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Geesh, Daryl. You are preaching to the choir. :) Of course you want to start with a good engine.

You are now throwing in driver ability drag and mass. Neither dyno helps with that. (Although,...

Well, I certainly agree that if you have 5 more HP than someone else it makes your job easier. Assuming it is AT the rear wheels :D

If it IS at the rear wheels you CAN accelerate from x to y...

Thread is aging, but:

We had 2 engine dynos and a chassis dyno. The engine dyno is great for after the build, for tuning and bragging rights.. But a very big time waster after that. On our...

Sorry, This event is not even on our (FST) schedule. No conspiracy here. No tarmac secret meetings. I doubt you will even see an FST there. Maybe next year. (When the overall car turnout will...

The tach wire is shorted somewhere, or the Tach/Dash is shorted.

I think the CHT of 2000 was close to right. When we started this class we were told by many FV 1200 experts that you could not keep a 1600 from melting down without a fan.. :p

BTW, re: wheel...

Base up that exhaust smoke, I think his jetting is a bit rich..

Understood. I was mostly commenting on other posts re: the FST. We collected lots of oil pressure data via data acquisition. With the current rules, it is unlikely you can cure FV engine...

A broken crank was either a defective one, or the engine was not balanced correctly.
If it is the engine I am thinking of it was rebuilt by a professional builder that never did a FST engine before...

Mostly ALL WRONG:D The problem with Vee and FST has always been oil distribution. (NOT bad bearings, or lack of steel or anything else. As far as I am concerned bearing failures on FST engines...

Let me add one thing that WAS only touched on. EVERY single comparable component on an FST is less expensive than that component on an FV. (There are a few things that are the same price. ie....

Getting a flywheel down to 12 lbs can be done most anywhere. However, you are trying to lower inertia. The farther out on the radius you can get it, the better. Taking the mass out near the center...

I would be a little surprised if it were completely built by one of the FV professional builders. The rocker arms appear to be stock with no lightening on them. The flywheel may have been lightened,...

Sign me up. I wanted to race against Larry Campbell, but he refuses. So I will race and use him as crew...

Then you are correct. With that kind of wear why all the discussion on spec tires? Not many (if any) spec tires are going to do much better when you consider the price...

Not sure of Mark's tire usage, but he may almost save enough $ on tires to pay for the extra drive to FST events.....

http://www.iapperformance.com/Axle-Beams/

Contact these guys (IAP). They are a true wholesaler and can give you the best price. You may have to open an account with them.

Someone will be sure...

X2. Not sure 160 degrees came about.

Pretty much every radio system mentioned here requires an FCC license. However, few even bother to do the paperwork.

Some of you guys need to move to the Midwest and West to spawn FV racing there..:)

JIm

Jared, You are all set.

Jim

Unless you have an good account with a LTL trucking company. DO NOT SHIP in your name. Most engine builders should be getting anywhere from 45 to 55% off of tariff prices. I always had the engine...

Larry Campbell and I will be there. But neither one of us can remember how to drive, so we will just watch..

Yes. I have several items. Call to discuss what I have and what you need.

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All sold.

Thanks

Jim

I have 5 of the light weight axles (~6.5 lbs verses ~8.0 lbs) for $45 each plus shipping.
Blasted and paddle end polished.

Jim
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Not even worth considering. Moving to a water cooled engine in a convertible FV or FST frame is all but impossible.
Fuel injection on an existing AC engine would greatly increase the price and make...

Not applicable to the thread anymore, but... a decent legal FST engine (85HP) can be built for under $4000. We have built several ACVW's for bugs 150 to 180 HP and the price w/o induction system...

We sold about 15 or 20 of them over the last 3 or 4 years. Several were going to FF people. Never heard back, so I assume they worked fine. I also have one remaining that we used for ~10 years...

Jim Kearney is now a FFDA member and is offering professional driver coaching. Jim is a long term FV pilot and knows his way around all the tracks that we race on. He will be on the FFDA BBS board...

I may attend this event. If I do and someone wants to attend: I may be pulling a trailer and will have room for an FST/FV and tires. Pay a bit of my fuel bill and I will haul it down and back. ...

I gotta defend some folks here :) I don't think any of the above would risk life, limb or car purposely to teach the lady a lesson. I suspect an incident happened and they got the best of it. Thus...

No thanks. I (nor anyone I know) could draw any consensus in the FV group. (Pretty obvious in this and other threads) (a shame)



See Diamond Formula Cars answer. That pretty much covers...

Just thinking. Is there RV parking and camping at this event? Cost extra?
Any FST's going to be there? I am considering a winter trip. I would probably bring the trailer since I have to deliver...

We almost ALWAYS run together. We have done it for 10+ years. We have had very few if any real issues. We have run both with split starts and normal starts. We would MUCH rather run with the Vees...

This of course would be a "Regional". As far as FV running in a group with 2 classes, you do it all the time. More often with 3 or 4 classes. No change there. However if you were to run at one of the...

Best and most accurate post so far. :) Keep them both. When the numbers support it, make FST a National. Then keep running them both. (like Australia) People can change to whatever as they wish. We...

I can change it on the FFDA website, but I was given a fast lap for Doug of 1:08.658.

Someone let me know

Jim

1. Wheel base can be up to 2" longer
2. Body length can be 10" longer
3. 1600 engine. Mostly stock , but with allowed aftermarket parts and a FFDA provided restrictor plate and W-110 Cam. Develops...

Sorry, about the delay. Had some eye surgery and computer work was a bit difficult. Ok now and the FFDA web site has been updated...

IF someone wants to take on a FL race. I may have a rental car available. (and the rental fee could be applied to a purchase price)

Jim

No disrespect meant at all, but... If you have never seen a drum crack during a race, you must not have been racing Vee for long. I have seen at LEAST 10 come apart in under 20 years during a race,...

From my experience the newer Brazilian drums are far more prone to breakage. The older German ones seem to be much better. It is certainly not an age issue. (Since the German drums are usually 5 to...

I think this has been answered here before but :

In all of the FST races I have been to (all of them :) ) I have never seen a rotor break or seen any catastrophic brake failure relating to the...

Not at all. (at least as of a month ago) New TRW boxes are available for under $100 and rebuilt ones are available for about $60. However, many people complain about the quality of the new boxes....

Oh sure, but without the run offs you will never make F1. :)

In the beginning we raced as FS. This is a regional class and gave us the flexibility to build our rules as we needed. Also we just wanted to race. None of us had plans to spend thousands of dollars...

:confused::confused: Huh? I am not pretending FST has won. I only stated that the FST parts package has clearly won as far as ("Cost, maintenance ease longevity, parts availability, size, weight...

These threads are kind of a joke, exercise in futility, psychological venting, etc. As pointed out in multiple threads Vee is what it is and will not change due to the SCCA process, those in charge...

Heck you can change the camber and toe setting on an FV in less than 3 mins. (1 Lap) or even less if you bump the curbing.... Now that's quick.. :D