Over on the General Formula Car Discussion topic, I've been conducting a survey of operational costs for each class. Here I'm only interested in costs that differ significantly between the classes, and not, for example, entrance fees, hotel, food, etc.
Drivers from some classes have responded with data for their class, and the result is a spreadsheet in Google docs.
Here's what I have for this class. If you have changes, please reply below, and I will update the spreadsheet.
Class name: FST
Engine make: VW
Engine model: H4
Displacement: 1600
Power at crank, HP: 85
Torque at crank, ft-lbs: 100
Weight with driver, lbs: 1,125
Purchase new, $: 26,000
Tires set, $: 490 (American Racer)
Tire competitive heat cycles: 13
Engine rebuild, $: 1,700
Engine competitive hours: 53
Fuel $/gallon: 3.50
Fuel gallons/hour: 6
Brake pads set, $: 60
Brake pads hours: 27
Gearbox hours: ?
Gearbox rebuild, $: ?
Other operational costs, $:
Thanks,
Greg Holmberg