I recently experimented with some 3mm stainless steel, supplied cut to size for around a tenner on ebay. I had managed to bend a few lwb chassis in 2mm and 3mm ally and the cars don't steer as well when the front wheels don't touch the ground! I haven't managed to bend the stainless chassis despite giving it a good doing at a few meets. It is a lot heavier (2x-3x) but is solid on the track, ploughs through anything and is great at towing caravans! I guess it's kind of cheating but do 'London Rules' say to be made of metal or alley?
I would also warn anyone that fancies having a go at making a stainless chassis that it's a chore to drill and you break lots of body mounts and spur gears as the shock when it hits something has to give somewhere!

Hi Mike
I think - no- in fact I'm pretty sure they are illegal in clubs that run to the 'London' rules.

i believe stainless steel isn't in the spirit, however down in the HOT's region we have found an ally that doesn't bend, most are using that

I scrapped the stainless and have gone back to standard as I thought it was 'un-spirited' too, however when a full pack comes piling into my dead car I sometimes question how spirited those moves are too! Sometimes its good fun to cheat knowing that you going to flatten your foe and settle a score from having a spare couple of hours to drill a bit of steel!

But that is banger racing.........

The best way to do things is beat people by using the gear that anyone can get hold of

Most drivers at our club have a history in full size bangers and we have all tried modifications that stretch the rules a little just like you see in the real thing. I personally like to see a little ingenuity, we all show each other and discuss our cheating modifications and draw sensible conclusions to what should be legal and what is not. I run my stainless chassis under a Buick Roadmaster shell and it handled like what I imagined a real yank banger would act like (real solid but wont go around corners easily!). My Mk1 granny that I'm preparing at the moment is the opposite - looks the business, goes and handles well but will probably disintegrate on the first follow in! Regarding using stuff that anyone can get hold of, I have to use the internet for everything, so searching for a bit of stainless sheet isn't any more difficult than searching for a V12 chassis! I'd much rather see something on the track that looks like a banger with a couple of cheating mods rather than a slammed Mk2 Jag with postbox windows and stuck up with gaffa tape and zip ties, but each to their own I guess!

Amen to that Mike!

My philosophy is make it look like a banger and race it like a banger.

Nick 72 wrote:
Hi Mike
I think - no- in fact I'm pretty sure they are illegal in clubs that run to the 'London' rules.why this "u can't do that attitude" can't rur stainless , can't run grp( even though thats wot bangers srarted with) for god's sake get a life and race the blody things , u keep saying your the be all and end all of bangers yet only want to race hot rods with banger shells. life is fun!

Just clarifying our rules pinky. I didn't write them, I just support them.

Like it or not we aren't racing in the 1990's any more. Things have moved on and got more efficient and organised. More clubs now run to standardised sets of rules than before. That's why you hardly ever see our boys on here arguing about the rules. We all support each other, have epic meetings, get on well and have fun.

That's what having a well supported popular successful fun racing series is all about. Everyone supporting the rules.

Carry on doing them your way at your club.

I'm not the be all and end all of bangers. Never claimed that. I'm just one of the few left who could be bothered to come on here and put up with your comments that try and turn things personal. Now even I'm getting tired of it.

Laters fellas!

It's very job of running a success class you London boys are doing. Certainly works!