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Reply #15 - Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:05pm

CharlottesDad Ex Member

Charlie wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:02pm:

and at least £250 for a helmet (Sparco's, Bell's, OMP's and Arai's base models all appear to be in the £240-£300 mark).

And every time you have a shunt it has to be replaced.. LAW.

Ouch indeed.

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Reply #16 - Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:08pm

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Charlie wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:02pm:

and at least £250 for a helmet (Sparco's, Bell's, OMP's and Arai's base models all appear to be in the £240-£300 mark).

And every time you have a shunt it has to be replaced.. LAW.

Ouch indeed.

Or some eejit drops it...

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Reply #17 - Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:08pm

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Thanks Charlie.
Generally I am planning to go with Sparco stuff allround anyway, they are probably one of the best suppliers in the business from what I've read.
The only exception is the helmet. I'm considering either Schuberth or Arai on that count.

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Reply #18 - Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:11pm

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Charlie wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:08pm:

Quote:

Charlie wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:02pm:

and at least £250 for a helmet (Sparco's, Bell's, OMP's and Arai's base models all appear to be in the £240-£300 mark).

And every time you have a shunt it has to be replaced.. LAW.

Ouch indeed.

Or some eejit drops it...

That eejit would soon have said helmet wraped around the back of their head rather promptly. Grin

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Reply #19 - Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:14pm

CharlottesDad Ex Member

Craig. wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 7:11pm:

That eejit would soon have said helmet wraped around the back of their head rather promptly. Grin

Coupled with a fireproof boot up the jacksie Cool

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Reply #20 - Jan 3^rd, 2008 at 12:34pm

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I did some rallying with a friend years ago ...... luckily he funded it all and although he was from a rich family it eventually became too much even for his seemingly limitless budget.

I had another friend who went into Caterham racing ..... built the car himself from a kit and bought a decent engine for race days and an engine for day to day driving. Providing he didn't prang the car during a race he was able to drive to and from the meetings on the day to day engine and his dad used to drive the van with all the kit. He would camp at the tracks to save on accomodation and his dad was a mechanic and helped him tune the race engine. I don't think he ever did particularly well but he had great fun and all on a reasonable budget. His race engine was from a new V6 Vauxhall Vectra and his everyday engine was from a scrapped Vectra.

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Reply #21 - Jan 3^rd, 2008 at 1:26pm

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Handy money saving tips from Dr. Ozzy.
Helmet - visit a motorbike shop that has a sale on and look for a Gold label on it. That means it is race approved.
Coveralls - DON'T buy a Sparco race suit for a couple of hundred quid, get a foundry workers one. Identical in nearly all respects except you might want to add some waist velcro and costs about 10-20 quid for full nomex etc protection Wink