colt.. main reason is that its cheep and it runs,
im guessing that you lighten the shit out of it, but what elce you add??? roll bar? roll cage?? a in date seat? and fire stuff... cut off switch? petrol tank??
any other stuff you need could you please tell me.. ive tryed looking at the green book but couldent really find anything... if its in there could someone please tell me where it is..
thanks for reading my post...
Aidan Mulcahy
30-05-2006, 10:19
basicly you need a cage, seat harness and a hand held extinguisher..standard tank will do fine n ya need an electrical cut off switch and of course as much platein as possible on the under carrage tank n sump guard atleast. (all the details are in appendix s in green book)
1.4 dual carb civic's seem to be the thing for class1 although im runnin an ickle 1.3 at the moment..only startin out meself done 3 events so far must admit tis good craic n the people are very helpful..
fatboymotorsport
30-05-2006, 19:43
when you say autocross are you on about the proper motorsport ireland events or the glorified stock car racing that goes on down in waterford and cork ??????
naw mainly mayo quarry in swinford....... nice clean enuff track...
rallyfan
30-05-2006, 20:05
Ya im hopin to start there meself next year as well!!
rallyfan
30-05-2006, 20:14
Does anyone know roughly about how much it would be to prep and purchase the cheapest car for autocross???
well to be honest the sky is the limit i could set ye up with a cage,seat, belt etc etc for small money but the thing is once you start where do you stop.. if someone wanted a cage for a nova well say 425+vat a seat 160+vat a belt 140+vat.. time to fit a nova cage once its stripped out is about two and a half hours.....
THESE PRICES A ROUGHLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD
[Edited on 30-5-2006 by jp ruth]
the best way to go is probly a nova. cheap to get bits for and easy to sell on and you can keep adding bits on to it as you please. basically you need a cage a seat harnesses an extinguisher an a kill switch and the rest is quite simple:cheers:
fatboymotorsport
30-05-2006, 21:17
a old civic would be a good car as well something like a 1400 or 1500 vtec a nova is ok if you spend a load of money on the engine the std engines are **** a civic will rev all day long and stuff for them is no more expensive than a nova
Aidan Mulcahy
31-05-2006, 08:26
i agree civic's are cheap as chips and will go forever. standard v standard they walk away from a nova every time..I would advise buyin a pre built car theres plenty around.. I bought mine needin seat n extinguisher n few other jobs..includein changin the engine over to a dual carb 1.4(whenever i get around to it) the whole thing will stand me about 2grand..
i'd advise stickin to a 1.4 as if you go 1.5vtec your in class 2 and will be up against 1.6DOHC's...
@fatboymotorsport are ya not thinkin of autograss???