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My total budget less tires, entry fees, travel from 2014 thru 2018 (4 Runoffs Podiums) would barely get you 1 engine rebuild and maybe 1 gearbox rebuild in an Swift 016 / 014. That would be routine...

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I think I was one of the first to pioneer the use of HP Nitrogen bottles on the Geartronics. Prior to this everyone was using a compressor which led to problems later on. I...

I think you are an awesome cheer leader for FB but you are wrong about the expensive engines.

I ran 4 full seasons with the same 2 engines. I ran the piss out of them. Greg told me run em up to...

I'll add this to my 4 other retirements. One for every decade.

As for the future of FB in Atlantic. Here's my rules proposal.

1) All FB's with 1000cc engines, open ECU and engines can be...

Already in progress, making a run up Pikes Peak with it next year with a Hybusa powered Phoenix. Wish me luck.

My retirement is short lived. I'm planning to run all the FRP FB races in a rented...

A modern formula car such as an F1000 that is being driven at its limit say 6-8 race weekends per year should have all critical rod ends replaced yearly. I doubt that most competitors do this with...

At Daytona 2015 National Championship there were at least 4 FB's that were recorded at 164 and one of them recorded at 170.

I personally saw 168 in one instance in a draft battling with Alex...

I forgot the most important link to all of this.

Terry Hanushek was like my Obi Wan Kenobi through this entire process. Without his help...well I would have been lost. Talk about a pro this man...

Daryl
Too bad you weren't in the room with me when I discussed this with the appeals court....you would have laughed your ass off. They gave me such a lame answer to this that I left the room...

So my odyssey of filing this protest at the Runoffs brought me front and center with the higher ups in the SCCA. What I did learn was that most if not all of them thought the FB's were going too...

So this is what I read in September Fast Track pertaining to P2 and FB. Looks pretty clear to me and I know lots of others that saw it this way also. This was my main supporting document in the...

Those that care about this or maybe heard about my protest at the 2018 Sonoma Runoffs should read the latest December Fast Track.

Read pages 24 & 25. The SOM found JRO in violation but the...

I was told by a very reliable source that FB will be invited to the 2019 RO's.

I'm one of just a few now still on Hoosiers.

We tested before this years Runoffs and turned some really fast times on Hoosier R35's. That same tire is what got me on the pole at Indy last year. I...

Jay
I still like the 07/08 Suzuki a lot. I ran all season long on the same engine. We ran all the test days at Sonoma with the same engine. We switched to our fresh engine for qualifying the yanked...

Thanks Jay, your enthusiasm for the F1000 class has always been an inspiration to me personally.

Sitting here at the airport waiting for my flight. I just got word that I did officially win. Rod Rice passed under a standing yellow at the entry to T8. I believe it may have been Roggenbuck that...

Exactly what I was thinking.

Russ is this a 530 chain?

Pretty certain you already know this but lube the chain every session and while it is still warm. Get lazy doing this and they will snap.

I time my chain out after 4...

Simple answer is no.

I'd be running bone stock 07/08 engines if I could find them in low mileage condition.

If I picked up a donor engine out of a wrecked bike now pretty certain it would have over 10k miles on it....

Obviously this thread has veered off some from the original post so I guess I can add to that.

I agree with Jay, this class could easily be one of the best SCCA classes. I don't think the Novak's...

For what it's worth Daryl has always been one of the more vocal supporters of FB on this forum, you don't need to own one to see how cool they are. I think his view toward FB is shared by many.

This is nothing new. Every Runoffs I've been at since 2014 has required this.

At Daytona I was told to have it on the car only to find out that tech said they had nobody on staff qualified to...

I'm with you on the restrictors. I'm reasonably certain it was Jeremy Hill that led the charge on the CRB's decision for the 2014 and newer rule. I see nothing wrong there unless it simply is not...

Trust me, if you show up with an engine producing 200 HP the CRB is going to be looking to put a restrictor on it. This is why they stuck that in there.

Rumor has it there's a couple of...

No homologation required, SCCA dropped that a few years ago. It only needs to comply with the SCCA F1000 Rules to run in an SCCA class at the Majors level. Otherwise it falls into a regional class...

The Promoters of the NAF1000 Series were under the impression that since the path to the RO's could go through the Regional Path that all was good for the class, nope. Then they get the shock that...

Finally someone with some true sense of what is going on. FB guys on the East Coast read this and understand running Regionals is the path to destruction of the class.

Jake
I thought you had a Geartronics in that car.Watching you row thru the gears made me tired.

You were way to nice on those FA's...I find them easy to blow by under heavy braking they can't...

Two words.....STUPID FAST

It's sad the participation level has dropped to where it is now. Many cars just sitting side lined for various reasons.

FA would be my choice to be paired up with. FA has sort of been the class...

This is where the whole back dating thing comes in. If part numbers for ECU's are the same for multiple years then who cares.

Everything you brought up here is a real gray area.

In the case...

As far as I have been told and the way I see the rules interpreted back dating the engine (new engine older ecu / injection) is not legal.

This could be a potential problem at the RO's this year...

I may have something constructive to add here.

In F1000 the aftermarket ecu's are not legal.

An F1000 owner (one of the cars I built) in Washington state has managed to get the BMW to run on...

The top 3 FB's were all under the track record. I'm confident it will get lowered even further.

Jake
Results for Sunday FB not accurate. JRO ended up with a penalty which put him third.

JRO stalled on the pace lap and waved me by along with a few others....then about 10 seconds later went...

It is possible you do have a differential problem, are you using a Taylor diff?

Just to validate that the clutch is actually working do this. Engine off....remove the oil filler cap. Look inside...

Anything below 40 psi for me at WOT is not good. I normally see 65 psi and above on warm engine at WOT. Anything not at WOT I ignore.

My engine builder is very good at getting clearances dialed,...

If you've got good O/P to begin with then go down in weight. Dyno numbers say it is worth it.

I just ran zero wt. for the first time, so far so good.

Ok so here goes my ramble

For the first time racing in FB I had to sit out a race on Sunday at Portland. Honestly I'm not a good spectator and since my flight didn't leave for several hours I...

I lead the first race until my car broke coming into the braking zone to T1. Tried repairing the damage but I wasn't confident with the repair so I sat out Sunday.

JRO and I would have had a...

John
You will be joining a very short list of owner / designer / driver that has built an FB. You certainly have my respect and welcome to the club.

If there's anything we (I) can help you with...

John
Anxious to see your new car. As I remember you've been working on this for a very long time....do I have that right?

The boys on the East Coast need to pick up the slack. You need to get out and run Majors races guys.

Only if you promise to take JRO out.

Well looks like we will have some epic racing at Portland this weekend. Weather set to be clear and mid to high 70's.

7 FB's and the return of JRO.

This is going to be a major shoot out for...

Using Mobil 1 10-40 motorcycle oil. Gets changed every race weekend. Zero engine failures since 2014. I run the piss out of my engines they routinely see 13,300 and sometimes more.

Never seen any...

I've been involved in some sort of open wheel racing my entire adult life. In those 4 decades I believe I've raced against maybe a handful that were like JRO, the dude can put a skate board on the...

So this weekend at Buttonwillow I was told that JRO is back in F1000. Supposedly we will see him at the Portland Super Tour race in May.

Was wondering how long he'd stay away. Hope this is true...