Mardave racing in the midlands

[Stu412t]

Hi, burton buggy club has switched to mardaves if anybody is interested. www.burtonbuggyclub.co.uk
we race on tuesday nights and have varied tracks that are fairly challenging. the standard ranges from total newcomers to very high quality dirvers. liam brooks came 3rd or somethin in torc and races there, and many match him. anyway, the racing is very close, very relaxed and good fun so if you're interested then come along!! :)

[Mark Stiles]

Hi,

What rules do you run to for motors, speedo's, cells etc...?

I'm at uni in loughborough and might pop down one tuesday if my car is legal...

[Ian Pettit]

Hi Stuart,

Are you very far away from Leicester (M1 J21). Could you please post/PM me some directions.

Also, do you run oval or circuit?

[Mark Stiles]

Pretty sure its J23, then just the other side of ashby.

[Ian Pettit]

Cheers Mark,

I did have a quick look on Multimap - looks like it's just off the old A50.

[BISH41]

hello ian ( pettit ) and mark , its just near the dry slope ski center , head to burton on trent through coalville and its actually in swadlincote just off a really dodgy island where no one knows who should give way , ah a bit like hot rod racing ah mark ..lol.. but you dont wanna bother with them slowwwww mardaves youll have far too much fun compared to your super fast tourers ..lol..may see you there some time ... need to find out what motors they run , may not be kit , let me know if you go tomorrow , im at hathern , catch you soon , oh mark if you dont go hathern ill post you that e.s.c ..cheerrs ..

[BISH41]

oh ian and mark , if you dont already know each other and you both race at this club then you both have at least one racer who will give you a good run for ur money , mark , ian is pretty good with a v12 and ian well lets just mark is in tune with the v12 more than me ..lol..and i think hes the ermmm some kind of champion , know let me think ..lol..have fun , :o)

[Ian Pettit]

Cheers Lee,

Not sure if I'll make it tonight - gotta dig my kit out again (it's been a while).

Long time no see - I take it business is going well - there certainly seems to be plenty of Mardave activity on this site. It's good to see there's a healthy interest.

If anyone can let me know the details re: motors/cells/modifications allowed I'd be grateful, don't want to turn up with an illegal car.

ps, Lee - surely it's give way to the right in all cases :o

IP

[Mark Stiles]

Lee,

I'm coming to hathern tonight to race one of those old stockcar thingys with the out of date speedo's! Ben has offered to lend me a car for the evening.

Mark

[BISH41]

ok mark ,ill take an up to date , state of the art e.s.c for you to break for me ..lol...ah its see thru blue and has got little lights in it ... see ya later ..lee ..hi ian , probably bump into you soon ,,ive got a club on mondays now ,,see my website ..the cuurent hot rod world champ is gonna come woop our ass soon with £6 motors and £9 nicads that we ALL run , very close racing ..... just gotta invite him first and twist his arm to use such unfashionable 1850 ma nicads .. :p ...catch you both soon ..lee

[TheChard]

Some things that are seen as out of date can sometimes be as good as the new electrickery type.
One big advantage of the board type speed controller is in many ways the ease in which it can be maintained, each individual component can be purchased with loose change, they also take much more 'driver abuse' than electric speedo's will ever do.
I will agree that set up is not as easy as an electric but you only need to pay the same attention to the speedo servo as the steering servo and you should be OK.
Another reason is you can chop and change the plug to your hearts content, no you cut the 'factory' plug of an electric and you are normally on your own if anything goes wrong with it later.
The sample of various budget (£30-£50) F&R electronics I have witnessed and used have not given any huge advantage over the Mardave board controller, well not enough if you take into account the cost difference.