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So check this out the SCCA is finally getting smart...

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PROBLEMS "may be solved after using the information you all provided as well as speaking to Dietmar about my issues"

Dietmar is the only guy right now who cares about getting real real VEE's ...

This is what a Zink frame kinda looked LIKE right guys??? Except rear roll looks a little high for the times...

http://www.subrew.com/tmp/frame1.jpg

Everything added in your frame was added is...

So, Butch interested in selling that file? Thats apart of FV history! lovit! I saw the minimized the throttle shaft screws in the pic I posted!

Ron Ruttenberg, Butch Deer and Jim Schings class...

You need to find a real FV shop! veesportracing.com

I was 6" 130 lbs, and a fit perfect in a D-13 prepped by veesport !!!!

Andy Pastore in a D-13...


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I had a throttle cable get stuck in a vee, it was one of the typical $5 ones everyone uses. It was Two years old I didn't race a lot but almost every session was in the rain.

The best cable you...

I was waiting for someone else to see that? I first thought it was a plug but it looks like some kind of jet?

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/ZCYAAOSwMpZUoKtH/$_57.JPGThat is a FV Carb for sure, top down view...

ya learn something new every day....

Nice off season read....

http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2006/07/01/hmn_feature33.html
Feature Article from Hemmings Motor News

July, 2006 ...

That's exactly why I posted... ;)

Round and round we go... but in this case, we all know how this will end up... :blackflag:

What the heck, I'll stir the pot a little, yes many have raced for 10,20,30+ years and never had a failure, but clearly other people have had failures... otherwise why bother to crack test if you're...

Whats the price?

I'm just curious, how much are Richard Pare / ICP front drums or Lybarger/Pare rear drums?

I've been through the ring test also many times, Steve can usually hear a crack before he goes any further and uses the typical crack test stuff.

Anyone denying VW hubs can crack and cause a...

Guerilla Marketing!!!

This is about class survival!

The SCCA can't even figure out how to market ITSELF!

If you care about a CLASS of racing you're on your own~

Doug is spot on, this is all about marketing, he's totally right.

you need to target an audience

How about asking the SCCA for newly signed members and targeting them?
AHHHH maybe they have...

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What do WE need...

Karmaboy, try a old knee pad, the kind you'd use for H.S. wrestling. They work really well just strap it over the steering box simple fix. The ones sold at hardware stores aren't soft enough. The...

Not really Matt what has this to do with Disk Brakes?

No improvement in performance or lower costs so why move to a steering rack?

If you're talking about attracting younger, newer drivers... cool fat wheel/tire package, and BIG disk brakes...

Who cares, NEWBIES have 50 years left of racing, how many years do you have left, newbies are the future!...

BABBLING,

Why should the USA FV change from steering boxes to Racks?

f1200 group? whats that? not sure why it's relevant to the SCCA FV USA class of racing?

Or this post about changing/allowing Steering racks in FV SCCA?

f1200 has made changes...

The FV...

fvracer27 is totally right, box or no box, I'm not seeing how someone couldn't come out of that wreck without some bad ankle injury's.

Could a steering rack have made his injury's worse? Try and...

Not regarding braking, but the quality of parts? Are disk brakes safer compared to drum brakes?

I know you need to regularly crack test both drums and spindles on a FV due to the possibility...

It's totally interesting, after I post, I look at the names that are viewing the post, I know most of them and have raced with many of them. I respect a lot them, but they remain silent...

YES,...

One more post, and I got to go to sleep...

Lets try and start over, and get the to start of this tread... and stop all throwin mud,
I LOVE FORMULA VEE BUT...

What are the benefits of drum...

The FST guys gave it a go, looked at the FV issues, looked at other countries, gave it a shot to try and address the issues that needed addressing.
and created Formula First.

And you know, it...

Here's some more facts, check out every other country.... call it FV, F1200, F1600 or whatever you want, Canada, Auzzies, England... Euro's , etc, they all have huge VW racing fields and not...

Any FV guys been on an Miata forum recently? You'll not find anyone moaning or groaning

OMG I can't find rims, cases, cylinders and pistons, Brake shoes,

p.s FST STAY OFF OUR Forum...??? ...

In the 2014 runoffs... 32 FV's at an average age of 52..., who's just about double that number ... 63 Miata's over 3 classes... what their average age? who attracting new drivers?

Why?

you're totally right, but you can also get a spec miata for 5K to 8K also ready to run... so who's attracting more NEW YOUNG drivers?

Come on guys, FV is called a low cost entry level class, but front a runner in vee is TOTALLY financially no different from a from runner in Spec Miata, except they have disk brakes and they don't...

Build a Vortech from scratch...

3rd most run car in the 2014 runoffs... not sure whats quals as mass produced...

+/- Bill is spot on from an accountants point of view.

Vortech kit ...

ya just never know... what might happen ;)

8-5-2010 Brazil spans the equator and the southern hemisphere and right now it is the depth of winter in the southern states. This week, at least 33...

Congrats
Harry Schneider
Harry Schneider
Harry Schneider

RULES!

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REALLY, Again, assumptions, vs. facts...fvracer27 do you have a clue where I am?

I had my bacon and eggs at the track and watched the FV race live? Darn no popcorn in the hospitality tent!
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1) question 1, answer....1

yes i've have used a rack in place of a vw box at the same track

i' used both old vw and a new trw boxES at the same track have you?

I'VE seen a vast improvement,...

I'll be wearing them eye glasses and eating popcorn...? SUNDAY at 9:30 A.M ough (bacon and eggs for me), hoping for no a.m. fog...

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Good luck guys, be safe!

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What has any of this got to do with Matt's questions?
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fvracer27,

Why are you calling me out?

how may vee's have you purchased, how may vee's have you raced, how many vee's have you been on the podium with?

ANSWERS, FACTS

you
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Sorry Matt, I wish this thread would say on topic.

I guess all the moderators are at the runoffs.

John

fvracer27,

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All Vee guys ask about these parts?
How long...

Really Personal Attacks, Doug, PRU, Bill ???

Ok so, EVERY Vee I ran was set up by Steve Pastore, I didn't like the handling or the feel of the cars, so I kept selling them to try and find one I liked, gave up sold them all and build an FST,...

No, clearly not, I was referring to the steering staying more true in the FST.

Lov these posts, they are great reading material. I wonder why are all the Vee guys, asking or thinkin about disk brakes... ball joint beams... different wheels... and now racks... ? FST Solved all...

This is out of the FST guide , (sorry for the long post)

This can vary by the type of scoops on your FV. Most likely, the FV scoops were designed to cool the 1200cc engine. Some of these designs...

To Clam any questions whether it's a prepped FV case of not check out the pic's I opened it up for your "viewing pleasure".

Extended sump, and sump tray, recessed stud... etc.

El Probemo...

1) Not sure what the original VW intended function was, but a cover plate tapped for your oil temp sensor goes there.

2) The upper cylinder stud case saver is Not pulled out. It is recessed...