First of all touring cars are awesome, the racing is really competitive and like previously said you make it as cheap or expensive as you want.
sorex 28s (pre built) are a good choice and will last ages, I have run them for a season (11 meetings) before without dropping too much time on the other drivers and just starting out you probably wont tell the difference to start with anyway .
Motors etc, generally most people will be running 10.5 or 13.5 brushless nowadays but if you get yourself a decent 19t motor (if you dont want to buy a brushless system) then I'm sure they will let you run with this, or they do at my local club as your slower in terms of speed compared to the brushless (but its a cheap way of getting started)
As for the car itselfs, the surikarn sounds good but I dont know how much help you could get track side as I dont know if a lot of people run them (same for the mi1 tho) the other option is to either look out for a second hand newish car or try to stretch to one of the racer versions of the cars (these are usually quite a bit cheaper than the team kits and can be upgraded as you want)
Also keep and eye out for good deals like the tc6 was available at a couple of shops for £200 when the 6.1 came out.
Additive: get some lrp or something easy and quick to apply, softens the rubber a little to help the tyre get upto temperature when you first get on track, with out additive on most tracks you will be disadvantaged straight away and the car will tend to slide alot until the tyres get to temperature.
Enjoy and have fun!!
|