$8,000 Formula Car | Casey's 80s Garage
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2020
- Casey Putsch buys what is possibly the cheapest formula racing car with wings in the United States. A 1986 Argo JM17 Formula Continental. Can you beat Ferrari Challenge cars with an $8,000 race car and get real practice in case you got the opportunity to be a professional racing driver? Watch this series to find out. Thank you to Avalon King Armor Shield Ceramic Coating. This stuff really works!
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Casey, you're aren't cocky, in the sense of the word. You know your stuff and you're a straight shooter. Since our society is full of unicorns and snowflakes, being honest and straight up is the the holy water for the devil for them. So keep rocking, I love what you do and how you're doing it, so keep rocking the boat!!! Trust me, I rocked the boat to many times, I lost count, but you know what, I smile when I shave in the morning... because I never was owned by no one!!
Here here!
Having a little Formula car like this just to wrench on and run at track days every once in a while is basically the only “I want that just because” aspiration I have in life. I’m 28 now...let’s see how long it takes to do.
What a steal. Totally get what you're saying about wishing you weren't making videos. Honestly, I'd be happy just having a camera pointing at the thing as you work on it, and another one maybe mounted on the roll bar on track days. Don't make a production of it, just go have fun, and maybe let us share in the fun once in a while. :)
Awww... having to make videos to get the money to play in expensive hobbies - that's a tough life.
Lance Stroll would be Casey’s arch enemy! His dad literally bought an entire Formula 1 team just so he’d have a seat 🤮
I was very skeptical about Lance Stroll but he's actually been showing that he deserves an F1 seat.
Yeah, but the reality that few people even bother with F1 anymore. It's a Boomer Job.
So did niki Lauder
its nice seeing another competitive team with money to actually compete rather than get lapped at the bottom of the grid
i think you forgot about the part where he also bought 2019 mercedes cars to run this year
Casey sounds like an old Jeremy Clarkson 😂 in a good way lol
Sensible
"It's because they're all self-centered Jackwagons. Even the old ones are still parading around vintage races thinking they're special. THEY'RE NOT! Nobody cares! Your talent doesn't matter unless you do anything for the rest of the world!" -Casey "Edgy" Putsch 2020
Keep up the honesty man, there's almost no one these days who says what they mean and is willing to stand behind it. Thank you for everything you do and I look forward to watching the series on this car with interest, and who knows you might have given this young person an idea about maybe building himself a race car and taking after his grandfather. Keep doing what you're doing because no one else seems to be doing it and what you are doing is amazing.
Your honesty is refreshing you are not cocky or obnoxious your just real keep it dude you are awesome
Tried to restrain myself but LS SWAP
full honesty!!!
This is why is I do track days on bikes, im less than 4k into a trailer and a bike that i got on a steal from a friend. New tires and oil done and im ready for my first track day on a dedicated bike coming up at blackhawk
On a real note I love his views on the manual shift gearbox vs paddle, and it being a rich guy spot. Love this channel.
I just love how you tell the truth about racing and drivers , I hope to give it a try the way u tell it. Thanks so so much
What a breath of fresh air! Thank you for sharing, love it!
Theres currently only one driver in formula one that I like, Lando Norris, dude may have money yes, but he's an outstanding driver and person on and off the track, and even helps the team with the tear down of the car after races, we need more guys like that in f1
Learned to race in an 86 Reynard FC great cars lots of fun. Currently running an 2004 Male but still in FC.
At age 70, retired Architect and Airline pilot, I decided to finally do what I originally wanted to do…race. My childhood hero( judge, master mechanic & playboy) said to go for it. That was 61 years ago, he’s dead, but I’m alive so here I go. Looking at a vintage Vee. I live within 30 minutes of a good track with I’m told , a great attitude towards my goal. I don’t have a lot of dough but I plan on having a shitload of fun!!!
Thanks for the manic inspiration and “ go f em” stance. 😎 0:17
@18:28 Casy spitting facts... Amen pass the offering plate one more time.
I love the simplicity and correctness of this thing. The fun one would have driving this car is obvious.
Make Racing Dangerous Again
More like Make Racing Fun Again
Racing IS dangerous.
Is it even racing if it is “safe”?
Another great video as usual, Casey! Where were you 15 - 20 years ago when I was leaving high school and looking at getting into racing? Can't wait to see you at Road America! Good luck Team Putsch! You guys murder those old rich dudes lol.
great energy on this channel 👍
Make stick shift great again!!!
I saw my 928 in the image and clicked! 🤩
Wait - why is the 928 on jack stands? 😳
Fluid changes and full service
Casey Putsch - much appreciated. Thanks!
That is so cool. I love open wheel cars from the 60's through the 80's.
"Why can't racing be a sport again" I agree completely.
Because racing was never a sport, that's what slow people say. Winning races is all about math and the ability to consistently follow racing lines.
its already a sport?
@@StuninRub racing is a sport wdym? even today theres f1
Always awesome to watch you cuz what u do is fun and always true and honest.
super glad i found your channel
When you were saying that much of racing is about the responsibilities to your sponsors, team-mates, etc. and hardly at all about you just being able to enjoy yourself & have FUN, I was half expecting one of the students to walk up to you - give you a big hug - and say, "It's all right, Casey. You know that WE ALL love you and know you rarely get a chance to have fun - so take today off and just do tomorrow's race just for Casey Putsch! You deserve it!!"... or some similar inspirational Hollywood BS! LOL!
We need more videos like this channel provides!
Fousn your channel recently and love watching your videos. Keep it up. I drive a standard mustang daily and your tips help my driving.
SCCA is a great place to still race these compettitively. Old formula cars are awesome. Formula Fords 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Mazda, even the Formula 500 with 2 stroke engines are wicked fast, Formula Vee...these are very cool and dont cost a lot. Great purchase mate!
I've just seen this and this has to be the most honest and valuable video I've seen in a long time. This is the content we need. Plus you probably just saved me from spending £50,000.
I went from a '69 Impala to a '73 Pinto when I was doing radio in Canton, Ohio in '78, and what I missed the most about the Impala was its radio and its ability to pull in the big Top-40 stations at night--and back then, radio people did their thing on local stations and listened to WLS and CKLW and other flamethrowers at night. And I meant well with getting the Pinto, better on gas and all. But no, that car was costly to maintain, everything went wrong with it until, en route to returning to my home state of California in January '79, the engine light lit up in Toledo and I coasted into a service station and the mechanics in the bay--three of them, as I recall--honestly tried to revive it, to no avail. I had the title on me and I gave them the car on the spot, with gratitude for trying. And I figured I was probably a kook for trying to drive it across the county in winter, so no bad thoughts toward the Pinto. It just wasn't up for the adventure.
I agree! Cool car!
Dude. Loved your stories on vinwiki and came here. This is the most accurate fun honest thing I've seen on youtube all month. This is fantastic and I want to do this.
Honored you're here! I like to keep things very real.
All pro sport is like that now. You're not getting into a team just because you're the best anymore. Also, you should watch some of the endurance stuff on the Nurburgring. As long as you complete your safety licensing stuff they'll make a class for whatever car you want/can afford to run. 4 hour endurance races with everything from full race team GT3s to $1000 diesel golfs on the same track, sharing the same pitlane with 250 cars. It's brilliant, pure racing.
I find Casey super funny. I’m sure his a great guy! Love the Channel and what you do with Genius garage. Very awesome!
Cool car, cool advice and really cool rant! Got me to sub buddy!
I think you hit the nail on the head not just on racing but on all sports. People have taken the fun out of them.
Yes. I remember a time when sponsors were there just to look as cool as sport.
Slowly, it became the complete opposite: It's the sport that is trying desperatly to look as serious, professionnal and boring as corporations.
Sweeeet. I’m excited to see the evolution of this one. I still think mine has gotten more attention in the last couple of days. Plus I can drive mine on the streets.
This reminds me of the mini formula hybrid I built as a senior project in college! That car would corner and accelerate like a demon but was slow in the straights. I would love to get back to that same feeling!
Really like these smaller open wheel cars! Was at Snetterton at the weekend and saw some Formula Vee racing which is a similar thing but using old Beetle engines! :D
Would love one of these.
Casey Punch always has good videos.
I saw it sale on FB, glad it went somewhere I can see.
When we built our FSAE car we had some consulting help and carbon fiber work with a business owner that races trans am and makes carbon fiber race bodies. He is a great guy that really wanted to help us out with our car. Even though the previous year FSAE team (which was the initial year) mistreated him financially, he was still very willing to help us with our car.
You’re doing great work Casey and just wanted to let you know there are other racers that have a similar attitude towards young people. I’m sure they’re in the minority, but don’t feel alone in your desire to help young people because they are out there.
Agree with you completely. So many similar cars are used in club events here in the UK, particularly in hill-climbs (tarmac) and sprints. Check out Shelsley Walsh or Prescott top 10
This is spot on too.
I like this guy, tells it how it is and just does it.
We ran that engine in our off road racing Ford Ranger in the 90's. They can run pretty good. Eslinger Engineering used to supply race parts for these engine.
What a awesome car you bought
I used to race a Reynard F2000 which is a little fancier than your Argo but functionally about the same car. The cheater engine wasn't really a big thing as the cars are so similar everyone can hear/see if someone is cheating in the field. The engines don't have much torque but that really doesn't matter as they don't have to slow down much to make the corners so it's more about doing it right which to me is really what racing is about. The little stubby shifter and stout mechanicals is going to make your arm feel like it's going to fall off if you spend the weekend on the track. The worst thing about the engine is the vibration and bolting it directly to the chassis is going to shake you so hard that at certain revs will cause involuntary muscle movements and in some people coughing. Oh and the other bad thing is any part of your body that rubs directly on the frame will become sore. Big guys beware.
I loved F2000, unlike a streetcar on the track in a F2000 the rules of physics are paramount. If you can do everything right you will be rewarded and you will know immediately, there is nothing more direct and the better you drive the easier it becomes. You do not force this car around the track, it's all about finesse and figuring out how to turn all the corners into one smooth fluid motion. You have to find a buddy with a similar car and feel what it's like to have two of these operate in close quarters, trading paint is cute but there's nothing like keeping your wits to avoid tire marks on your helmet. Have fun Casey!
Love the mood fully agree with the perspective
Hey Casey love the videos, just curious what do you do for a living that allows you to do everything you do with cars? Keep up the videos! Can't wait to see the Lykan done
I just do RUclips and I don’t spend money badly.
He's a trust fund baby. JK lol. I'm pretty sure he's just super good with money.
Wish they allowed these at standard HPDE events, would def but a Formula Atlantic, continental, f1600 car. Just feel like the limit of specific events (or them being far away) is a draw back
The sailboat racing scene is the same exact way! Well said Casey!
Great video and looks like a really fun car.. Good attitude my friend! Speak the truth.. Same here.. DMAX
I agree. Too easy to be good now a days. Started in FF with a Lotus 51. Moved to a McKee MK12 F/A. Two different worlds.
You got a decent price for that old FC. I raced a 94 VanDieman in 95-96 and then moved to Formula Mazda. I love the 928 with the psychedelic cloth. That is a dream car of mine. Old formula cars would be much more fun and faster than new million dollars track cars. I did a track event with a F-Mazda and we were training Ferraris, Porsches and the occasional Lamborghini as chicanes. There thought that we had more money than they did, but were peeved when they peeved that the car was worth less than $25K.
Hey Casey. Found you from somewhere and love the videos...thanks man!!!
I would love me a FF in the next little while up here in Canada. Would it be possible to make a video of what to look for when inspecting buying an old Formula car?
I like the truth your talking, good job
damn i was looking at that one a couple months back thinking it was tempting, glad to see it end up in good hands and know you'll treat it right.
No shit dude. I literally looked at this like a month ago. Good job getting the $500 off
Casey I have been watching your chan for a few months now without subbing but this rant about how lame new race cars are pushed me to sub. Everything your doing and the work with Genius Garage is perfect ill watch every video from here on out keep it up.
I’m honored!!
Back a couple years, a family friend attorney helped me get out of a ton of tickets I got in my s2000.... in return I helped him out with his huge collection of cars and racing team. He had a formula Ford with that little pinto motor. Boy I had no idea how much performance that had till I had seat time in it. Low weight beats HP any day of the week! Years down the road, he’s had a stroke and can no longer race. Wish I would’ve stuck around to get more experience
CASEY PUTCH 2020: Make Racing great again. Please make that a T-shirt
What a cool car , have fun with it !
Wow. This is the type of car we used to end up in during the circuit racing junkets I would participate in at Sears Point. Same layout, shiftier and pedal placement and I believe a similar engine and transmission. And yes it beat the crap out of my elbows and yes, the foot spacing was very tight. But was a damn good time for me... not so much for the guy that spun-out in the chicanes and totaled a car - luckily for him, the host was an insurance company and "everything was covered". Nice acquisition and that will be a fun car to track.
Nice old FC car. Just delivered our old 1997 Tatuus that we converted to F1000 with a Yamaha R1 engine to California. The class rules got changed along the way and our resonable to build and resonable to run car was rendered uncompetative against $40,000.00 to $50,000.00 purpose built cars with no lift shift, special ecu's and other goodies we certainly could not afford. I also read where an ex F1 technical director is promoting a more cost effective karting series in England for young people. He stated that there are people spending up to 100,000 pounds for a karting season in England. Casey is right, it's more about the dough now. We did have our share of success because you can do it two ways. Spend money or time. We spent a lot of time getting what we had right. Just ask our wives!!!
Totally get just wanting to enjoy it but glad you're willing to do the videos so oldsters like me can live vicariously. At 51 I *might* could actually fit something like that into my life (barely) but...I'm 51 and have way too many hobbies already. This will be fun to watch. I'd much rather watch a field full of privateers like you than any modern pro-level race.
that pinto motor can be built as a 2.3l or 2.5L svo turbo style motor making decent numbers. you can even use a Volvo head to make it dohc and make even more power extremely cheap.
That looks like it’s in great shape. Wise buy despite the color.
I'm totally with you Casey. I got my two first motorcycles at age 11 and bought my first car when I was 13 it was a a mk1 Ford Cortina 1500 GT. I tried to get hold of a Lotus engine but those was few and far between. Later I bought a Ford Escort Mexico mk1 that was a second hand class B rally car. It was fully equipped. When I was 15 I worked as a mechanic at a Ford dealership. I was a "problem child so I worked 2 days a week and went to school 3 days a week. My boss could see me driving to my job even if I was only 15 years old (you must be 18 years old to get the driver license here in Norway) so he sent me with the garages company car to buy 2 bottles of vodka, something I did but I believe it was a test to see if I dared to do it. I've always been a Ford guy and most of my cars has been Ford's It's a easy car to work with and when I got my Ford Escort rally car I got 40 % of all parts on my job. I'm in my mid 50's but It's never to late to start or is it? I would love to drive a open wheel car. And I'm familiar with tuning of engines. But I live in Scandinavia and it's not many tracks around here it's only a cart track where you can hire a cart.
Love your videos Casey, just have fun with your race car. Let it be your release. The wind in your face and the sounds of the jackwagons crying when you passed them.
Hahah!! Buh bye jack wagons.
I love this channel. Now, I'm inspired to get a $8000 race car.
Seems like the street adage; "It's more fun to drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow." loosely translates to racing as: "I can't wreck my challenge car, so I'll buy an 8 thousand buck car that won't break me wallet when I get aggressive on track."
The Beetle transaxle isn't just turned upside down to correct the direction of rotation for mid-engine use (as explained @8:35) - that also puts the input shaft below the axle line (instead of above it, as in a Beetle) to lower the engine.
I too love the older open wheel "analog" cars... Formula Ford's etc knew about van -diemans. march's etc didn't know about argo's, I do like the cast Aluminium third member section.
I remember when OLD RACE CARS were nearly worthless after 5-7 years, many of them would be more expensive to acquire today than a brand new Indy car or American Lemans GT class racer.
2.3L 4cyl Lima/Georgia engine is the same one I had in my Brazilian version of a 1979 Ford F-100 (petrol crisis 😒).... But it is a good and modern 4cyl engine for the time it was designed. To get more power, get a Turbo and EFI intake manifold from a Junkyard, look for Ford Thunderbird 9th-Gen that had a factory Turbo 2.3L 😎. The NA version you can find on late 80’s and early 90’s Ford Ranger (with aluminiun heads).
I like Casey’s opinion about the shifter
Paddles are fun but in a sport that’s suppose to excite you
The H pattern shifter was the way to go
Hi Casey, you seem to know what you're talking about. I've raced single seaters in club racing in England, had great fun. One thing I know about is roll bars. I think it would be safer if the hoop behind you had a diagonal component in it to strengthen it in case of a sideways force. Also a backstay, detachable, for longitudinal forces. When you make the seat, fill the space between it and the fuel tank cover with a foam filler, you can cover it in tank tape. Fire extinguisher, is there any way you can mount it further forward, just think where it would go in a rearward collision. Alternately, make your own mountings, those thin circular ones are not very strong. I know all this from experience, hope it helps. Oh, first thing you should do, is get a copy of the regulations for the races you enter.
Casey the same could be said for all sports. All of them seem to be filled with people with more money than talent, supporting mediocre athletes who complain and cry about everything except their performances. I’m liking this car and idea. Thanks for sharing, even though it’s not something you really want to feature on YT. I’m looking forward to your progress!
I love your you tube vids and I watch them all the time and I think it would be awesome if your team made a 600 cc or 250 cc super kart
Illegitimi non carborundum - Keep doing what you're doing. Enjoying it all. Saw one of your stories on VINWiki and came over to see what it's all about. Your doing excellent work, passing your knowledge onto the younger generation. Jack wagons will be Jack wagons, so they can feel important. Little do they know, it's all helping the algorithm.
Honored to have you here!
Wish I can get hold of one of these
The inboard suspension is not for anything related to mass - it is simply to get the spring-shock units out of the airflow.
Casey Keep it fun. I'm 61 years old in Australia. I remember when motor racing was so simple and great to watch honest hard working mechanics racing there home built cars and having a great time. Now most of them got priced out of competition and the purity of driving eroded away by to much expensive technology.They call it progress but only if your a millionaire.
Enjoy your $10,000 dollar race project if you win go on you. As long as your competitive relative to your car you are a winner. You get canned for being out spoken only because the stuff shirts can't handle the truth.
bro i could not stop laughing 15:43
Pretty accurate. Asked a team recently how much it would cost to arrive and drive one of their GR86 Cup cars, an "ENTRY" level series of SRO... $400k/yr just for 7 races, not including testing and practice. With testing and practices, about $600k/yr. Hanging out with a "Pro" level series taught me it was only for the super rich. Would be great if talented drivers could compete in a series that isn't way out of reach for 99.5% of American families.
Correct!
My absolute favorite part of your vids is when go off and tell it how it is hahahaha!!
See what you need to do is have a removeable EFI turbo kit. Have your current standard setup for vintage racing, and then the turbo setup for racing/lapping thats less restrictive. Plus the higher hp will help push the setup limits and make it more critical to get right. Perfect!
This thing is just cool
I fully follow you as a 62 year old racer with a Van `Diemen RF-85 and a Hawke FF DL19 (1978)... lots of fun... would like to see you drive it
That is a very cool car I like it alot
That’s sick
Nelson ledges!! Haha 30 minutes from my house 🏠
If you're debating replacing the engine, you could also get 2.0L Honda Type R crate engines since this is for a racing application. They won't sell you one if its not for racing.
YESSS....now THATS a nice buy! Can totally see where you re going with this! And as its already yellow...drive it wearing a birdsuit!😸🍹👍🤖👽 That 'll piss the competition off even more!
Facts
Hello Casey, this is the first time I have come across your channel. I really appreciate you. I am enjoying your presentations. I love the fact that you dislike (hate?) the corporate world. I agree racing should be for the "average talented driver" not only those with brown noses. I have a nephew who races and it is just plain fun. Working on his car and watching him is pure enjoyment. No one owns him so he does it his way. This makes it difficult financially for him, but what the hell... Keep up the good work and I will be watching more of your channel. BTW, I found you because I plan to build an F1 car, hopefully, beginning in the spring of this year. I want to build it from scratch so I was looking for ideas on RUclips and found you. I expect the most difficult part will be finding/getting/making the transaxle portion, but we will see. Thank you for what you do. 😃 Ken