Hello chaps,

I want to sprint and hill climb my blade powered locost, to do this in a road production class I need to prove that at least 20 blade engined cars were built/completed within one calendar year.

S11.1.2. Road-Going Specialist Production Cars – Cars with a minimum annual production of 20 Chassis which do not qualify as Road-Going Series Production Cars.

Failure to demonstrate this means that I will have to enter as sports libre class, this entails full roll cage 6 point dated harness etc.

So what I would like to do is compile a register of blade engined locosts, if we can get to 20 cars in one year then the world of sprints and hill climbs on a budget (and a decent chance of doing well within a class) opens up.

If you have built a car, or know of a built car and its date please can you let me know either by u2u or by adding to this post I can get cracking.

My car was completed in 1998

Thanks

Mark

Surely it doesn't matter about the engine, just the fact 20 locosts should do shouldnt it?

This is the advice I was provided with when trying to determin my class

So how many Locost cars were built with your engine configuration in a year? Evidence of this will/may be required to be shown at events, subject to what the class structure is at any given event.

I do not want to enter and be turned away, the cost to get the car to sports libre is not just money but also time to build a complete cage and harness points etc.

I totally see your point.

I'm just curious if a tuned focus pitched up would there have to be 20 exactly like it or would the fact its a focus not be enough?

Is there not a road going kitcar class, I think its been mentioned as A7 and A8 before in another thread about sprinting.

Also I wouldnt thave thought a locost could be classed as a "production car" anyway, I thought that would be more for race homologations, i.e. RS200 etc.

[Edited on 10/7/13 by chrism]

Book locost to chapmans is Kent engined, the road going classes require 20 cars apparently in a year, not unreasonable I suppose.

Of course if I can show a number of blade engined locosts having competed as road going then I have leverage.

Regards Mark

The problem is that your car is not a production car, and therefore should not run in production classes. In order to prove that your car is a 'specialist production car' you will need a letter from the manufacturer of the chassis stating how many were built and in which 12 month period, which will obviously be your problem.

I would just enter the class you feel is most appropriate. It's highly unlikely that they will turn you away from the event on eligibility grounds unless they feel there is some safety issue.