GT12 BRCA Kit Price limit?

[G2510]

Hi All,

I apologise if this has been asked before or a number of times but I am looking at my first GT12 kit and like the look of the kits from Mardave (assassin), Zen Racing and Schumacher but the kits are all £160+++. BRCA rules state the kit should not exceed £99.95

Whats the deal here, are these cars not BRCA legal?

Sorry if this is a silly question with an obvious answer I have missed

[stucartwright]

Hey Buddy...
This is a great question...
If you are new to GT12.. Which I was about three/four months ago.. Do yourself a favour, and get the Zen racing kit... Very few hop ups.. and run fantastic straight out the box... The kit are hard to come by however!!

I have run a thread on oople, under GT12... Help!!

Loads of info on there and you'll get some great advice people have given me over the months...

Good luck! Its a class thats immensely addictive.

Best Wishes
Stu

[RobW]

No, not a silly question at all as it is IMHO a slightly odd situation.


All three of the manufacturers you mention sell kits below £100 to comply with the rules. Mardave and Zen will then sell you a better kit with a number of upgrades already in the box to save you the effort of buying them separately and some money as the additional price of the kit is lower than buying all the better parts if you bought them separately. With the Schumacher you buy the kit at £100 and buy any extras you think you need on top.



Some might say that it makes the £100 limit slightly pointless and yes it has been discussed a few times!! Guess until someone goes to the effort of proposing a change to the rules it will stay there.


As Stu says, just buy one, anyone of the three you mention regularly makes national A finals so they are all competitive.



Rob

[G2510]

Thanks Guys,

Stu I have seen your thread and already some great advice has been soaked up !

Rob, cheers. Its always difficult to decide on a kit but I have learnt from my current Durango that I should stick to the main brands that know the discipline and so I am swaying towards the Schumacher.

On a side note, why doesn't anyone race the Mardave V12 minis? All clubs seem to only allow the Tamiya models

[mark christopher]

Personally look what popular at your local club, there is not a best car, nor is one better than the other, if your on Facebook search for gt12 circuit UK.
Rob has explained the reason of price limit perfectly.
I run Schumacher and with all the options if needed if no more than the others, help and spares are widely available too. If you ever need spares for the Schumacher.

Oh and you do need parts not in the box with the top spec Zen and mardave.

[Xracer]

Well let me tell you a short story, before Christmas I decided to have a go at GT12 having been away from club 1/12 LMP racing for a couple or so years.
The car I selected was the Schumacher SupaStox which I built and was about to race when they released the SSGT, so I sold the SS and bought the SSGT.
I have raced this quite a few times and had some issues with the setup, some with diff drive ring slip and a some split chassis due to my sometimes erratic driving.
Then Schumacher released the lowered pivot pod, this duly added and a significant handling improvement was to be had but I was still unable to fully cure the drive ring slippage, so still some erratic handling.
In the meantime I had become aware of the Zen SSGT Race, liked it's simplicity so bought one, it does have some design flaws too but handles like a dream out of the box.
I have a few racing mates who have built and race the new Mardave, it goes very well once all of the build issues are sorted!
So the choice is yours, all of this is a very personal preference thing, cost, spares availability, ease of use, robustness are factors in the choice, so enjoy whatever your choice is, it is great competitive racing on a reasonable budget!

[G2510]

Cheers Mark, I like the Schumacher and also like their spares availability. The Zen is tempting me but I cant find stock anywhere and I have to admit the Mardave looks awesome. How do I decide !