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Finally got my car out! (first time running it this year, been mucking around in ITA) Pov video at Road America taking on some better cars. (FA, FC, F1000) lap times were about 2:26 in 40 degree...

That's some really good information!

I was planning on giving him a call this week and asking about it. Was there some sorts of issues with running the renesis? Sounds like you know some info on it. I'm just very interested because i...

Ahem, this is directly out of the Jan 2018 scca gcr:

"E. Alternate Header (13B) Moses Smith Racing P/N 050-133 or Moses Smith Racing system provided with
Renesis conversion kit is permitted."
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Just thought I'd let you formula mazda fans know that my FM took the 2017 Midwestern Council Formula A championship. The win was mostly a technical one, having no DNFs for entire season (8 races) and...

So reading the latest scca gcr i noticed that the rx8 ren 4 port engine is now allowed as a powerplant for formula mazda. Im VERY interested in this as I would like fuel injection and a cheap modern...

I'm just curious about how the renesis rx8 engine swap is going to be handled. Is the swap kit listed in the scca gcr required? A stock 4 port renesis is only about $1k so 1/5th a rebuild on on our...

So i see in the 2018 scca gcr the 4 port renesis is listed as an optional engine using a msr part numbered swap kit/header etc. And a restrictor plate. So when is this stuff becoming available? How...

Now that you mention it i think i may have caused the little studder going back on throttle by lowering the idle. I got it set at about 1100-1200 from about 1500-1600 that i had last year. Ill try...

My rear is at +.5 though.

Thank you! The toe camber and caster is right where I have it set but I went level at 2" with driver and the shocks are all 4 from hardest. Tire wear looks really good and even from the weekend. I...

Finally got my car back on track after a major wreck last year. Starting from scratch with setup and car is about 2-4 seconds off my old pace at Blackhawk. What is a good baseline alignment,...

Switching to running premix this year. Car has ran very well with the jetting currently in the carb, anyone have experience with switching over and were jetting changes required?

Thanks for the reply. Got a set to compare to my spare fm axles, it looks like the spline area is 1mm larger in diameter than the standard beetle axle.

I have a bent axle shaft and after disassembly and taking some measurements i can't find any difference in the axles from 69-79 vw beetles. Anyone know if anything is done to the axle or cv joint for...

Thanks man. Coming from autox/time trials background it's hard to shake off the clock watcher mentality. I'm excited for more seat time and getting to know the car better. Just wish we had a couple...

The fm record is 14 years old. Wow. Im going to have to break that when i learn how to drive and quit crashing the car haha.

These were the qualifying times for that event.

Now this isn't scientific by any means and once he got around my fm his lap times dropped by 5 seconds or so. Just thought it's an interesting video. Im about 5-6 seconds off fm lap record usually...

Yes. Sealed motor w/ unknown number of time on it. Car was an autobahn coutry club car in it's prior life. Hoping to get another year out of it.

I'm driving the white mazda. Kind of an interesting comparison of the two cars. The f1000 is light years ahead in every category to my fm. Unfortunately we end up being classed the same because...

Think you guys will get a kick out of this. Trying to take on an f1000 at Blackhawk Farms with my FM. Point of view from f1000. https://youtu.be/u4SwDMBSJlI

I'm in Milwaukee and actually have a fm up on stands with all body work removed, soon to be pulling engine, trans, etc to do a frame up restoration. Let me know, would be happy to let you come take...

Thanks for the offer! Once I figure out where I'm at on it and where my budget for repairs is, I'll shoot you a message. I haven't really done anything with the car besides put it up on stands in the...

Didn't really get a chance to feel it out. As far as I could tell more toe out would have been good, car was a little numb on turn in. The shocks were set too stiff, and definitely could use more...

I've tuned/ had tuned by others high performance fuel injected cars using a wideband. Response time is instantaneous and can be logged etc. I'm just curious if a wideband 02 setup would be more...

Thanks guys, I went with 3mm total toe out, and 1mm total toe in in the rear. Zero rear toe always seems a little too loose for me.

Have any of you guys ran an AFR gauge instead of an exhaust...

I'm planning to run one more year in Midwestern council with my fm, and I'd like to put together a cheaper power plant for the car to swap in and not put another seasons worth of hours on my sealed...

Thanks for the replies! It's about what I was expecting. It is the older tube chassis car, and watching videos from multiple cars running the event even though I'm able to keep up for a few laps it...

I'm currently running a fm in Midwestern Council where it ends up classing as a FA. There's a huge variety of cars in the "big formula" run group. I'm curious, where is the fm supposed to fall...

Have a race coming up at road America, looking for a good baseline setup for the car. Anyone have any links?

Kind of what i was thinking is that the timings set static, the car runs great, I however plan to do some dyno tuning on it in the future and play around with jetting/timing. Just found it a little...

Thanks, I'll have to take a closer look, there is a chance the car has never had a scca log book. Either way it should not be terribly difficult getting the car through tech and obtaining one.

Picked up an older star fm for a price I couldn't pass up, never been up close to these cars and am noticing some things I have questions about.

First, the car does not have a log book, but has...