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As mentioned on the BAT listing, there was a shakedown performed on the B39 in October. I was the one hired to shake it down and if anyone wants an honest appraisal of the car (privately of course)...

The problem with a 7' wide trailer is usually the width of the back door opening. It will be something less than 7' (likely 5-6" per side, so the opening might only be 6' +/- a bit). IF your car has...

If you care about comfort, safety and performance then you are in luck as the answer is simple one!

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Jody is the best. In my...

Yes, that's the oil tank. Lots of the cars of that period would build an alloy tank and then wrap them in fiberglass to keep them from cracking. Fuel tanks too.

We have used the Aircraft Simple Green in the shop in our hot tank and ultrasonic for the past few years. It doesn't eat up the magnesium parts, doesn't discolor or etch bare aluminum, and does a...

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Crossflow Cup ran the Thunderhill 3 mile/Bypass circuit this past weekend for rounds 3 and 4 of our 6 race points championship this year. T-hill events traditionally struggle to get the numbers the...

Well there I go giving wrong info! Sorry, I saw the oil pump and F3000 in the title and assumed it was a DFV.

best of luck with the issue-

I’d reach out to Frank Guerrini @ Phil Reilly Indy or Forrest Teran @ Teran Motorsports. Both of them are very knowledgeable on DFV’s. The oil pumps have a clutch that drives them. The clutch can...

I have Jennings distributors on the shelf for SuperVee application. They are all billet, use a Bosch cap, and wire directly to an MSD. If you’re interested ping me.

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The opening two rounds of the 2022 Crossflow Cup season took place at Laguna Seca last weekend. Beautiful weather, great giveaways, champagne spraying, and a very nice field of 36 Historic and Club...

First of all, I applaud your efforts. I wish more people would try to go down the road of finding the right parts for their cars instead of just opening the Summit catalog and bolting on whatever.
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We had success with having shafts hard chromed and centreless ground back to a nominal size. You usually have to supply a bearing (a new one) and tell them the tolerance you’re looking for but a...

Rick-
I’m not sure about the posted cutoff date on the year. The late 80’s are the clubs cutoff for atlantics (pre-87/no DB4’s) so perhaps that was a typo. And the point on livery isn’t that...

Full disclaimer before you read this, I’m on the CSRG board.

I will admit that CSRG is traditionally one of the last clubs to let “newer” cars in. We also don’t usually have the problems...

That’s Paul Richins BT21. I take car of that car for Paul. It had Girling D14R calipers on it when those pics were taken. It now has AR’s on it. I bought the calipers, the brackets, and the...

I’ll PM you his info. I don’t know if he has a conversion for air to electric, but he does own the setup and tooling to convert Lucas inertia drive starter’ed F1 cars to an in-line gear...

FWIW, I really like Lola’s. But I’ve worked on enough of the 210 and 290 series sports racers, the 360/460 Atlantic’s, and the 330 series 5000’s to know that the concept of chassis rigidity...

I raced Vees for over 10 years before going FF racing. I’ll take a swing at answering your queries...

1. I think you’re a little on the low side for a car with a trailer that is going to give...

Well said Garey. :thumbsup:

21’s are very large inside compared to a 29. A BT29 has for sure one of the tightest cockpit openings of any car I’ve ever sat in. Your weight won’t be a problem, your height might put your...

I would recommend at least 6 gallons. And I’d recommend a hydramat as well to help get it all out. If you run at a place like Elkhart, the Glen, Daytona, COTA, etc where you will spend more time at...

Oh man, Radrog... those were some entertaining posts as I recall. IIRC he had a kid that was bound for glory? Did he get banned from the forum Bill or was that a self-excommunication?

Rick-
We (Veloce Motors West) send our casting repair to Dennis Etcheverry and Dan Marvin at the Norman Racing Group in Berkeley. Dennis is an extememly talented welder and has decades of experience...

I've only seen one HD gearbox, and it was in an Elva Mk 8. I believe VRM in Washington was running it. It's been a few years though. I'd contact the guys at BPA or PDS in the UK for parts/questions....

Aerotech Services or Eagle fuel cells. They are the best bladder constructors in the US who's fuel bags most closely represent the style of the Marston cells. Have had great success with both their...

Darrell-
There should probably be 10-12 B cars from the Bay Area. We have 3 signed up and I'm sure Anderson will bring 7-8 and then there's some more Brabham's kicking around Berkeley. I'm with you,...

I had 34 heat cycles on a 3 year old set of Avons that I ran on my old Crosslé at the Sonoma Historics last year, with a field of 25 sets of Hoosiers, Toyos, and yes other Avons behind me. So thats...

That is so sad. Typical, not surprising, but really sad. I'm sure once Hoosier has driven Avon out completely, the prices will start to rise. Judging from the posts above, looks like they already...

I don't feel like vintage racing should be a snapshot of just the 50's/60's/70's, but at the same time I can't take the allowance of spec Miatas into vintage. My idea of what vintage racing is is...

Dave-
Which driver? I was looking after a client in a Ralt RT1 and I only remember seeing one damaged car after only one session this past weekend, in the Atlantic group anyways. I'm sure lots of...

Ralph-
The 13/13 rule refers to if you are found at fault of an accident, you are suspended for 13 months, and on probation for another 13. I believe Steve Earle came up with the concept back in the...

The Huffaker Liquid Suspension Specials (and the twin engine Porsche powered Indycar) were all tube framed cars. The chassis were all built in house by Willy Stryker, the same man who built all the...

If you've had a blowup, the only way to be sure is to send it out to an ultrasonic cleaner. Like these guys: http://www.ultrasoniccleaningcorp.com

Better safe than sorry.

I carry two licenses for driving vintage cars. An SCCA and an FIA C-international. The SCCA license is good for every vintage event I've ever been asked to jump into a car, with the exception of the...

I believe the quote from Earle about Formula Fords was "it will be a cold day in hell before I ever allow Formula Fords at any of my events"

And after only two years, here we are.

Maybe in 24...

Hey Dave- every SVRA race I've ever been to has has RT41's in it, I'd think you could probably run it at SHMF too. Unless they have different rules for this event.

Looks great Ric! Those tubs are so darn light; there's almost more NOT there than there IS there. What's the planned due date for the car?

Check the Pertronix magnet basket. Slide it off the distributor shaft and shake it. If you can hear magnets rattling, throw it out. Also, try to wiggle the pickup; sometimes the cheap rivets used...

Kraus has them in stock. The fronts are p/n 14297 and the rears are 14298.

And no to American Racers. Tire rules are stated above.

Ok gentlemen, it's official. At last nights board meeting Club Fords were approved for the two Thunderhill CSRG events.

Here's the skinny (no big surprises):

1) Entrants must run the Dunlop or...

Troy-
Just a heads up, for the Avon vintage FF tire, A29 is a compound, ACB9 is the model. They are also made in A37 and A25 compounds.

Ethan

I would opt for the cartridge water pump assembly. Not cheap, but makes a repair or replacement of the water pump into an afternoon job instead of a complete engine teardown to get the front cover...

What can I say, I'm a nerd. :)

Is that a Stealth/Van Diemen body? Looks good!

Lets be realistic. I've driven a ton of B cars, and a ton of FF's. Vintage, CF, modern, slicks, treads, etc etc... so I can speak with authority on this:

At "Track X" A well driven B car is AT...

It took me a week to dry my helmet out! And then I was back at Austin this weekend for SVRA and some more rain...

The bomb is the colloquial term for the distributor/stator/metering unit that sits in the valley of the vee of the DFV.

That looks like the mixture adjustment. But I don't know if DFX's use the same bomb unit as the DFV's that I'm familiar with. The other button you describe is for the fire system, the control box you...