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#1 Sammy D

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Posted 03 September 2006 - 06:51 PM

Trying to work out how much it would cost to start autograss racing.

Mini - sub£100
Stuff for the mini; roll cage £200, one bucket seat £90, harnesses £50, brush and pot of paint £10
Helmet £70
Licences to race? Do I need any?
Trailor, hmmn that could be quite expensive, would need a tow ball fittted to my mums car or something too.

Hmm, what else?

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#2 minivanman

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Posted 03 September 2006 - 07:06 PM

a set of tyres every coupla meets, battery cut off switch, fuel cell (i think). minimag just had a thing about starting off in autograss. The engines cost the real money, because they are all so similar, it takes a lot of know how to get the last drop of bhp out of them.

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Posted 03 September 2006 - 08:03 PM

Buy one that's already race-ready. It will be the best thing in the long run. The rules are so strict you can easily mess things up by fitting the wrong thing or not fitting something you should. Even the numbers etc have to be a certain size etc.

Yes, you will need a licence to be able to race. Currently about £50 for the year plus an entrance fee and signing on fee at each meeting.

Check out the main site, find your local club and go and have a look and a chat with someone.

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Season is just coming to an end so you might be able to pick yourself up a bargain as a lot of people get rid and build a new car over the off-season.

#4 1984mini25

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Posted 03 September 2006 - 08:22 PM

I've got a set of 5, 5x12" wellers with autograss tyres (came off an old grass track racer), was going to refurbish, replace the tyres with road ones and stick on the mini, but I’ve now got other plans.

#5 minislapper

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Posted 03 September 2006 - 08:27 PM

But you can only fit 12" wheels to a grasser IF the car, when it was on the road, had 12" wheels fitted as standard !!!!!!!!!

Hence my post above about so many places where you can go wrong if you start from scratch with no idea !

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Posted 08 September 2006 - 10:24 PM

If you want i could send you a few pics of my mini for some inspration, but i do track racing :w00t: good luck with it :(

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Posted 08 September 2006 - 10:43 PM

I do track racing and its 10x better than grass track your car will last years but with grass track the por minis jsut get smashed to bits :'( where abouts do you live? what track are you planin on going to?

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might be up for sale soon as to stoping got 2 meetings left :'(

#8 minislapper

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Posted 09 September 2006 - 06:00 AM

Smashed to bits? Erm. Not really. It's a non-contact sport ! Gray's had the same car for over 10 years and only needed to replace panels once.

Edited by minislapper, 09 September 2006 - 06:00 AM.


#9 Guess-Works.com

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Posted 09 September 2006 - 07:25 AM

There was a pair autograssres ( with trailer ) on ebay last week, went for just over 250... that's your best bet if you ask me




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