Over on the General Formula Car Discussion topic, I've been conducting a survey of operational costs for each class. Here I'm only interested in costs that differ significantly between the classes, and not, for example, entrance fees, hotel, food, etc.
Drivers from some classes have responded with data for their class, and the result is a spreadsheet in Google docs.
Here's what I have for this class. If you have changes, please reply below, and I will update the spreadsheet.
Class name: FSTEngine make: VWEngine model: H4Displacement: 1600Power at crank, HP: 85Torque at crank, ft-lbs: 100Weight with driver, lbs: 1,125Purchase new, $: 26,000Tires set, $: 490 (American Racer)Tire competitive heat cycles: 13Engine rebuild, $: 1,700Engine competitive hours: 53Fuel $/gallon: 3.50Fuel gallons/hour: 6Brake pads set, $: 60Brake pads hours: 27Gearbox hours: ?
Gearbox rebuild, $: ?
Other operational costs, $:
Thanks,
Greg Holmberg