nick205
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:00 AM |
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Track only build requirements?
What are the bare minimum requirements for a non road legal track use only car?
Lights
Obviously brake lights are essential, but do you need front/rear/signal lamps?
Guages
Aside from wanting to monitor the engine (oil, temp etc) do you have to have a speedo etc?
What other road legal requirements can you dispense with?
ETA...this would be for track day use only, not for racing in any particular series or class
[Edited on 14/4/10 by nick205]
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tegwin
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:11 AM |
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Its more a case of safety and practicality..
IE.. a speedo would be very useful to help you do consistant laps etc..
A rear rainlight would help others see you...
IMHO... building the car to MOTable standards is not much more work than not..... If it can get an MOT, you shouldnt have issues with scrutineers etc
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:13 AM |
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Most trackdays demand your car is in mot'able condition safety wise, but most will turn a blind eye to things like radicals too.
I like having indicators, but you dont need them, a single rain light dispenses with the need for tail lights. Brake lights are good. Headlights not
needed but again handy if your catching someone fast.
tbh barring the reqirement to finish it tidily for the IVA and stuff like lockable tethered filler caps etc, the main equipment Id want is similar!
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JimSpencer
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:20 AM |
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Hi
If you mean for the locost series then somebody else will need to elaborate.
But for just racing / track day use then theoretically you don't need any lights at all - except a rear rain light.
But I would stick a rear brake light on too - if intending to do any track days.
Wouldn't bother with indicators - you don't need them and all too often when fitted they end up blinking when they shouldn't..
(However - if you have a specific series in mind worth checking with the championship regs as some might vary - but doubt it)
No speedo - good rev counter, shift light, BIG oil pressure waring light, temp gauge(s)
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Gel Battery.
Full cage - side bar if racing it.
4 point belts at a minimum - 6 point if racing it.
Extinguisher, plumbed in sort- if you plan on racing it.
2 Litre oil catch tank.
Ignition cut off switch.
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TimC
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
Headlights not needed but again handy if your catching someone fast.
Not on a trackday its not - very poor track etiquette and quite outside most organisers' view of acceptable behaviour. Racing is quite
different.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TimC
quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
Headlights not needed but again handy if your catching someone fast.
Not on a trackday its not - very poor track etiquette and quite outside most organisers' view of acceptable behaviour. Racing is quite
different.
seems so. I got pulled in for having my headlights on at Oulton park trackday, it was raining and my car is the same colour as road so I thought I was
being safe and responsible, guess not.
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:58 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TimC
quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
Headlights not needed but again handy if your catching someone fast.
Not on a trackday its not - very poor track etiquette and quite outside most organisers' view of acceptable behaviour. Racing is quite
different.
I dont mean to flash them, I mean to have on in the pissing rain when youre hammering round a track in spray doing 20mph more than the car in front
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craig1410
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 12:34 PM |
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Don't you need an MSA approved roll bar if you don't have an MOT? I'm sure I've read that somewhere. The roll bar has to be
made from a certain dimension of CDS seamless tubing (keep the receipt) and has to have inspection holes drilled in it so that they can check the
thickness. I think the minimum was 45mm x 2.5mm or something like that.
I'd also suggest a towing eye at the front of the car in case you get stuck in gravel or have a mechanical failure and need a quick tow back to
the pits.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 01:41 PM |
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I would say you should either have it road legal and MOTed or MSA logbooked. That way there is no argument over whether it's legal or not.
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TimC
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 02:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
I would say you should either have it road legal and MOTed or MSA logbooked. That way there is no argument over whether it's legal or not.
Well, that's bolts and braces at this time. Many club-level racers aren't log booked. This may change in the future but its not strictly
necessary now. My best advice is to speak to a couple of the larger trackday organisers and ask them what their current policies are and if they see
them changing in the forseeable future.
If you are racing, everything you need is in the blue book and specific race regulations for the formula you are considering.
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