anyone ever taken there FD/FC to the ring?

[AtomicRex]

We now sell a tank with a 107L capacity!  That will give you a bigger range!

[RemarkLima]

We now sell a tank with a 107L capacity!  That will give you a bigger range!

LOL! Just been down the pub so sorry for laughing but it just masks the range problem and doesn\'t really affect the fuel consumption problem

I get a chill whenever I fillup the standard 60L tank so I\'d probably keel over with 107L to put in!!!

[goldk28611]

Been 3 years running only spent around £500-50 per trip and we stay for 4-5 nights - I run a trip yearly with around 8-10 people average and offer accom+breaky and ferry just over £200 so looking at £300/50 for fuel/food/beer... (get a passenger and split the cost too thats what im doing when were off in May...having my birthday on the ring )

It\'s 12.9 miles round the track at very low MPG, so only takes a few laps to drink a tank...

(we do drive slow until the Autobahn\'s though... and only around 6-10 laps over the trip)

Tyres are the biggest killer when ya get back IMO

[AtomicRex]

Its 13.5 miles round....and at 4.5mpg it really does hurt your wallet.

Depends on your priorities for going over there...personally Id rather not travel 1000miles return to just do 10 laps.

When I used to take tours over there on the bikes I used to do over 30 laps every day!

Our trip is, granted, is a little more expensive as we tow over there....not the most comfortable car to drive the distance....plus the bonus is we have spares and a workshop to fix problems.

The other thing is that if you crash your car, yes the AA will bring the car home, but they take 2 weeks to get it back....and stuff gets broken, scratched and taken whilst it is moved from shipper to shipper!

[wee_blim]

Well Ill be quite happy with only 8 laps myself and another 2 or 3 in another car, and if its correct and I only spend that much then it seems worth it, however I get the feeling I will spend alot more than that in fuel, I would guestimate with the average millage I get, that it will be closer to £800 on fuel for the round trip.

[20B_boy]

Well Ill be quite happy with only 8 laps myself and another 2 or 3 in another car, and if its correct and I only spend that much then it seems worth it, however I get the feeling I will spend alot more than that in fuel, I would guestimate with the average millage I get, that it will be closer to £800 on fuel for the round trip.

If thats the case dont waste money going to the Ring, take your car to some one who can fix it cause bad economy aside - yours isnt running right!

[Bobfish]

£800 in fuel? Your joking?

I come from north london, junction 21a of the M25.  It takes just over a tank to get there cruising between 80-100 the whole way, and thats taking the shortest, prettiest route (more little country lanes) I average 21mpg in a lightly tuned RX7

So lets say £100 a each way is a good estimate.  I budget £100 each way for fuel every time i go and never spend it all.

Then theres hotel, thats 80 euro a night, so 40 euro each if you have a mate. So lets say 30 quid a night to be on the safe side.

3 nights, accomodation & fuel & ferry = £90+£200+£30 for ferry (if you go dover dunquerque and split you and your mate) that makes in my books it costs £320 for 3 nights there, then its just food and fuel and laps.

Food is about 30 euro a night if you reall splash out, laps are i think 19 euro a lap this year so if you do 2 laps a day and eat thats as near as dammit £30 a day.  So that makes £420. 2 laps is going to do at most just over a quarter of a tank, which is about £30, so thats £520 in total for 3 days fuel.

My first ever weekend i went there, spent 3 days, budgeted £600 quid and brought back loads of ****, model cars bla bla bla had loads of money. NOw i spend a bit less.

you can camp if you like which is also cheaper.
come over with us in april mate, i started a thread on it - join on with us; we\'ll have a few guys going over.  Your welcome to come out for a lap with me, should run just over 8 minutes BTG. (let the "liar" comments commence! haha)

But no, once youve been, youll want to go again and again and again. If your taking the FD, get an uprated radiator and uprated brake pads at the very least.  If your a confident driver then youll sttruggle without some AP brakes or similar and a really decent cooling setup.

any questions drop me a PM or something, ill be happy to help.

[wee_blim]

I should probably add that my pfc is running base map on pfc and I hear it runs richer on the base map just as a saftey precaution so maybe thats the reasons for my poor mpg, or the fact i drive through the wet country lanes between 3000-5000 rpm.

I have uprated brake pads and front discs which are all fairly new still. My radiator is a bit of a concern as when draining my coolent I noticed a big dent in mine, not sure how crucial that is but my temps all seem ok still?

I might come both times, if once I get the car mapped I get better mpg, then might beable to afford both times, and strip the car out, save some weight and maybe get another 1/8th of a mile to the gallon more

[Warthog]

I did it with the RE:WORX Boys and had a fantastic time.

Trust me it is a hell of a track and Bob has given good advice about cooling and brakes.

It is nothing like on the TV, it is a deadly track in lives and killing motors, but you just have to do it.:yes