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by vreihen
August 12th, 2014, 7:36 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: How many Vees???
Replies: 7
Views: 8342

Re: How many Vees???

P.S.: Do you have any names and contact info for SOLOVee owners? Lynn's list of Vee sightings in the plains is depressing. To give a brighter perspective, our local SCCA event here in eastern NY on Sunday had 48 drivers...and 6 of them were in C-Mod! There were two Formula Fords and two Solo Vees, ...
by vreihen
August 3rd, 2014, 8:24 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: The latest results... MAC requests...
Replies: 8
Views: 9087

Re: The latest results... MAC requests...

The previous owner of my Vee was running it in A-Mod in a far away region. All of the paperwork implies that it has a basic 1600 with an old Holley Bugspray carb. I never checked it for F-Mod legality, since I wanted to run it in A-Mod for the attendance trophies. At one event, a local driver with a...
by vreihen
August 3rd, 2014, 4:17 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: The latest results... MAC requests...
Replies: 8
Views: 9087

Re: The latest results... MAC requests...

Is the 1915 still limited to one carb? Would dual carbs closer to the heads have any performance or throttle response benefit?????
by vreihen
June 21st, 2014, 7:13 am
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: AV Gas
Replies: 6
Views: 11111

Re: AV Gas

Our local airport said that they cannot knowingly sell fuel for non-aviation purposes, but advised (wink, wink) that the self-service pumps were open 24/7 and the airport is only staffed until 7 PM.....
by vreihen
February 18th, 2014, 6:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hell Awaits (I Hope)
Replies: 4
Views: 3239

Re: Hell Awaits (I Hope)

Speaking of eternal damnation, I was on a stage several years ago sitting directly next to the president of the Direct Marketing Association...and had enough self-control to not strangle him on the spot for all the times that my dinner was interrupted by telemarketers who were members of his organiz...
by vreihen
February 17th, 2014, 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hell Awaits (I Hope)
Replies: 4
Views: 3239

Re: Hell Awaits (I Hope)

They certainly are not familiar with legitimate online marketing. Actually, they know all about online marketing. It is called SEO - search engine optimization. When Google and other search engines index search results, they give higher rankings to web sites with lots of links to other web sites. H...
by vreihen
June 24th, 2013, 7:18 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Gears
Replies: 3
Views: 3977

Re: Gears

Let me throw in the caution about Solo Vees not necessarily being legal for track use. Silly things like the lack of a modern GCR-legal rollover structure and a 1600cc/1915cc engine make the track racers jealous, :lol: meaning that they might not let you play in their sandbox with a true Solo Vee.....
by vreihen
March 27th, 2013, 7:50 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?
Replies: 13
Views: 13734

Re: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?

Stan,

Just keep in mind that the Solo Vee spec does not have any ties to GCR. It was developed by the Solo committees, for the unique needs of autocrossers.....
by vreihen
March 22nd, 2013, 8:07 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?
Replies: 13
Views: 13734

Re: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?

Even more important, how does it rank in HP/torque compared with a Formula Ford?????
by vreihen
March 22nd, 2013, 8:03 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: solo vee
Replies: 4
Views: 5269

Re: solo vee

Stupid question - does anyone know who made the intake manifold on this car?????
by vreihen
February 23rd, 2013, 11:05 am
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: I guess it's official
Replies: 6
Views: 6303

Re: I guess it's official

Long-term, it is going to be a good thing. The snowmobiles (and other F5-class spinoffs like motorcycle-powered F600's) were continually evolving, both in car development and class rules. Given the Solo rules lagging a year or more behind GCR changes, there was no way to gain parity with a moving ta...
by vreihen
February 6th, 2013, 9:01 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: I guess it's official
Replies: 6
Views: 6303

Re: I guess it's official

Hot off the presses:

http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/ass ... 0Rules.pdf

In particular, see page 231. Also I don't know if it is news or not but on page 238 they put the dwarf/legends cars into F-Mod.....
by vreihen
November 11th, 2012, 8:00 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: It's time for a new engine.
Replies: 4
Views: 4932

Re: It's time for a new engine.

Small price to pay for the joy of sending a snowmobile home from a Tour event without a trophy..... :twisted:
by vreihen
November 2nd, 2012, 6:40 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Electric Fans
Replies: 5
Views: 5501

Re: Electric Fans

I always thought that a gas-powered leaf blower would fit good on the empty generator stand on my Vee. Split the output with a Y hose to each side of the engine, set up a linkage from the throttle cable on the carb to control speeds, and give the F-500 guys a whiff of my own two-stroke oil when they...
by vreihen
September 9th, 2012, 5:10 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Any Stories?
Replies: 9
Views: 8556

Re: Any Stories?

Looking at the results from afar, the fastest snowmobile would have decimated C-Mod, and trophied in A-Mod and B-Mod. Don't know what days/heats/courses each ran, or if weather was a factor.....
by vreihen
May 9th, 2012, 11:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: project for High school student club
Replies: 3
Views: 2287

Re: project for High school student club

In case you didn't already know, there's a high school competition in Wisconsin based around Vee/First cars: http://formulahighschool.com/home.html Don't know if they will allow out-of-state cars, but they do have their rules published if you want to try and spin off a similar competition in the sou...
by vreihen
February 20th, 2012, 9:49 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Replies: 62
Views: 152315

Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules

How in the heck do you guys copy those previous posts into a new one? Instead of clicking the reply button, click on the Quote button on the top right of a post. You then have to make little HTML-style blocks with quote and /quote (end quote) in square brackets just like you do to include web URL l...
by vreihen
February 19th, 2012, 8:59 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Replies: 62
Views: 152315

Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules

Bringing this thread back onto the topic of F-Mod parity, I have to point out the irony about something that I just realized. Every time us Vee owners suggest that the cheapest way to parity is with a hundred pounds of lead on the F500's, we hear the rationale against doing so being that the suspens...
by vreihen
February 18th, 2012, 11:08 am
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Replies: 62
Views: 152315

Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules

Holy shades of Team.Net, Batman! The only thing missing from this thread is Paul Foster..... :roll:
by vreihen
February 15th, 2012, 7:30 am
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Kevlar Body Construction
Replies: 12
Views: 9951

Re: Kevlar Body Construction

Someone said that you mix the resin with the hardner at 50/50 and I highly sugest you don't do that. 50/50 is for most epoxy resins, which I suggested due to the superior strength over polyester and because polyester attacks certain types of foams. Here's a good quick summary of the resin choices: ...
by vreihen
February 14th, 2012, 8:53 pm
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Replies: 62
Views: 152315

Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules

I'll tell you one thing, if I get there thi year I will be putting the money down to see the guts of that thing! Ive done it before and was proven wrong but if someone doesn't step up now and then... I thought that I read someplace (SCCAforums?) that they were selling the bare frame of that car? If...
by vreihen
February 12th, 2012, 8:20 pm
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Kevlar Body Construction
Replies: 12
Views: 9951

Re: Kevlar Body Construction

vrehein, I don't think the foam honeycomb would be too feasible because of the body shape (D-13), but I appreciate your input to my inquiry. Unless it is a hugely complex shape, you can cut kerf slots halfway through the backside of a bend using a razor knife or Dremel tool to allow thin foam to be...
by vreihen
February 11th, 2012, 2:35 pm
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Kevlar Body Construction
Replies: 12
Views: 9951

Re: Kevlar Body Construction

How about making a sandwich core by just putting Kevlar on both sides of a thin piece of foam? Styrofoam-type material is sold by density (pounds per cubic foot), with the pink and blue stuff at Home Depot being between 1.5 and 2.0 lbs/ft^3. Kevlar and composite materials are measured by ounces per ...
by vreihen
February 1st, 2012, 7:35 am
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Replies: 62
Views: 152315

Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules

Lynn wrote:A top FF Kent road race engine is 124 hp at the crank. Most road racers are around 120. I'd guess that most of the CM Fords are a bit less. FF minimum weight is 1100 lbs with driver.
1100 lbs / 124 hp = 8.87 lbs/hp
by vreihen
January 29th, 2012, 8:11 am
Forum: Solo Vee
Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Replies: 62
Views: 152315

Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules

Well Johnny..... they obviously are all cheaters, right? :roll: . Never trust anyone who brings a snowmobile to an automobile fight. :lol: Seriously though, the only fix that I can see in this case of apples versus oranges in F-Mod is to move the Solo Vee to C-Mod, where it will be more like orange...