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Maybe not. But at least we actually race a car and promote the class instead of banging away on a keyboard in our basement.

There is already such a rule. It was developed in response to the brake backing fairings at Road America. AKA, the pizza pans.

See here.

Well said. I’ve been hearing about the impending death of FV since I started racing.

I wish people understood how much both committees, the current one and the prior one, both of which I’ve...

SRF and SM also already had a spec tire. They were only changing manufacturers.

What would stop you from falling over? A zero roll provides no roll resistance. Seems like on a trike that would lead to the bike just falling over???

380-400 at pretty much any ambient temp. 6500 RPM, 4th gear.

Temp under the plug. Oil temp is always 215-220 at same spot.

Varies quite a bit on the track depending on where you look. My data...

Noted.

I measure under the plug and see 375-390 depending on elevation. At homestead I saw 375. Ambient was about 75-80 degrees. Elevation was a couple feet over sea level. Car is a Vortech.

Unless you are running a fan, there is something wrong with your motor if you only see 5500 at the end of the Spokane or Seattle straight. I used to see 6500 by myself in Seattle, 6750 with a draft...

How many typically show up for a regional weekend?

Why would you want to spend $700 for a Majors entry fee instead of $350-450 for a regional event?

Or just run the actual series with single class racing?

I'm not sure if the full results were published, but that is the number that was given to us on the committee by the CRB. It is also the same percentage that voted for it in the survey results from a...

How quickly you forget that I am the one who administered the spec tire survey a couple years ago, paid the money to sign up for the survey service out of my own pocket and wrote the letter to the...

I give up Greg. You can't please everyone. By your logic we should ignore the 70%.

I'm done with this conversation.

Sorry Greg, but the most recent SCCA survey said the same thing. Sent out to hundreds of people. The 33 people that responded favorably to your survey is a MUCH smaller sample size. Ironically, there...

It had 33 votes Greg. Not even comparable.

http://formcarregistry.com/interchange/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4632&sid=25ecdaa3ac02354adfb6e60f94451df1

Here are the original results.

The latest were eerily similar, although the questions were...

Incorrect. It was 70% in favor of a spec SLICK tire that fit existing rims.

It is clear from both surveys that the vast majority are not interested in a street style of tire or switching rims.

No, it was specifically a spec slick tire. 70%. 69.5% I believe was the number a couple years back. Back then our survey was ignored by the CRB. Funny to me, since their own survey this year had the...

I will add that if you are using the new XP8 compound from Carbotech, I would recommend to go to .70 or 3/4" on front and rear masters. But then you are pretty much committed to the XP8's as any...

I run the Formula belts from OMP. They are HANS shoulder straps, bolt in, pull up lap belt, camlock belts. Perfect. Send a note to: dan@425motorsports.com and he can ship them. Very good belts.

A dinged wheel doesn't vibrate because of the weight. Think about it, you're move a fraction of an ounce maybe a quarter inch closer to the center of a 15" wheel. The amount of extra weight needed to...

I bought a manual mounter. No need to balance on an FV.

I just paid $750 delivered to my door.

Noel,
I don't disagree with anything you just said. The point of my post was to call BS that anyone is spending $10,000 on tires in FV.

We don't need to grossly inflate and exaggerate to make...

The homestead Majors is about $700 after adding a worker fund contribution. That is two races. That's the number is used. Or $350 for a regional.

But my point remains.

Someone spends $10k a year on tires? That would be about 13 sets of tires?!?!

If someone seriously goes through that many tires, kudos to them, I wish I could race 50 times a year too! But that...

The 1600 was still designed in the mid-1960's. So, regardless of when said part was manufactured, you are still dealing with parts that are 50+ years old, vs. working with parts that are 55+ years...

And by the way, $3000 divided by 4 races, is $750. Add a set of tires and an amortized engine rebuild, and you're right in line.

You have to figure in all the costs for the car.

For example, I typically have my engine rebuilt once per year.

Engine rebuild: $1200? (Price depends on builder and what is needed) Amortized...

I'll just throw this out here:

In 18 years, if FV stays the same, we will be racing an engine, front beam and transmission that was designed 100 years ago.

Spec tires, spec brakes, spec...

Shift at 6500 and call Brian McCarthy to get you fixed up. No need to shift so low unless you have a fan belt.

Opinions that degrade into name calling and insults are welcomed in a 5th grade playground argument.

Opinions that are informed and offer substance to move a discussion forward are welcomed in...

Agreed. It is like typical political disagreement. "Anyone who doesn't agree with me is a mindless idiot."

This is uncalled for, unproductive and frankly, unfounded in reality.

Clearly you did not see the part where I said we should stop discussing this proposal as it was soundly defeated. However, I would like to see some constructive dialog on how we can solve other...

Oh, and when you're done with that, how about a new spindle to spindle front beam.

Note the word NEW in both requests.

Build me a new engine.

Or we could focus on solving current parts issues in order to keep the rules platform stable.

As an avid supporter of disk brakes, I'd like to ask that we stop talking about this. It has been proposed, considered, then soundly rejected by the majority of the class. It is time we move on from...

Bring an extra car for me! :-)

I highly doubt there are many people in FV, especially at the runoffs, who would intentionally run into the back of someone to slow them down. It is FAR more likely that they were 1 foot off your...

If anyone buys this car, I'd say there is probably a 50/50 chance I can find one of the many log books this car had. It was homologated for SCCA competition, so you may be able to request a copy of...

Two big issues with that. Fines? Really? So somebody like Terran who was relying on a 3rd party engine builder to give him an engine has to pay a fine? Does he sue his engine builder? That is a total...

Garry,
Enlighten us on what it would take.

You don't end up with $1500 carbs and $3000 heads when they both already flow more than the restrictor will. No different than we have now except the $20 restrictor is a $1200 manifold.

That's why I don't buy the "protecting your investment" argument. If you protected your investment, even 5 years ago, you have had to update your manifold since then. 10 years ago, you have since...

Now that is just crazy talk. There is no place for that here. :-)

Yes Eric, we are talking about the same effort.

I would propose (if it were up to me) the same spec manifold the Aussie's used, or have something made for us. Simply make the manifold much bigger,...

So why not implement a slightly better flowing spec manifold that costs a couple hundred bucks or so, and a spec restrictor plate for $20, that chokes that flow down to be about the same as a top...