How much will 10-15kg cost in a G40?

[Foie Gras]

I've been racing MX5s in the Ma5da series this year and had a blast. One of the things that killed me though at the start of the season was my weight in a low powered car.

However the Ma5da series has a fairly generous minimum weight of car & driver of 960kg and after losing 50lbs the car was much quicker and able to keep up with the whippets when we exited corners at the same speed. (trying to take driver skill out of the equation)

I'm looking at G40s next year as the logical progression, but the weight is more tightly controlled in this series as there is a minimum vehicle (without driver) weight - min vehicle 790kg, min all up 880kg. The minimum vehicle weight then inhibits drivers >90kg and even with the best will in the world at 6'4" and a large frame, I am still likely to be about 10kg overweight compared to the field.

I appreciate that talent may overcome this, but not mine, at least not yet; I'm trying to judge the impact of being 10kg overweight in a G40. Ideally it would be in lap times for benchmark tracks such as Brands Indy, Donington Park, Oulton Park or even Silverstone GP.

Anyone have any ideas or can point me to how I may calculate it - or even tell me that 90% of the field are 10kg over anyway so don't worry

Thanks



Mark

[Foie Gras]

Thanks guys really good input and very much appreciated.

890kg is a much more achievable weight with a 790kg car. I'm guessing that will include about 2kg of fuel and clothing/helmet, but even so it's a good help.

I've been in touch with Ginetta and going to test a G40 on 1 Dec at Donington. I'll see how it is then. At 47 I'm a bit old for a G40J

I spoke to the team that look after my MX5 this week about running a G40 next year for me and it seems that I was the second one in a month to ask them the same question and they had already done a lot of research into it.

So IF I fit, IF the budget is there or thereabouts and IF the 2012 dates don't clash with the Ma5da series then it could be time to go shopping

Thanks again



Mark

[Foie Gras]

Simon Mason said:

LOL Great stuff a brand new car it is then :-)

Not necessarily so - I see a couple of G40s for sale, not many I grant you and there's a few more Juniors out there, but I think there's 2 available.


Mark

[Foie Gras]

Thanks - got your PM. Let's see if I get on with the car and I'll hen explore how to run it.

Cheers



Mark