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by **cat007** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:51 pm

hey all

Can someone point me in the right direction to find out what sort of racing classes there are for a 1500kg WRD car running a 1988cc turbo (single) engine?

I thought SS2000 but that's only for quite light cars

by **cat007** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:55 pm

Oh no sorry - MINIMUM weight of 1180kg

hmmm - looks like it could be fun

by **1I1** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:26 pm

do you need to have a cage to run?

by **cat007** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:28 pm

Not that I can tell:

http://www.motorsport.org.nz/Pdf/0809%2 ... ticles.pdf

http://www.motorsport.org.nz/Pdf/0809%2 ... 20Regs.pdf

by **xsspeed** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:49 pm

6.0 SAFETY EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
6.1 The following safety equipment shall be fitted to the competing car:
6.1.1 A rollcage shall be installed, in full compliance with Schedule A requirements.
6.1.2 A competition seat, a safety harness, and a fire extinguisher shall be installed, in full
compliance with Schedule A.

Where's schedule A?

by **cat007** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:56 pm

ummm

i'm getting those links from this page:

http://www.ss2000.co.nz/documentation.htm

so - pass..... lol

by **piw** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:23 pm

xsspeed wrote:
6.0 SAFETY EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
6.1 The following safety equipment shall be fitted to the competing car:
6.1.1 A rollcage shall be installed, in full compliance with Schedule A requirements.
6.1.2 A competition seat, a safety harness, and a fire extinguisher shall be installed, in full
compliance with Schedule A.

Where's schedule A?

schedule A is is Motorsport NZ regs,
But right there is says you must have a cage,

Basically, if you want to race against other cars,
with more than 6 cars on the grid,
or more than a few laps at a time,

you need logbook, Rollcage, and a national Race liscence.

by **cat007** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:27 pm

hmmmm

strange

Damm

whats a cage worth?

by **2LTR Rona** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:21 pm

cat007 wrote:whats a cage worth?

Many variables in that question i.e. Material used, design etc etc

But a ballpark figure would be $1500 plus

by **Bazda** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:34 pm

LOL of course you need a cage.

For small club sport events that auckland car club hold and northern car club you can run with a half cage.
This is prob what I will do some time next year.

SS2000 is pretty serious, and quite $ to run in that class.

by **strx7** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:35 pm

if you have a cage then you need a race seat which means you need full harness belts. and you'll need rollcage padding.
Dont expect change from $2500 if its only 1 seat, or from $3500 if its 2 seats.

Dont skimp $$ on seats or harness.

rollcage + seats + harness + motorsport authority card + logbook = Whats you're life worth to you?

by **2jayzgte** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:08 pm

You do have to have a cage to run door to door in a proper race series.

I reckon you should run in some dual car sprint events before you jump into a proper series it is basically running door to door but not really and find someone who is basically the same speed as you and just get used to running close with another car.

by **Boost_4_Life** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:10 pm

dont forget in proper race classes you'll probably need a national race licence... maybe you should go do car club hillclimbs etc...?

by **escortman** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:28 pm

yeh ss2000 is pretty full on mates have a old datsun 1600 with a sr20 NA monster in it had a bout 40 gs put into it over last couple years

by **KinLoud** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:09 pm

If you haven't had a chance already, join a car club.

I started out doing part or all of a season of dual sprints (2 cars racing each other).
Usually no cage is required to do this.

Then you can work your way up to full field racing (up to 18 cars in some classes I have raced in).

Ken
Auck
021 408 863

by **85AW20v** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:43 pm

And it does get door to door at times eh Ken!! Have you still got the Carina or have you sold it?

by **KinLoud** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:49 pm

Still got the carina - been really lazy... new job, new town, newly single only just getting around to putting the motor back in it... it's all fixed up from my bingle. viewtopic.php?t=48770&highlight=drive for those who don't know what happened.

Door handle to door handle/wing mirror with Simon in his MR2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FTSJwHzZhw

Just been busy/lazy.
Back on the track soon I hope.

How you keeping?

Ken
Auck
021 408 863

by **Bazda** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:28 am

These are some northern sports car events that dad does every now and again in his esky. You can see there is a wide variety of cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMtW241SsGY

handycap race shows allt he cars basically
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Nag0NZ3Tk

by **cat007** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:27 am

Such a difference to driving around the track on a test day - to actually competing hah!

I guess I'll have to save up for a cage - or seriously think about what car I want to use. I'd really love to use the MK3 Supra - but its just too heavy I think.....

I guess I might just do random testing days for fun - cant really afford to put a cage in the car - or more to the point, cant afford the repairs if i crash....

Website · by **pureadrenalin** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:09 pm

Woo Hoo, first round of SS2000 this weekend.
I'm there in my 1200kg MR2.

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