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05-08-2010
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mini stocks......
Hi all i used to race the mardave mini stocks over 20 yrs ago, i now race 12th , do people still race the mardaves, or has it been thrown to one side for the newer minis to take over ie the tam mo3 think it is and the v12....just seaming whats the better car the mo3 or the v12, as i fancy getting one for my son to play with.....what so much fun i had racing mine, i even raced in a reg.comp and won......
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05-08-2010
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Those mini-stocks were the epitome of indestructable brilliance weren't they?! I'm not sure if they're still raced these days but I did try my hand at one of Ardent Racing's loaner Mardave V12s a few weekends ago and was immediately hooked again!
I ended up buying one myself and although it's still the classic Mardave racing-on-a-budget style, it's a considerably better car. I even recognise some of the parts in the V12 kit that haven't changed from the old mini stock kit!  Ardent runs a dedicated Mardave/Mini class and in my opinion that's the ideal introduction for the younger drivers. You're much better off learning to handle a car consistently around a track before moving onto a 10.5T brushless monster that bounces its way around the barriers!  No opinion on which is better though - this was my first race in about 20 years too... 
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#3
06-08-2010
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mardaves v mardaves
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hi m8 if you can get yourself to wycombe 1 saturday night and youll be able to see both classes racing should help you make up your mind
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#4
06-08-2010
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what would you say the better of the two..
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07-08-2010
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mardaves v mini
in my personal opinion i would say the mardave as for the price of the mini you could get a mardave with some spares and away you go dosnt really mean its better tho and you know the mardave is going to cost less to repair than the mini in the event of breaking somthing
(very rare on the v12) i must ad but ultimatly its up to you.
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07-08-2010
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What's the format of the racing on Saturdays? Is it banger/stock car or regular non-contact? High Wycombe is less than an hour away for me so I could be tempted to drop in one weekend!
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18-08-2010
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20-08-2010
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well, I have been looking at buying a mini v12 rs I think it was, how many people use one off these cars ir you do could you send me a reply off your set up ie motors esc and servo etc, what tyres are best for a medium grip track, cheers all cannot wait to get one may even get two , one for my son....cheers
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#9
20-08-2010
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Mini Stocks
At Southend we have started running these old Mini stock cars again as a standard class, 4 cell, mech speed controller as per original concept.
Some of the old school racers have come back racing again with their original cars from 15+ years ago and with original cells (1400 SCRC nicads ). So far we have a full heat of original fibreglass chassis cars and some clever sod has started reproducing the now unavailable chassis plates CNC machined from the original material. As well as bumper brackets that are all the same size ! ! Needless to say numbers are growing !! We also race the Mardave caterham's and also a Hot Rod class ( anything goes ). Happy days are here again - Cheap, affordable racing using old tech gear thats easy to fix with a screwdriver, a tamiya socket wrench and a hammer.
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20-08-2010
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22-08-2010
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tyres /setup
hi m8 all of our mardaves are the standard v12 cars apart from mine which is the caterham im running the standard brca mardave motor and im using the kit tyres have no idea what they are various people are running various tyre your best bet would be to get to the club and ask the guys what they are using im using 3300 nimhs and a cheap novak xrs speedo some people are using 27t rebuildables simply coz they last longer and some have diffs fitted (not me yet) you only need std size servo the choice is yours .it really is shoestring racing hope this helps
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#13
22-08-2010
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Pics
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23-08-2010
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Cheers for the photos, A lad from our club had his mini with him last night it was a tam mo3 and was going ok, he then put a 19t in and seamed slightly faster....well my mind in defo made up my and my son ( aged 8 ) are getting one each, will have to get the mardave v12 as i did not really like the m03, thats my choice.....will keep you posted
also can you buy rubber wheels for the cars for out door use....where is the best supplier for spares... Paul
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23-08-2010
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Mardave v12 is not the newer version of the mini stock
A v12 is one of these  The mini stock is one of these the newer version of the mardave mini  Spares wise you could try www.mardavespares.com
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23-08-2010
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The top is the mardave v12 it comes as a v12/worlds/vrx
The bottom is a v12 rs mini stock. This one http://www.mardavespares.com/mardave...k-v12rs-rc-kit
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#19
29-09-2010
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I'll be in Wycombe on Saturday and was considering popping in to see the racing - is it on this week and will it be circuit racing with the Mardaves?
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#20
31-10-2010
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racing
sorry m8 once again not looked here again for a while racing is on at wycombe every week m8 its a permanent venue
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