Modern banger racing

[Lankytim]

Minis funnily enough.

[AnthonyG]

I'm surprised there are any left, it's been a long time since I've seen a autoshite-spec proper Mini.

 

Mind you, rust never sleeps...

[Lankytim]

To be fair, the only genuine Mini parts seem to be the mechanical bits at the front including the suspension and subframe and the roof panel, the rest consists of a spaceframe chassis with fibreglass panels and a fiesta rear axle or something.

[Guest bangerfan101]

Patience.  It will happen.  Everything gets raced eventually...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rollers are a bit old hat now , must have been over 100 raced over last 15 year or so .

 

the ferrari that keith greenwood raced was found under a pile of rubbish at a scrapyard , was honda powered when it hit the track ,

 

Didn't do much the day it raced , front suspension collapsed after a couple of hits first race , they tried to sort it but it never made it back on track

 

 

[Pillock]

Bangers will be pretty impossible soon. It's one thing converting a fuel injected mk2 Mondeo to carbs but imagine the work in getting a DSG Passat running without all the sensors and whatnot.

[Guest bangerfan101]

weld the subframe off a mondeo in and a 2.0 zetec 

 

thats whats happening with the mk3 mondeos already , inlet manifolds on front of the engine and made of plastic . not what you need

[Lankytim]

Folk have predicted that banger racing will die out for decades, e.g, when all the Austin A60's have gone, then when all the Cortinas, Granadas and Capris have gone, then Bluebirds e.t.c.  It will carry on in one form or another for aslong as there are cars ending their lives and heading to the scrapyard, the only way it will totally disappear is if it gets banned over health and safety, the track insurance gets too expensive or keeping old cars in bits at home is made illegal over environmental issues or something.

[fordperv]

weld the subframe off a mondeo in and a 2.0 zetec

 

thats whats happening with the mk3 mondeos already , inlet manifolds on front of the engine and made of plastic . not what you need

I was talking about bangering mk3 mondys racing with my m.o.t tester (he races) as I wondered how they got around the front inlet surviving full frontal attacks and he was onabout they retro fitted mk2 stuff into them

[dugong]

Even Piazzas get banger raced. It overtook everything and then a P6 followed it in. GOODBYE SQUARE.

[Justin Case]

 

Patience.  It will happen.  Everything gets raced eventually...

 

:)

[Junkman]

No matter what they race, nothing, absolutely nothing, makes a more picturesque wreck, than a Granada MKII.

They race predominantly Mondeos at Belle Vue, and it's boring and just doesn't look right.

OK, BV is a 'challenging' (= shitty) track, but a hoard of Mondeos nudging each other just doesn't cut it, no

matter where. Seen them at Buxton, too, and it was the same.

 

Hence I'm off to the Hednesford pre-85 Unlimited next Sunday. Will be my first real banger meet in years

(apart from the half arsed ones you see thrown in as a support formula at Stockcar events), and I expect a

spectacle!

 

Who wants to join me?

[Wilko220]

No thanks. Racing ten-a-penny Mondeos is one thing, but I'm not into Philistinism.

[Junkman]

Right, here are some shots from the Hednesford meet today.

This sweetie did not make it on the track:

 

 

 

Keen Ebay tat thread followers will recognise this now doomed beauty:

 

12/10 for daft car choice, hence bloody ace. There were actually two of them in the same team colours:

 

Some of the usual stuff:

 

 

 

These are classic hot rods:

 

 

MOAR Jags:

 

Rare k00p:

 

Series 1:

 

Some Rover:

 

Sonic as always produced the most impeccably prepared car:

 

420 sounding all wrong with some four banger installed:

 

Car of the meeting:

 

 

Obligatory yank in form of a rare Caprice Coupe:

 

Rootes Group entry of the day:

 

 

This still had its Jap V8 and sounded sweet:

 

P5b with the original engine in place:

 

Would be a shiter's dream if it was unmolested and beige:

 

This ran its original straight six including fuel injection:

 

Several Coleman-Milnes were raced today, this is one of them:

 

 

 

These were found in the trackside car park:

 

[Junkman]

The following are the after race pics, so the faint at heart should now click away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RedSparrow]

Man that Super Snipe looks so rotten I'm surprised they raced it.

[Lankytim]

Nothing is too rotten, or too nice to race.

[AlabamaShrimp]

They must be mental! There's so little actual metal left on some of them you might as well be running on the track

[Junkman]

The Humber Pullman was rougher than a bear's arse, but they had extensively armoured it with boiler plate on the floor further to the front.

They had also grafted a complete Granada front axle underneath, and the front portion of the frame was replaced with rectangular tubing, because the original frame rails had rotted away.

They had difficulties to find something solid enough to attach a chain to, to pull it onto the transporter after the race.

There was about half an inch of wob underneath the yellow paint. It looked ace from 50 yards away, though.

[Partridge]

I'm suprised they left grill on the Rover P5-it probably would have fetched a few bob on evilbay.

[RedSparrow]

The Humber Pullman was rougher than a bear's arse, but they had extensively armoured it with boiler plate on the floor further to the front.

They had also grafted a complete Granada front axle underneath, and the front portion of the frame was replaced with rectangular tubing, because the original frame rails had rotted away.

They had difficulties to find something solid enough to attach a chain to, to pull it onto the transporter after the race.

There was about half an inch of wob underneath the yellow paint. It looked ace from 50 yards away, though.

 

Was it a Pullman? Wikipedia says there's only 8 left (now 7).

I thought it was the slightly more common Super Snipe, although they look almost identical.

[Junkman]

Yes, it is a Pullman, and they said it's one of eight.

Make no mistake though, this one was beyond even the faintest trace of hope, but yielded a few useful spares for the other seven.

They want to knock the panels out a bit, add another 20 kilos of fibreglass and Isopon, and bring it to Brum next weekend.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Yes, it is a Pullman, and they said it's one of eight.

Make no mistake though, this one was beyond even the faintest trace of hope, but yielded a few useful spares for the other seven.

They want to knock the panels out a bit, add another 20 kilos of fibreglass and Isopon, and bring it to Brum next weekend.

 

The announcer said it was one of five ("soon four"), twice. 

[Junkman]

The announcer also couldn't tell apart an S-Type and a 420.

The guys who had brought the Humber mentioned the correct numbers, though.

[Partridge]

They want to knock the panels out a bit, add another 20 kilos of fibreglass and Isopon, and bring it to Brum next weekend.

[Junkman]

My assumption is that it was this one that got raced:

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C414563

 

[Guest bangerfan101]

here's a twist to whats been raced recently .

 

cars are now been imported from america for the sole purpouse of been bangered . at least 4 chevrolet impala's have been out on track in recent months all came across the water in shipping containers

 

with more on the way

[Bren]

here's a twist to whats been raced recently .

 

cars are now been imported from america for the sole purpouse of been bangered . at least 4 chevrolet impala's have been out on track in recent months all came across the water in shipping containers

 

with more on the way

Lack of suitable vehicles over here?

 

Mk 2 grannies and lexus in short supply?

[Guest bangerfan101]

suitable unlimeted cars have been drying up for years ,

 

plenty of small fwd shite kicking about tho .

[chaseracer]

What IS a 'suitable unlimited'?  Granadas may be thin on the ground now, but surely there's an almost infinite supply of Mercs, BMs, Lexi and Jaaaaaaags without having to ship RWD material across the pond.

 

Is the Yank stuff just stronger and less complex?

[Guest bangerfan101]

put it this way . in destruction derbys in the states the impala's outlawd

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYPsLxh29MM#t=23 world final this year