Touring car advice....

[martgifford]

I am buying a touring car against my better judgement for club racing. I amn buying a TC4FT as I wanted one when I was much younger and so my heart rules my head.

But

With all the changes coming into effect with touring cars am i right in thinking that
10.5 motor is the 'standard' now (for all classes) or is this for next year...
Esc - blinky/non-blinky - I know what it means, but in practice how does this work - do people just trust you that you do not have 'turbo' on? I have a LRP TC spec - I assume that is okay for touring car club racing?
Indoor setup - what is the BRCA legal tyre choice - what is the gold standard for tyres that I can get use to

I know I should go to my club and have a look but i just wanted any advice answers about it.

Thanks

[Byse]

TC4's are okay, im not most fond of them ever since owning a belt car , I thought it was still 13.5T for Club racing? Might be wrong ?( would be good if i am means i can go faster)
Not to sure on tyres something i must look into. some touring / tourers use foams if im correct? & Club racing is no blinky i think?

Somone with more knowlage will chip in but thought id let you know what i do

[martgifford]

I owned a TC5 MI4LP but never ever raced them really. I just want a TC4 as I still think it is uber cool

13.5. Makes sense. I saw a few people ask for rollout for tourer with it. That just saved me some money

Cany anyone confirm?

Ta

[stumpiey]

13.5 is the most used club motor, as for tyres sorex 28JB for carpet racing and sorex 32ry for outdoors tarmac

[dale]

For motors you need to see what the clubs you'll be racing at actually use, as it varies from club to club. For bigger outdoor tracks it'll probably be 13.5; that's definitely the most popular wind overally. But for smaller indoor tracks it could well be 17.5, maybe blinky, maybe boosted. Definitely check before you buy.

I always wanted a TC3 but never had one due to being sponsored on other cars at the time, so I can see the appeal of the TC4. Only downside really is no help on spares or setup from the other club drivers as its a million miles away from the belt-drive mega-flexy TCs that are popular today.

[lardy37]

well dont know about were you race but in our south west winter series, what we call stock class in tc is 13.5 and and speedo setings you want and we all run sorex 28 but no set rule only have to use rubber tyres as for tc4 never had one but still got 2 tc3 and pro4 but moved on to xray t2009 as kept braking front diffs running a spool as no give with shaft drive cars were as belt drive you can get away with spool as belt will skip

[AdamBurgess]

As already mentioned, defo check what ur local club runs regarding motor and esc. Stock TC is certainly very varied now (especially indoors). we still run 13.5 with open esc's but alot of clubs have gone to 13.5 blinky, 17.5 open, 17.5 blinky and so on. Even some of the bigger series' have at least in some part gone away from 13.5, or at least now refer to 13.5 as super stock. BRCA clubman series is runs a 17.5 class, STCC runs a 21.5 class.

I think its a shame that clubs/series are changing their rules to slow the cars down rather than just educating drivers to not use crazy boost settings and high C rating cells until they can drive cleanly. Anyone can go to an off road club with one of 2 cars, 2wd or 4wd and that is it. Now if you go to a onroad track with a touring car, that one car could fall into a number of classes. I can turn up to 95% of off road clubs with my b4 and just race, if i want to race my TC at any other club than my normal place i have to check their motor reg's, esc reg's and so on. Its no wonder people are moving back to off road in huge numbers.

[martgifford]

Originally Posted by AdamBurgess

As already mentioned, defo check what ur local club runs regarding motor and esc. Stock TC is certainly very varied now (especially indoors). we still run 13.5 with open esc's but alot of clubs have gone to 13.5 blinky, 17.5 open, 17.5 blinky and so on. Even some of the bigger series' have at least in some part gone away from 13.5, or at least now refer to 13.5 as super stock. BRCA clubman series is runs a 17.5 class, STCC runs a 21.5 class.

I think its a shame that clubs/series are changing their rules to slow the cars down rather than just educating drivers to not use crazy boost settings and high C rating cells until they can drive cleanly. Anyone can go to an off road club with one of 2 cars, 2wd or 4wd and that is it. Now if you go to a onroad track with a touring car, that one car could fall into a number of classes. I can turn up to 95% of off road clubs with my b4 and just race, if i want to race my TC at any other club than my normal place i have to check their motor reg's, esc reg's and so on. Its no wonder people are moving back to off road in huge numbers.

That is one thing that attracted me to off-road. Touring cars do seems so much more effort