Jim-SR wrote:Budget is always the reason.
Everywhere you can.
Within reason. Some peoples 'within reason' differ from others. Budget is always on the mind of someone paying for their own race car.Jim-SR wrote:
Racing is a dangerous hobby.
As a driver you weigh up the risks. If the balance between the factors is right, you go for it. Most of the field are able to rationalise the risk of cut springs. Again, I'm not saying its a perfect solution, it's clearly not, but it works. And the fence clearing incident was a freak occurance.
That could have happened to any two cars who found themselves wedged into the armco. That wasn't a component failure.Jim-SR wrote:For me, the old
Why not?
People have been using unleaded petrol for years. It seems to work. Yes, it's highly flammable and could cause you horrendous injury in a crash. But we all still do it. On average The Bad Thing doesn't happen all that often. Studying the failure rate of a given solution before making the call on whether or not to implement that solution is an entirely valid method.Jim-SR wrote:Carroll Smith used to quote
In all honesty I'd trust the cut down springs more than some of the 25 year old toyota original bits left in my mk1.
Jim-SR wrote:For all the times that bodged springs have worked, it only takes that one occasion when one goes wrong, and somebody
As per previous comments, racing is dangerous.
That's part of the thrill 
Jim-SR wrote:It's racing, I never understand how people can justify doing something to a track/race car that they probably wouldn't deem safe on a road car.
Because unlike a road car a race car has a much narrower set of operating parameters.
It has to go fast and handle a reasonably consistent surface for 15 mins. Unlike a road car that has to work in all conditions on dirt roads, through potholes, in the snow etc etc. Narrow the parameters and you can exagerate some properties. Jim-SR wrote:
Nobody, least of all the guy in the race car wants a crash.
But its part of racing. Go out on the track enough times and it'll happen. That's why we wear the helmets and the HANS devices and the 6 point harnesses.Jim-SR wrote:My personal opinions aren't going to suddenly change the mindset of those that are intent on saving themselves money.
Oddly perhaps, in light of my comments above, this is one of the reasons I'm moving to a new race series next year.
I'm tired of arsing about with control components that are supposed to make things cheap but in reality are just end up being awkward. I want a set of decent coilovers, not inserts and random guesswork springs. My being more comfortable in the car and trusting of its setup equates to me being faster.Jim-SR wrote:Dampers have to be standard fitment inserts, so that means Koni's all day long unless you've got proper money to get custom stuff made.
kyb's these days in mk1's
Jim-SR wrote:Cutting stock springs will never be anywhere near ideal, so if you're buying lowering springs in the first place and then cutting them it would barely even cost more to get custom stuff to begin with if you can get them for
If you can get them in time from the batch that gets made.
Or the cost gets higher. And much higher than £200 is knocking on the door of race fees for a weekend. Given the choice between special secret springs and going racing I know which one most people choose.