You don't need a passenger seat or bumpers to pass an MOT
Let me ask you some questions, (think of it as an interview
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Before all of this you will have soaked your tyres in softener the previous night, set off at around 7:30 in the morning got to the track at 9 making sure you have a light fuel load of the best octane rating around (Tesco's 99 just down the road in Wellingborough) added your octane boost (Aldon works well), signed on had breakfast and set your car up, rev limits, clutch stops, tyre pressures, bonnet stops and checked out the track (and competition)
Then you sit in the fire up lane with everyone else for over an hour at a time sometimes, pushing your car as you dont want the engine getting to warm (cold is good)
Then you called up to stage,
1. Are you prepared to sit the car in the burn out pan and smoke your £100 + (each)semi slick tyres so that they are hot and clean.
2. Are you prepared to sit on a line holding around 4K in front of anywhere between 50 and 1000 people all who are willing you to stall (or so you think) next to a car that quiet possibly will kick your ass.
3. Are you prepared to sit on a line holding the clutch just at biting point at around 4K, in front of anywhere between 100 and 1000 people.
4. Are you prepared to sit on a line holding the clutch just at slipping point at around 4K in front of anywhere between 100 and 1000 people and then side step it and hang on for grim death ignoring all of the bangs and crashes with your foot nailed to the floor ignoring the car next to you like their not there.
5. Are you prepared take the engine to its red line (and above) for every gear change
6. Are you prepared to crash the gear box through every gear change with your foot still nailed to the floor
7. Are you prepared to cross the line at around 7500 or so rpm because you dont want to incure a gear change into 4th which will cost you 3 tenths of a second extra.
8 Are you prepared to do all of the above knowing that anything can go wrong and if it does its most likely catastrophic
If your happy doing all of this then come along and begin your appentiship young Jedi.....you should get the hang of it after 10 or 20 races, which on an average of 5 per RWYB day (sometimes you get non due to rain offs) will take over 4 weeks at the end you might just begin to get the feel of it and know how to get the 60 ft right.....which you must do in around 1.82 seconds or better, any slower than that and your toast, Skiddy has the win and your a loser.
Its not just about the car Sean (Magic fairy dust and all that)....a 12 second car isnt a 12 second car if its driven by a 14 second driver.
Think I'm making it up, well stop your constant belly aching and turn up.