Formula Renault BARC - Page 4

ianpearson · 7 Mar 2007, 10:50 (Ref:1860467)

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Originally Posted by RayFF

Thanks

Seen there are lots available second hand from the UK championship team are they the same size?

What about wheels, not seen many around second hand.

John

Uk tyres are identical, but the uk cars do seem to wear them differently, no point using them to set your car up then throwing a new set on cause the set up wont work, from my experience anyway.

there were some advertised recently, but i believe they were over priced at £100, normally budget about £50 - 60 second hand

Triple J Motorsport · 7 Mar 2007, 12:46 (Ref:1860552)

£50 - £60 for a set of wheels thats a bargain!

Are the gear ratios fixed or do I have to ask people nicely for starting points?

ianpearson · 7 Mar 2007, 13:31 (Ref:1860585)

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Originally Posted by RayFF

£50 - £60 for a set of wheels thats a bargain!

Are the gear ratios fixed or do I have to ask people nicely for starting points?

per wheel i'm afraid, but thats still good value for a race wheel. inner & outer rims are about £20 each second hand. You will normally only damage an outer unless you have very big accident. Ratios are fixed, most cars in this country will already have the right ones in though

Triple J Motorsport · 7 Mar 2007, 13:42 (Ref:1860595)

Thought that was cheap!

That's good seem to spend half my life covered in mobil gear oil changing LD200 ratios.

ADEE · 12 Mar 2007, 22:17 (Ref:1865147)

In case you missed it... March Formula Renault BARC newsletter up on internalnews web site. Main news is 'free' test is no longer March 20th AND the replacement is no longer free! It will now be at Brands on April 17th & there will be a "minimal charge" of £150 + VaT!!

ianpearson · 13 Mar 2007, 08:35 (Ref:1865370)

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Originally Posted by ADEE

In case you missed it... March Formula Renault BARC newsletter up on internalnews web site. Main news is 'free' test is no longer March 20th AND the replacement is no longer free! It will now be at Brands on April 17th & there will be a "minimal charge" of £150 + VaT!!

i must admit i'm not overly impressed by that, brands is also pretty irrelevant for testing/setting a car up, what works at brands doesn't usualy work anywhere else, it will shake the cob webs out though. On the positive note, as i read it i believe the test is exclusive, so we get to run all day, instead of sharing the day with the uk renaults

DSM · 13 Mar 2007, 23:04 (Ref:1866012)

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Originally Posted by ADEE

In case you missed it... March Formula Renault BARC newsletter up on internalnews web site. Main news is 'free' test is no longer March 20th AND the replacement is no longer free! It will now be at Brands on April 17th & there will be a "minimal charge" of £150 + VaT!!

Yes, disappointing all round. Now, I hear that we were dumped to give the Clios more testing but now they have their dodgy upright issue, their test may be postponed, which means we maybe could have run? Just speculation.........

Anyway, 17th at Brands makes no sense to us either. We'll test elsewhere well before then. A £25 saving and maybe a garage isn't that much of an incentive, even though it's our closest track.

ADEE · 19 Mar 2007, 09:46 (Ref:1871177)

nearly a week without a post - thought I'd better rectify that. who has booked into the Brands test?

DSM · 19 Mar 2007, 13:49 (Ref:1871387)

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Originally Posted by ADEE

nearly a week without a post - thought I'd better rectify that. who has booked into the Brands test?

Not yet. Will wait until deadline and see how other testing goes. Appreciate that if we all do that it will be cancelled but don't see much value in it anyway.

ADEE · 19 Mar 2007, 15:00 (Ref:1871448)

Yes - it's not exactly an umissable deal is it. Saving over 'list' is frankly meaningless - but the plus is it is an exclusive day, apparently.

If it is cancelled do they refund some of our sign-on fee?

DSM · 19 Mar 2007, 20:21 (Ref:1871717)

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Originally Posted by ADEE

Yes - it's not exactly an umissable deal is it. Saving over 'list' is frankly meaningless - but the plus is it is an exclusive day, apparently.

If it is cancelled do they refund some of our sign-on fee?

Ha Ha! I doubt it...........

It is an exclusive day which is useful if you have problems but if not........well, how many laps can you do, usefully?

flatbroke · 24 Mar 2007, 08:37 (Ref:1874965)

Does anyone have a car to hire?

Lola · 25 Mar 2007, 16:25 (Ref:1875897)

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Originally Posted by flatbroke

Does anyone have a car to hire?

sent you pm

ianpearson · 26 Mar 2007, 07:59 (Ref:1876479)

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Originally Posted by flatbroke

Does anyone have a car to hire?

Depends which class you want to run in, most teams will have seats available in the championship class, Falcon, russell, hillspeed, macob & Virtulli. Club class, try mike Read at reon motorsport or steff at muzz race

dasc04 · 11 Apr 2007, 06:13 (Ref:1888725)

Brands is on. Who's going?

ianpearson · 11 Apr 2007, 07:44 (Ref:1888760)

We'll be there. The open pit lane will be a big help as i have a new car to shake down & run in. I will put aside the morning for breaking down & the afternoon for setting up, usual rule of thumb first time out.

dasc04 · 11 Apr 2007, 07:55 (Ref:1888777)

Should be a good day hopefully. I had heard a rumour that it was going to be a media day but was told yesterday that unfortunately it wasn't.

Whats the weather going to be like Bob?!

ADEE · 11 Apr 2007, 13:12 (Ref:1889009)

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Originally Posted by ianpearson

i have a new car to shake down & run in.

is that a club class or did you find a carbon one?? & more interstingly if it's a carbon one are you running it or staying with the club class?? do tell all!!

btw - great write-up for the series in autosport this week.

ianpearson · 11 Apr 2007, 14:43 (Ref:1889057)

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Originally Posted by ADEE

is that a club class or did you find a carbon one?? & more interstingly if it's a carbon one are you running it or staying with the club class?? do tell all!!

btw - great write-up for the series in autosport this week.

We have added another RC98 to our stable (my old one will be at brands in the hands of its new owner), but it will probably only be a stop gap between one of us trying to move into the FR2000 class, but we say that every year.

dasc04 · 11 Apr 2007, 18:16 (Ref:1889185)

[QUOTE=ADEE
btw - great write-up for the series in autosport this week.[/QUOTE]

Which Autosport? The one out this week on thursday (i.e with review of Malaysian GP) or the one out last week (Preview of Malaysian GP)?