Race base cars


EK9andy

EK9andy

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Can any of you guys who have owned a Race Base car give me any info on what they are like to life with compared to the standard EK? I've seen a nice example for a sale. I'm weighing up buying one over a regular car.
 
Depends what you want to do with it, obviously driving it daily won't be as nice as a standard '9 with recaros and P/S.

Mine only gets driven when needed as I walk to work and I like it without P/S and the interior will be gutted in mine very soon.
 
i would welcome the rasebase seats if i was using my ek9 as a daily, i hate the damn recaros!
 
theres no such thing as a race base model, there a poverty spec
they were bought cheaper as they didnt come with any extras
 
siR david said:
theres no such thing as a race base model, there a poverty spec
they were bought cheaper as they didnt come with any extras
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There is. It had the option to come with nothing barely anything, so companies such as Spoon, top fuel, J's racing / and other enthusiasts could do what the hell they wanted at a much cheaper price.
 
It's going to be a weekender and track day car. I like that it doesn't have equipment that's not really needed to keep the weight down.
 
Do you want to spend time removing things like ABS, P/S, Electric Windows? Or do you want to keep them?

Some Racebases also come without tints which I like.
 
Wouldn't be any harder to live with ull more than likely end up taking the parts off a normal ek9 anyway if it's for track use etc. get er bought
 
The car I'm looking at is a shell with seats and an engine. It would definatly need a stereo fitting. Hopefully mr bank says yes and gives me more money's.
 
Ye only buy a race base if your goner gut the interior and dont want the extras . I have a facelift racebase
 
the good thing with a normal 9 is the 500 quid you can make on the interior if you strip it. Then you can use the 500 to do an abs/srs delete etc and your close to a racebase with change.

I need to get mine on a weighbridge its probly goner be the same as stokes.
 
Standard ej/ek seats are alot nicer to use than recaros in my opinion
 
Stock EJ/EK seats I'll admit are more comfortable and easier to live with on a daily basis, my ek3 feels like your sitting in an arm chair lol. And I'd say a pair of them is 10-15 kg's lighter than the heavy Recaro's.

Although, I love Recaro's really and couldn't do without them in my ITR.

Race base 9's really appeal to me, interior wise all I would change is have a fixed recaro spg for the driver and a nardi wheel :nice:
 
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Getting to your 1000kg shouldn't be to hard my dc2 track car was the lightweight one no abs etc and with it stripped,2 bucket seat and a cage it weighed 950kg
 
Ye kipper mine has a fixed back drivers seat, momo monte carlo and a array of gauges and gadgets. Its functional
 
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