Hill Climbs: Competing

[carmadchris]

Damn beat me to it!!lol

 

[Graham]

lol chris, will you be back with the CRX this season mate ?

 

[carmadchris]

Fingers crossed yeah i will! Jap cars are complicated! Just needs a bit of wiring and a cage!
Also got the mighty maestro working again its hard to find a master cylinder for one of those!!

 

[metro1800]

Theres not as much spent on the black Nova as you might think. Whatever money has been spent on it was spent in all the right places. Plus Robert really can drive it.

 

[carmadchris]

There is enough spent on it! And yeah he is one hell of a driver! You sprinting the metro 2morrow?

 

[metro1800]

Unfortunately I wrecked the Metro at the Eagles Rock hillclimb. No body damage, it was all underfloor/subframe/suspension damage. I'm in 2 minds if I'll fix it or not. I fancy getting a 1.4 built and convert the road car back from an 1800, stick all the parts from the old car in it (cage etc) and race it next season.

 

[carmadchris]

Oh yeah i remember i was at that marshals post when you did that we all thought you were in the trees! It didnt look too bad but then u did hit a wall that was embeded in the bank!

 

[metro1800]

You wouldnt believe the damage that was done. To be fair though the shell wasnt overly good anyway. The next car will be a whole lot faster cos its the later multi point injection model. Cant compete in class 6 with the 1.8 so I'll convert it back to a 1.4. It'll be a far better car overall. But the old one still did ok considering all that was (or wasn't!) done to it

 

[carmadchris]

Yeah it seemed to shift rightly. I cant wait till i can get the crx out next season!

 

[hunky_dory]

most small club run events are £50ish andy, suit £30, helmet £60 MAX !

a suit will cost alot more than £30 i just bought a omp one and was £220 and its nothing special just basic suit. you can get a helmet for £50 but its hasnt got the FIA approval that you need for sourthern events so the next one up is £130 if you going to go on to rally it would be better to buy the better one at the start. I done a hill climb on saturday "gortin glen hill" and you need a plumbed in extiunguisher, cage bucket seat, harnesses.

an MSA license is alot more than £60!!! application pack is £45, theroy and practical is £180 then £33 when u pass to send away for the licence. plus whatever you doctor charges for a medical which is or isnt needed depending on what sort of race licence your after. So all in around £280.


entry fee for a hill is about £50 with two practice runs and 3 timed. you do have to be a member of a club which is about £5 there is no money on the day your entry cover all.