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Jim @ SR retired a while back, I have a feeling these aren't available anymore - but if you post a wanted ad in the classifieds, they do pop up for sale (used) every now and then.

The race compounds do make a bit of a difference, but they're incredibly expensive compared to the stock shoes. You'll likely have a couple of other things to get used to before you're running at the...

How can you craft something into something people want? Gosh darn, if only humanity had any sort of history in marketing to a speci.. Oh wait, isn't that.. Yeah, that's what marketing is all about,...

Where did you see this contract requirement?

Plenty of spec parts in FV that don't require contracts, I can't imagine why tires would be any different. Not saying you're making stuff up, just...

Yeah, that's the problem. 2 grand is a lot more than 2 cents for a lot of folks. I understand the elitism. When I raced a vee, I did enjoy bragging to folks who I knew could never afford racing...

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Interesting indeed! Just had a quick look.. If someone strings the perfect lap together with a bunch of tows, we should be seeing mid 2:20s at some point, if the weather holds up. Crazy to look at...

Hehe. This will be even more fun than normal.

Phew - thank you B-Spec! We're in the clear folks.

I could be wrong (happens once or twice) but I'm pretty sure the rules are the same as any other SCCA event. No intentional contact allowed.

Quali is underway it seems and so far, FV has the honor of being the absolute slowest class out there by almost 10 seconds a lap :P

Most of the usual suspects at the top of the chart, with some...

Pretty funny to, on the same line, brag about spending time on a good setup but then dismiss "a few tenths" as if it's nothing. Perspective is a wonderful thing. On the note of perspective - some...

...as evidenced by the emergence of the Challenge Cup series, inspired by a couple of folks that tried the tires in Canada. And as evidenced by the people voting for the falken on the informal poll a...

pretty much.. I think some people get creative with their fuel pump inlets/outlets, and like you said the oiling system can vary a bit, but other than that.. Oil pressure/temp senders can be in...

There have been lots of folks expressing their experience here and I haven't seen anyone jump on them. Yeah it gets heated sometimes, just like our races, but if anyone out there has raced on the...

I don't see where anyone is forcing or pressuring you to race with anyone. You're free to pick who you want to race with, unfortunately you have very little say in who gets to race everyone else.

Quite a few 15 year olds, most of them with several european and world karting championships already.

The world spun around the sun twice. ISIL showed al-qaeda the finger and took over the region. Apparently quite a few people changed their minds on what kind of tire they'd like to run.

It'd be awesome if the world remained constant over two years. Actually no, that would be horrible.

Things race cars also don't have - drum brakes, link pin beams, swing axles, 2 gears, 60hp.

Someone should tell the spec miatas and the old UK FFs they weren't actually real race cars. :rolleyes:

Good inflammatory touch with the variety of quotes around the word cars.

You're trying to imply something that is false. Yes, the top 5 or 10 or heck, 20 Vees in the country haven't raced on...

As evidenced by seemingly every other Runoffs race - the only reason the F1200 guys have more "big ones", is they always have enough cars to have a big one.

If you really want to split hairs and...

Interesting - are you trying to say those are NEW costs that don't happen now? Or only that you and a select group of people have already done the work for our current tires and it would kinda suck...

Even though I haven't quite yet figured out what your angle and agenda really is on this spec tire debate, I'm sure it'll surface soon enough. We all know you're smart enough to understand the issues...

I think you know the spec tire did have a lot to do with the many years of success regional racing had in SFR. I think you also know it had little to do with it's demise.

They're not being completely discounted. Some of us are just favoring something that has been in use for a very long time, used by lots of people successfully and that is proven to work - versus...

Chances that Brian actually contacted at least 20 people and 19 of them wanted slicks = 0.47%

No, it probably wasn't. So what's the big deal?

You mentioned earlier you didn't want the Falkens cause you'd have to buy 3 sets of wheels. Disregarding the fact that no one racing on Falkens is...

I don't think the "elitists" have any interest in racing that close with the plebes.

Probably one those "elitists" :ha:

What FF's decision has to do with FV is that, if Vees continue running $900 tires that last two weekends, while FF's move to a tire that lasts all year, there is very little reason I'd stay in FV....

Pretty sure the Manitoba guys are running the same rules as CASC (old style manifolds) - under their own group, but I believe the rules are identical. Falken tires, no fuel cells required, etc.
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Ouch :\

I meant what I said. In our local group, it's likely I would beat one or two cars even with Falkens. If I'm not anywhere near the folks I want to be racing, though (folks that I believe both my car...

$500-600! *chuckle*

Well.. I did the same thing a couple years ago, thinking a year off would save me enough money to get back into it properly. A couple years later, I have no idea if I'll ever race my car again. My...

I just checked in to the interchange after quite a few months away. It's worth the trip just for Jim Phoenix's incredible bodywork on his BRM/Caracal C!

Curious what it was that cost $2700?

I haven't had any trouble with cip1, then again they're fairly local and it's easy/cheap enough to ship stuff back to them. They're also great supporters and...

Current what champion? FV? Easy, Terran!

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Some folks start racing vees and that opens up a whole new world of skills and stuff they enjoy doing - including fiberglass work! If you're handy, with a bit of practice you can make almost...

I'll throw in my guess - F1000 racers have money, usually lots of it. They value the experience more than the budget. Give them enough value, and they'll pay whatever it costs.. So working within the...

I don't know if the rumor has been officially confirmed (I think so..) but I have a feeling the motivation for running a Ferrari power unit might have more to do with cost than competitiveness.....

Rumor is they will be running a Dallara chassis with Ferrari motor and zero roll rear suspension!

You know there's only maybe a handful of sane FV drivers.. The rest of us need constant moderation, we're not fit for this job!

I'm sure each builder will have their own little preferred intervals, but I believe most folks typically have the motors freshened up every 20 hours..

On the West Coast, there's Brian McCarthy,...

I think that despite these so called power players, the disc brake thing had a good chance of going through and had decent support among actual FV drivers. The problem was everyone fumbled for almost...

I think we've covered all the major options - no DOT tires, no hard spec slicks, no disc brakes, no spec manifold, no dry sump, no engine options. Anything that could realistically save money in the...

As before, the few guys that sell $1000-1500 bits of tubing will advise their customers of how terrible of an idea a spec manifold is. Besides, spec is just another word for communism.

I'll even...

Lol..

Looks like it's still not quite over...!