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Due to getting correct measurements for caliper clearance the order was delayed. Promised delivery is the first week of May.
Contact me if you have any interest. You'll be able to see these in...

order goes in in two days

Brad Buenting and George Podgorski have submitted drawings for FST 4x4 Revolution Alloy wheels. The more they order the lower the price so if you want to order a set or two get in touch with Brad.
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1.Jim S is bringing his homegrown Dyno Dashboard to Mid Ohio to show us. Jim has been working hard with WE on this project.

2. I am bringing a potential alternative Carburetor that might indeed...

FST Drivers did well. Sometimes almost three abreast through the kink at 110mph with great car control! Saturday qualifying was high sixties, sunny and low humidity. In other words lap record...

Sept 16-17

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First shall be racing at Mid Ohio this weekend. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Its right above this one

An acquaintance in the Chicago area has a brand new one with two noses for a Citation XTC. He also has the XTC minus some VW parts but almost a brand new powder coated frame. PM me and I can give you...

It should have been 90 inches to start with. Some real interest interest in change.

Thanks for asking Dietmar. I know just the home

I'm a member of a larger forum than this one which has a bunch of commandments. If a user is just too abrasive and violates the rules they get points against their continued stay. When they...

I watched the rain race at Mid Ohio that Matt Clark referred to above. The track was as bad as I’ve seen it except for when it’s been iced over. To add to the rain there was a dry sump leak in...

The substantially changed Silver Bullet FST and driver Matt Clark produced a great result during qualification at Autobahn today. Matt was third but only a tad off the pole in spite of never being at...

Sorry I’ve had a few medical issues so I haven’t logged into Apex recently but I thought I’d like to say a few things about Formula FST which is very much alive and getting better each year. We...

Formula First's all use Facet cube fuel pumps and many of the cars have used the same pump for twelve years. They live just fine as long as they are mounted in rubber. The rubber mount kit sold by...

Ed Womer finally got his car out with a Dean Curtis engine at the FRP event at PIRC.
Result in practice running alone under the SCCA record by 4 tenths. Won the Sunday Race.

PIC ...

Just wanted to point out that for someone who is interested in racing this season two things are important.

First, this car is practically turn key thus you --no restoration here.

Second, the...

Don't think a FST is your answer. An F500 should fill the bill.

Yes we are going to do that but we are cleaning it up right now and soon we should should have a bunch of pictures. So far the only thing we needed to do in addition to the janitorial work is buy a...

The Board of the Formula First Drivers Association decided to rescue formerly great race cars from being sentenced to a life garage queen. Sometimes these were stored in agricultural settings, back...

In his 1970 book on VW hotrodding, Bill Fisher looked at the then new D-13 and proclaimed it “the cleanest design yet produced for the FV class”. Fifty years later Ed Womer has produced the...

Steve,

Because of virus concerns two of the races on the pre Covid schedule above have been cancelled. Now that Alabama is a red zone state in terms of the virus our young drivers starting new...

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I've used the Auto Parts store kits and they are ok. I've even done an emergency repair using the threaded insert kit without removing the head. It...

I can put you in touch with the guy who makes them. I don't know why my PM was full, but just email me directly.

Robert

fst at rochester dot rr dot com

The main question he'll ask is...

Thanks to a new acquisition, the Formula First Drivers Association (FFDA) has just gotten three replacement beams and a number of torsion arms which can be made available to members pretty much at...

Ed

Gord has an extra set of Rockers and hardware. Sure they would be priced right.

Gord Baker has one

Price is certainly very good! Question is bolt pattern. I'll try to call them tomorrow.

Sorry about that Jay.

Matt Seim sent me a picture of the dry sump tank he built for Logan Miller's Evolution.

5.3 quarts, internal baffles, top comes off for cleaning and nice spacing in front of engine.

Anyone...

Matt I looked at the Clymer VW Repair handbook. The 62 VW with ball joint beam has a 51.4 front track with stock wheels. The 73 Karmen Ghia w ball joint beam with the 4 bolt wheels was 51.5 (FYI...

Matt

Here is SRacings BRD built in 2004. Still going strong today. Picked the BRD for this because it has a very short beam support bulkhead.

Beam bolts
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Matt

Naturally we in FST (almost all of us came from Vee of some sort) love the ball joint beam and we especially love the spindles. While I’ve seen a few avid high spending vee guys in the...

Aerosquadboy has told me he was able to get a bar sent to him right away. Just to let FST owners know parts are easily available through many sources.

All FST specific VW parts are available...

What is it called on Ebay?

Hi

Early on in FST we had a lot of stock aluminum pushrods break. Some builders switched to chrome moly pushrods but those were heavy required too much spring pressure. The CB's you got are known...

Dave, get a hold of Jim Schings. He has done this a lot with very good equipment. Be sure to get the restrictor plate from him (he sells the "at cost" GCR mandated unit.

Ayrton has added a new section to our website which feature technical document that provide how to information on everything from parts selection to making your race engine idle properly to setting...

We are actually looking for a September/early October date to replace the cancelled date at Nelson Ledges. Let me know about alternatives you have.

We like to have one race a month May-October. Too bad we didn't know about this back in December because we are set with a May date right now.
Thanks--- maybe we can talk next year

Robert

Due to a misunderstanding our web site went down for a few days after Christmas. It is now back up as is the portal to our BBS.

Check out www.formulafirst.org

We will be putting 2018 schedule...

Yes these would work. Big issue is bolt pattern but someone will look into because we have some new cars coming on board in 2018. Thanks for the research!

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The comparative perspective has some real benefits and of course detriments too. One thing I wish was better represented was the performance of the FST car. The track used for comparisons is a place...

Doug is correct on Prices except our latest batch

The wheels were made in Australia and were called Performance Racing Wheels. They were kind of a Minilite knock off and its my understanding the...

When we did our rules we wanted to make wheels really cheap and bulletproof. To keep steel wheels in the mix we have the weight limit. Therefore you can just buy a very nice silver powder coated...

Just guessing but a seriously driven transmission should be looked at every 5 years.

I only know of three or four recent rebuilds and these cost the following:

1. A preventative maintenance...

Things are really starting to fall in place for this event. It should be fantastic experience for all. Members who can't enter should drop in anyway just for the ambiance. Look for the FST Motorhomes.