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and there is the answer, sanctioning vintage races is a business, and customers are needed to 'buy the product' i've been saying for many years- tires this, engine specs that, chassis years... none...

i have one of those! i do not know of any molds or body work out there... i know one ~past year caught fire and destroyed most of the body work. is that the car you have? i forget if its the green...

does your car have side pods, or radiator in the nose?

agree - fantastic! knowledge, experience, craftsmanship, advice... you can't go wrong!

FWIW - ive found changing it frequently to be more important that the what type or brand.

Jay has always been very helpful to me at the track, and doing re-builds (well more so cameron on the phone w/ rebuilds). he got my Brabham running right at Fontana (Carb float issues), and helped...

Also - they have the right to at the close of auction if the sale is just shy of reserve... to kick in just enough to get it to the reserve and complete the sale. know auctions that have been "whew...

Negotiate the reserve or don’t list it. Most cars sell at the reserve. So if you think you’ll get more than the reserve... that’s the exception, not the rule.

otherwise it has a lot of good...

id have to look but about 7 years ago? was terribly slow and he was off track multiple times every session and don't believe it ever completed a race session. it was slower than the FF's... in fact,...

i know a little about that car, have seen it on (and off...) track years back. it was on BaT auction like a year or so ago as well. its a FF 61 that someone has tried to put together as an FB'ish...

That scammer has now been banned. Refer to the scammer thread.

I just got this: and looks like he just joined apexsoeed a few days ago


Write me on allenskey34@gmail.com and I will get back to you on pricing and pictures. Let me know Asap.

Thanks,
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don't feel bad, or take it personal.... you're not the only person he's used foul language on recently. and similarly, wouldn't be the first to walk away from an event because of it. so there is...

that is not always true. a driver - that got suspended (for 1 event and then probation), because he got hit by the driver behind him, when he spun from in front (of the trailing driver). no pass,...

i don't know what what happened at coronado, i didn't run this year, initially i was boycotting them for the abuse i took from from the stewards last year.... but regardless, a recent infliction of a...

id have to spit a lot of oil.... and I've never seen anything, oil or water, in the water overflow hose. but good point to double check its not become extended into it - also have a plan to put a...

when i converted my swift from a autoX car to a road course car. it had 2 1-quart bottles, one for water, one for oil (and no comment that the fuel overflow was plumbed into the catch can!?)

so...

i have a pair i wore down to "slicks".... they do get slower, but its a very bit by bit slower. not a cliff. i think the cords don't grip so well.... HA.

i do not think anyone has really tried the new hoosier out in the wild yet...

if i had to make a wild ASSumption - id venture a guess that the hoosier will be faster simply down to compliance,...

Ha! vroom vroom

not so sure about that - but appreciate the thought :revs:

others can verify. but i believe, with SVRA - the Toyo is the spec tire with the exception of monoposto spec cars. monoposto ONLY address Vintage (~68-72) era cars and there are more regulations...

^^ no doubt - and of course it was due to your astute observations - take credit when you can man!!!

i just heard about this yesterday from Roland, and then saw the tread and clicked the link - i...

reading on hoosiers site - i think its pretty clear this new tire does not replace, or match the SVRA rule on the Toyo spec tire - only on the "monoposto" vintage avon/dunlop SVRA option. read the...

we all run AV gas in our ivey engines around here. he builds my engines, "clutch to carb".

i have a couple sets of used hoosier autoX FF tires if your interested in San diego area. they came of my FF that i converted from autoX to road race.(they are a much softer compound) R25B, FF slicks.

or it took a solid whack and sent it spinning... which is where the video picks up. so it might have already bee sheared from the contact in the rear before it has the contact in the front in the...

...all those late model pushrod suspension KENT powered cars that SCCA chased off? those are vintage now i suppose :ha:

i don't understand how you figure that? the SVRA rules allow:

one to build/have built the absolutely most reliable, competitive and cost effective engine. gone are the days of thrown rod ends and...

"jet hot" and the like are really just paint and not a performance temp. solution.

after a lot of investigation - this is what i used on the headers on my street lotus to keep from melting...

agree with most - there is debate, SVRA is only one one of many organizations to run with.

i have only done a few events with the "new" SVRA. but the market will speak, if they got the 'package'...

what is wrong with SVRA making a profit? would you prefer they lose money, fold and then you have no events to race at? the "monoposto" rules were not sustainable, look over some SVRA race...

if i could get a compact 25lb battery... i would :)

i did not know that...
my swift had an SBS in it, its was marked with a date from ohhh... almost 8 years ago. had issues with car and discovered battery was now bad. but if it last 8 years?! thats...

they are a support race at the Mex grand prix, correct?

well for what its worth, the AR (i don't know if i would go so far as to say "real" racing slicks... but yes they are "racing slicks") get up to about 80% on formation but its takes a lap or two to...

we put on a great show! 4 wide across the finish line. top 3 and a lapped car.

SVRA though... acted a bit incompetent/amateur hour marshaling the event... qualifying jumped the start by seconds...

and there are more than one cam gear pitches... you want to be sure your cam has the right gear otherwise you will lose oil pump and distributer gear and have lots of metal shavings after a few short...

corner weights are just like you standing, if you shift your weight to the side you put more weight on that leg, but your total weight never changes, so as you change 'rake' front to rear, or left to...

aero downforce, and ballast weights, are two completely different things.

food for thought, "downforce" is not a "sprung weight" - i'd rely on the AutoX guys in class on advice on weight...

Oh well... No reason to pay SVRA license fee since they don't want my business. I'll race with someone else. I have sane and reasonable options here.

regular old everyday hans.

the car has been sold, and yet again my passions are larger than either my wallet or garage....

very solid and well built car, nothing evil at all about it. it does need a bit of sorting, and...

i can't be there - i have to work in vegas starting on sunday eve... enjoy!

my thought... id not put too much money into it. if you can swap the intake / carb that would be good. but a turbo would be "too much" work IMO. honda fit! lol !!! :p

you might be able to deck...

HMSA runs formula cars and sports racers together, at least at coronado historics. porsche 910, brabham bt-8 and cooper monaco's, are, for example, in our FF/FB run group.... thats some serious high...

the investment of shipping it out to spring mountain, getting it prepped/sorted there and running it with them, could put you a year or more ahead in the car... run a few weekends with them there,...

i am just a novice here surrounded by decades of experience... but my thoughts are:

why aren't fords accepted at the marque historic events around the world? if its so critical to keep the fords...

as a novice to the vintage formula car thing... my perspective is:

it is FF, not F1, not even FB.... does "anyone really care about tweaks to keep the cars running cost effective? isn't the spirit...

that good news because i would like to get up north and run there - hopefully next year that is in the cards!

+1 if you opt to coat them coated, get a "real" coating (swain is not the only coater, but that or similar) i have the headers in my street car swain coated. and its very good stuff and does work. ...