{"id":4524,"date":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:25:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"budget-race-car-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/budget-race-car-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Race Car Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futureclassics.eu\/home\/4587559474\" target=\"_blank\">Future Classics race series<\/a> is fast becoming one of the most popular Motorsport classes here in Ireland and when you look at the way the\u00a0class is structured\u00a0it&#8217;s easy to see why:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cars are cheap to build &amp; cheap to run<\/li>\n<li>The build regulations are relaxed<\/li>\n<li>A broad range of cars are\u00a0eligible (pretty much anything pre 1994, non 4 wheel drive)<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a time barrier within reach of fairly standard cars which makes\u00a0big budgets completely pointless<\/li>\n<li>The emphasis is on having fun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/4620330401_18c3b4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4549 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/4620330401_18c3b4.jpg\" alt=\"Budget Race Car Build\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a>    Future Classics competitor Darran O&#8217;Hara got in touch with details of his latest project\u00a0to demonstrate just how little it can cost to build a race car for the series. On an tight budget himself, Darran kept the costs down by doing most of the work himself but did draft in a team of dedicated helpers to lend a hand with the big tasks, namely welding in the roll cage, painting the car and dealing with rust.    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/10500301_10153210905998905_662605129327636918_n_39c1b8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/10500301_10153210905998905_662605129327636918_n_39c1b8.jpg\" alt=\"Budget Race Car Build\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a>    Costs were also kept down by keeping a keen eye out for 2nd hand bargains and bartering with fellow competitors for big ticket items like the cage (Darren runs a motorsport graphics company) and was able to offer his services in exchange for some of the bits and bobs needed for the build.  <\/p>\n<h4>Build Costs:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mitsubishi Fto. 2L non mivec (168\u00a0Bhp ) 5 speed Manual. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donedeal.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Done Deal<\/a> \u20ac450.00<\/li>\n<li>Haggled for a rollcage out of an unused EP3 Honda Civic &#8211; FOC!<\/li>\n<li>Angle grinder discs \u2026 Gas and welding wire \u2026 \u20ac150.00<\/li>\n<li>Bonnet pins, kill switch, pull cords, rain light \u00a0\u20ac 120.00<\/li>\n<li>2x 3L tubs of JCB Yellow, thinners and sanding pads\u00a0\u20ac100.00<\/li>\n<li>Used set of wheels \u20ac60.00<\/li>\n<li>Black paint for wheels \u20ac15.00<\/li>\n<li>Tyres: a very old set of used 16 inch Yokohama AO48&#8217;s Kindly donated from Liam Moran an Ex ITCC Driver. FOC!<\/li>\n<li>2nd hand Seat and harness \u00a0\u20ac80.00<\/li>\n<li>Handheld fire extinguisher\u00a0\u20ac45.00<\/li>\n<li>Brake pads \u20ac 135.00<\/li>\n<li>Full service kit: \u00a0oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, engine oil. \u00a0\u20ac100.00<\/li>\n<li>2nd hand lowering springs\u00a0\u20ac 50.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Total cost: \u20ac1305<\/h4>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11150274_10153210906363905_8600007297632840625_n_351dda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4536 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11150274_10153210906363905_8600007297632840625_n-300x225_1c2c14.jpg\" alt=\"11150274_10153210906363905_8600007297632840625_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11138513_10153391397048905_3965755817249069432_n_8e6a61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4535 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11138513_10153391397048905_3965755817249069432_n-300x225_105b68.jpg\" alt=\"11138513_10153391397048905_3965755817249069432_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11121769_10153210906233905_8495396332108207383_n_a837bd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4534 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11121769_10153210906233905_8495396332108207383_n-300x225_ac254a.jpg\" alt=\"11121769_10153210906233905_8495396332108207383_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/22691_10153304589328905_5101053347762776802_n_5b8ff8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4526 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/22691_10153304589328905_5101053347762776802_n-300x225_fffaef.jpg\" alt=\"22691_10153304589328905_5101053347762776802_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>    The car was stripped apart, the interior ripped out and all the panels sanded and prepped \u00a0for paint. The biggest job was fitting the roll cage. However with a few experienced hands on deck and a bit of &#8216;A Team&#8217; music it was done in a few days. Bar the safety equipment and the overall appearance, the car would be left pretty much standard &#8211; with almost 170bhp on tap from the stock v6 motor\u00a0it should have enough power to get within reach of the 1.09sec barrier time.    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11391307_10153347380448905_6081339381326990157_n_a3b3ab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4539 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11391307_10153347380448905_6081339381326990157_n-300x225_3e144e.jpg\" alt=\"11391307_10153347380448905_6081339381326990157_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11401340_10153349657228905_5230182756473419241_n_fa192d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4540 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11401340_10153349657228905_5230182756473419241_n-300x225_bded07.jpg\" alt=\"11401340_10153349657228905_5230182756473419241_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11425154_10153358334008905_1106262364065714866_n_adeb4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4541 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11425154_10153358334008905_1106262364065714866_n-300x225_e5c52c.jpg\" alt=\"11425154_10153358334008905_1106262364065714866_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/10423868_10153393533568905_2482276278086385980_n_9fee1b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4529 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/10423868_10153393533568905_2482276278086385980_n-300x225_4465e1.jpg\" alt=\"10423868_10153393533568905_2482276278086385980_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>    The car was left on the original shock absorbers \u00a0but a set of 2nd hand lowering springs were fitted (it later turned out that 2 of the shocks were actually blown) The 2nd hand, resprayed wheels were then fitted with some very very old Yokohama A048&#8217;s.\u00a0The car was given a full respray in JCB yellow! and graphics applied.    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11693990_10153425250488905_6787225951997830023_n_836ce1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11693990_10153425250488905_6787225951997830023_n-300x169_0a13c6.jpg\" alt=\"11693990_10153425250488905_6787225951997830023_n\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11665502_10153125989029164_8071419572358324271_n_be53a1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4543 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11665502_10153125989029164_8071419572358324271_n-300x180_32ab32.jpg\" alt=\"11665502_10153125989029164_8071419572358324271_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>    The biggest test was if the car\u00a0would pass scrutiny&#8230;.and it did, with flying colours!    A few weeks later and the first race was entered. During\u00a0qualifying Darran stayed out of everyones way and managed a lap time 1:13, just 4 seconds off the 1.09 time barrier on Mondello Park&#8217;s national circuit, which isn&#8217;t bad for the first time out. Apparently the handling was terrible.    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11707610_10153436173358905_2949714212273199226_n_c2e1a9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11707610_10153436173358905_2949714212273199226_n_c2e1a9.jpg\" alt=\"Budget Race Car Build\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11214216_10153436173733905_7886393293022787350_n_1f9ee1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/11214216_10153436173733905_7886393293022787350_n_1f9ee1.jpg\" alt=\"11214216_10153436173733905_7886393293022787350_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/10985906_10153436173553905_7572517695934029877_n_764f84.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagetin.com\/images\/micksgarage-ie\/646jk67ggt\/10985906_10153436173553905_7572517695934029877_n_764f84.jpg\" alt=\"Budget Race Car Build\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>    After just a few laps in race 1 disaster struck:    <strong><em>&#8220;We wanted to learn what the car was capable of and what to improve. Unfortunately due to stupidity we never checked if the car had enough oil before qualifying and I over revved the engine \u2026 Unsurprisingly It went boom &#8230;!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>    So we needed a new engine &#8211; Back to Done Deal and \u20ac200.00 later we had an engine.    Now to sort the shocks, Darran spotted a set of brand new coilovers on ebay\u00a0in\u00a0Malta! At just \u20ac340.00 for the full set of springs and dampers he&#8217;s not expecting much but they surely have to be better than what&#8217;s in the car now!  <\/p>\n<h4>Total spend to date \u20ac1845.00<\/h4>\n<p>  However&#8230;.. Sold items from car: Interior seats,\u00a0window motors,\u00a0radio, various other interior bits: \u00a0\u20ac400.00    The car will stand Darran \u00a0<strong>\u20ac1445.00<\/strong> which isn&#8217;t bad at all.    Check out the\u00a0future classics\u00a0on Mondello.TV!    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/2258088\/events\/4186428\/videos\/92954187\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budget Race Car Build<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Budget Race Car Build - The Filter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/budget-race-car-build\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Budget Race Car Build\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Budget Race Car Build\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/budget-race-car-build\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Filter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Filter Blog Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Filter Blog Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Filter Blog Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/80eb1fc10f37196ea99491bd7ba63323\"},\"headline\":\"Budget Race Car Build\",\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":690,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imagetin.com\\\/images\\\/micksgarage-ie\\\/646jk67ggt\\\/4620330401_18c3b4.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"-0001\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/budget-race-car-build\\\/\",\"name\":\"Budget Race Car Build - 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