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Another idea to consider would be what they do at the solo nationals:

Rather than constantly adjust the scales for width & wheelbase, all the cars drive over a large platform that sits on the 4...

Everyone will be 55" wide at the outsides of the tires - and the tires are 7" wide (front), 8" wide (rear) for club racing. Autocross guys tend to run 8" all around.

So plan on the tires being...

At club racing events, 99% (100% as far as I know), will be pushed right to 80"

At autocross events, probably 5% are 73", the rest are all 80"

The Red Devils of that era were still under development while being built, so things didn't as much vary year-to-year as they did chassis-to-chassis. You also have to figure that these cars are now...

The car should have an electric start - it did normally need to use the enrichers to start when cold, but once warm it would start very easily with just the electric starter.

And it looks like...

That's my old car. I think it's an 87 or 88 - I might still have the log book, if I can find it, I'll let you know.

I bought it as a stripped down frame around 2008 from someone down south...

How does that center axle support work? I assume it's used for lateral positioning, and there's obviously bearings in there, but what's keeping the bearings from sliding on the axle?

This may have at one point been an early (pre-suspension, something like '79 or '80) F440, but it's since been heavily modified beyond the point of recognition. Obviously the engine has been swapped...

You'll want to be picky in buying a car to fit you, since you will have issues getting comfortable in the shoulders. I'm 5'10" 180# and built like a computer nerd, and was still tight in the...

I don't know about wheel selection in 4x130 to help you at all... but I have to imagine getting either 13's or 15's would help your tire selection considerably.

Either way though... my main reason...

Ha, we just gonna reply to you with what I use.... then I noticed who it was. You're getting a set of scales with the car, FYI ;). Although considering you didn't know that... somewhat tempting to...

I'm sure it could... or for that matter for $40/ea you could buy two used Amazon Kindle's off eBay. The question is... would that be high enough contrast for real world usage? At 25' it's probably...

I have "159" in permanent vinyl on the car, and then cover the "1" with body-colored masking tape. It's worked great so far - sticks reasonably well even when wet & dirty (just a quick wipe of a...

My car, but not my run ;)

Actual g forces will vary a lot on surface conditions, and of course peak g's can be significantly higher - but some rough sustained G's I'm getting in my autox F500 is 1g accel, 2g cornering, 2g...

I'm pretty sure it's a logistical error - the intentions for F600 is to share a chassis ruleset, making it so F500 -> F600 (and vice versa) conversions are as cheap and easy as possible. While...

Conversely, part of the reason you may want a steel floor is because of the weight. If you're going to ballasting anyways, a steel floor pan is as low as you can get the weight, and does give a...

I've always run distilled water + water wetter only, and never had an issue. Car is drained of all fluids every fall, and refilled every spring (stored in non-climate-controlled area). Other than...

Bought the Colegrove's old car (2011 + 2012 national champ), have a buyer lined up right now for the old one, so it should be leaving soon.

My understanding is that you just put start/finish beacons at both the start and finish lights. I just got a car with an AIM (mychron3) system for autocross, and this is what I was told to do - I...

18 letters doesn't mean 18 "opposed" letters. Mine is one of those listed, and I wouldn't consider it an "opposed" letter.

The biggest catch with getting 21" tires to fit is bodywork clearance. On my KBS I can fit a standard space saver spare on all four corners though. While not as wide as a slick would be, they're...

Does someone have to protest the weight? I thought underweight vehicles were automatically protested by the impound chief.

Nope - identical technical rules

I've seen people hollow out foam seat inserts and fill the void with lead shot - allows you to quickly change the ballast weight when changing the seat insert between drivers. 85lbs is a lot of...

Your only choices are Hoosiers, in R25B compound (what nearly everyone runs), or R35 compound which is a little harder. Beware though - less grippy tires don't just make you slower, they really screw...

Nope - they've effectively made "Solo Vees" and "Club Racing Vees" entirely different cars. Depending on what changes you've made to your car (from it's old club racing days), you're either giving...

I sent my letter in. Basically I feel CM is a better fit than FM for them, but either way, they'll either be "also rans" or they'll need significant additional allowances. Significant allowances is...

Porsche uses (or at least did in the late 80's, I don't know about currently) aluminum lug nuts off the factory line. No idea on the stud size or thread pitch, but they have a semi-circular mounting...

What is the concern with drive by wire? Seems like it would be easier to package, and may lead to difficulty in using new engines which are moving more and more to drive by wire from the factory.

Basically picture a normal IRS with a spool instead of a differential.

Chris,

You need to post more videos. While I can watch those videos all day long, I would certainly appreciate some more ;)

$1314 - http://novakar.com/Suspension_4_link.pdf

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With regards to the bodywork rules. If the intentions are to require flat sided sidepods, and a flat floor, then they...

I know you guys are talking CM/FF cars, but since this is a "fuel usage per run" thread in the "solo formula cars" category, I'll provide my autocross/FM (F440) experience:

My car is setup to run...

As a corner worker, I prefer standing starts. Normally means there's more to do on lap 1 turn 1.

+1 on the suggestion to run hotter plugs. Obviously a different type of motor, but in the FMod I run plugs two steps hotter than the road race guys, as it makes it real hard to foul a plug. The NGK...