gear ratio and setup advice

[cowa motorsport]

Hello everyone im part of a motorsports team in college and we have a Formula Ford Marrick chassis with a 1600 Kent engine, we are about to enter a new championship and would like to ask for your help with the set up.

We are looking for the following information for UK tracks:

1. Chassis setup information
2. Gear Ratios
3. Expected Lap Times

Tracks:

silverstone, rockingham, mallory park, branshatch, oulton park, anglesey, donnington park.

We would be very greatful for any help.

Thanks from College of West Anglia Motorsport Group.

[matlockscot]

For gear ratios, try this link;

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/tonywilson43/strtffm9.htm

For lap times Google TSL Timing for previous results

[Barry Pomfret]

I have been involved in Formula Ford for nearly 30 years and have never heard of a Marrick chassis! Can you post up some pictures as it is likely to be a one off home built special and therefore difficult to offer set up advice. We will also need to know the CWP ratio before sorting out gear ratios. A good starting point is have a look at Tony Wilson's gearbox site as he has a list of ratios used at most circuits.

[JohnMiller]

I think I might recall it form the early/mid nineties. Built one Kent and one Zetec.

Looked a bit like a cross between a VD89 and a Swift90?

[Barry Pomfret]

Any idea who built it John? Your memory is obviously better than mine, I must have raced against it if it was around at that time.