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I am happy to announce that CSRG (a Northern California vintage racing club) has officially accepted Sports 2000 race cars into their organization. They had been under an invitational-only status...

Thanks Brian.

Any idea how many Carbirs were built? CS2s specifically, but total company production would be interesting.

Has anyone found some pre-made front brake ducts that fit close enough to mount on an early S2 front upright?

Redline 20-50W syn or Mobil1 15w/50 for the engine.
Been using Redline two-stroke for the premix.

Goodyear DOES make a bias in 8s and 10s for the PFM. Avon does as well.

I've re-belted several car over the past couple years. The function is more important than brand. I prefer pull-up laps and pull-down shoulders, all in 2". For formula cars I prefer loop style subs...

That's great, Scotty. Thanks.

No, never found any Elan or Star Mazda factory set-up notes. No-one has come forward with offers of any personal set-up sheets either. Seems since it was a pro series car, notes are closer held and...

Geoff,
Just fyi, Jon offered me his services, not a Gen 1 spec sheet.
Troy

The West Coast is getting more PFMs to come out to play through the FCC series. They run the series through Cal Club SCCA, SFR SCCA, NASA, etc. Haven't seen enough consistent numbers at SCCA events...

Great event at Sonoma Rcwy last week hosted by CSRG. Very high caliber of cars at play - F1, F5000, Sports Racers, Prod cars, etc.
Here's a quick link and a short vid from the event of the smallbore...

I'm a new owner of a '04 Elan PFM and am looking for an original Star Mazda tech bulletin on chassis setup (spring rates, shock pressures, wing settings, etc). I have found one for the Gen 2...

Thanks Mike, just the type of info I was hoping to get.

A question for actual owner/operators of PFMs: do you feel the complexity of this car can be handled by privateer club racers?
Most of the ones I see club racing now seemed to be maintained by shops...

Making the PRS vintage legal?

This HMSA event is taking all Ford powered FFs on vintage threaded tires according to the event Chairman.

"Can't I have one place to go racing without seeing any Miatas?"

Unfortunately, not for long. The Clubs requiring "older" vintage cars only seem to be dying out. On the west coast, CSRG is down to...

I think no Driver or Car should ever be allowed into my Group that is younger/newer/faster/prettier than me :)

Every Vintage club has their own rules to enforce, including protests and penalties. But the general answer is "Yes, kinda..." But not a nationally recognized format like SCCA.

Dee, please let us know about Tony's response to your concerns. I, for one, would be most interested in what he has to say about unpenalized contact at his events. I'm sure by now you've taken your...

Common mounting if you are not using a bottom frame crossmember is mounting separate crotch straps at each waist belt mounting point, and then "sitting on them" to bring them up between your legs. I...

Rick, thanks for setting the SVRA rules straight.

No, in SVRA only Vintage FF and Club FF can run the new vintage Hoosier tire, and only if they comply with all other Monoposto rules, and only until July 2016. Then they race classed as FFM and CFM....

Close...
SVRA allows FF drivers to race VFF and CFF per Monoposto rules if properly spec'ed. Those drivers may choose to race on vintage treaded tires, aka Dunlop/Avon/and now Hoosier, for now......

Under $800 for the vintage FF Hoosiers, that's more like it. Hope they end up as good as the Avons sound to be... Hoosier didn't have much luck with their vintage FV tires, hopefully they've got it...

Thanks for all the info, gentlemen. I'm updating the info on my blog just now. The Avons that CSRG require for participation look to be about $1100/set + mounting. No prices available on the new...

Thanks for the info, Dan. I'm sure you'll enjoy the CSRG event, let us know how it goes.

William, will you be racing with VARA at Willow Springs this March? Hope to see you there.

Thanks Ethan for pointing that out, I was looking for that info but couldn't find it. I'll correct my post accordingly.

Dan, any word on what happens if you showed up on ARs? Sent home or gridded...

Let the annual vintage FF spec tire discussion begin...

http://www.racingonthecheap.com/2016-formula-ford-racing-and-tire-rules/

From the above linked blog post:
Well, it looks like 2016 is...

I don't know, but a well flogged CF seems to hold its own against the "too-modern" FFs. The fast FFs may be a couple seconds a lap faster, but on the same tires, barely a second. Certainly not...

I've never disassembled mine since play is minimal, so great question. Hopefully someone will post up. You could check with Neil Porter, www.porterracing.com. He can be hard to get a hold of, but...