procar 2000/bmw rwd challenge

[steve_k]

as the title really folk's.

just been watching it on men & motor's & it look's like it could be a lot of fun to take part.

so do any of you take part?

know any thing about it?

if any of you have know anything about it such as what engine size is allowed any chassis/susspension mod's allowed also the average cost's to take part then please feel free to let me know.

cheer's folk's.

steve.

[SteMarsden]

Is this the one that runs with the 205 Challenge?

I have seen some write-ups in Motoring News but (suprisingly) not heard much about it on here.....

[steve_k]

like you i'm suprised that it ain't been brought up on here before & yes i've seen it in motoring news a few time's.

i'm just trying to find out as much about it as i can.

[foxie389]

hi i have been taking part in the rwd challenge for five years and its realy close,fun ,cheap rallying at its best.we use standard e30 325s with a control suspension ,tyres ,diff,set up mixed with standard engine and gearbox.for full details checkout 205cup.co.uk

[mattrs]

It looks interesting, but the site isn't the best to be fair, lack of info imho, unless i missed a bit.

Foxie, how much did you spend building your car and how much to run per meet/season?

[JWaller360]

I co drive in the 205 Cup, which does all the same events as the BMW's, they are really quick on stage, having had to move out the way for them once or twice! The forums on the 205cup website are quite good, any questions you have will be answered pretty quickly over there

[mattrs]

I didn't notice the forum

I will check it out.

[foxie389]

hi mattrs,you can build a challenge spec car for about three and a half grand,mine owes me about six but that incudes competition wheels.i also for relability replaced a lot of items such as wheel bearings,clutch,exhaust,etc.to do a years events ,service crew, fuel ,etc your looking at about five to six thousand.the bms have realy close competition with only seven seconds separating the top two on last weekends swansea bay rally.theres also a good social side to the challenge with nights out,bar bqs,and a yearly trip to sweden to practice on a frozen ice lake.to view some footage check out 205cup on you tube.

[mattrs]

Cheers foxie, i will check it out. The frozen lake sounds awesome by the way!

[bluemoon]

Hi

Not been on here for a while but I glad to see you all noticing the bms in action.

If you watched m&m the other night you would have seen me hit the armco in style. The weekend at nutts corner was awesome. the racing between the bms was as close as it got, the coverage didnt do it justice at all

The cars you watched were all rallycars built to rwd challenge spec as foxie has stated. Over the winter I intend to build a car just for rallycross and it will basically be as standard as i can get it . The plan is to bulid it take it to sweeden then rallycross it next year.

This is great fun at the fraction of the cost of rallying, there are arguments against it but the fun and spirit within the guys is great , that goes for the rwd series as well

let me know if you want any more details