ScoreBoard: Zetec vs. Pinto vs. Pinto (LR)
Sept. 11, 2020.
When different engines have gone head to head..............
Somewhat at the request of others unnamed, somewhat to satisfy ongoing collective curiosity and then gaining insight into the ongoing engine (and weight) discussions, somewhat to allow engine builders to see results, somewhat maybe only fueling more of a fire................
I propose this thread be a ScoreBoard for Readers to post a note of what engine and where and when there was a 'engine vs. engine' Victory as:
Zetec or Pinto (which cam & alum. or iron head) or Pinto (Long Rod).
It need not have been your victory for you. Frankly it might be nicer if who the Driver was is not mentioned.
Please post the Win(s) be it SCCA or Vintage or whatever. You need not post which Sanctioning Body's race it was.
Please no AutoCross results, duplicate posts, one car Class, apologies or excuses.
And since I've started this thread on 9/11, let us never forget the brave SCCA Workers who were on their way to RunOffs aboard Flight 93 / Pennsylvania :checkered:
Results:
Zetec - Daytona (2) Aug. 2020
Pinto LR - Sebring Sept. 2020
Real numbers - Minimum corner speeds
Here are some real numbers that pinto powered drivers can compare to for PIRC and M-O. Minimum corner speeds.
Zetec powered FC Citation on spec Hoosier radials (PIRC 2020 spec, M-O 2019 spec) and 115hp F1600 car on spec Hoosier FF tires. The driver in the FC car at M-O was good but first event in the car. The other driver (FC PIRC and both F1600) is very good, although in his first hour ever driving the FC car. As the drivers were getting up to speed, in both FC cars data, the car setup was generic, and not optimized.
PIRC
FC 140.7s ...... FF 146.8s
1 87.1mph 80.5 mph
3 71.3 64.5
5 66.6 62.5
7 81.1 62.6
12 76.3 70.8
17 57.0 54.4
Mid-Ohio
FC 124.4s .......FF 129.9s
1 100.0mph 93.7mph
Keyhole 56.2 54.1
Madness (LH) 56.4 52.6
Thunder Valley 73.4 71.3
11 96.2 87.6
Caracel 59.1 56.9
I hope this provides some insight.
Note: the forum software removed all my carefully spaced margins and columns. in each row, there is the corner, then the minimum FC speed, then the minimum FF speed.