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by hojo
June 21st, 2011, 11:13 am
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Front Offset Spindle Bushings
Replies: 26
Views: 16731

Re: Front Offset Spindle Bushings

Hey Guy, what was the max camber you could get on the Jacer you ran back in 2007, to me that seemed to have the most neg camber out of all the cars i can remember on the grid? personally going past -2 on the fronts is about as far as you need to go. anymore is not going to have the same performance ...
by hojo
June 6th, 2011, 10:47 pm
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Front suspension
Replies: 28
Views: 20882

Re: Front suspension

check your PM
by hojo
June 6th, 2011, 2:17 pm
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Front suspension
Replies: 28
Views: 20882

Re: Front suspension

kev, I would be happy to try your car out at shannonville, I've got a lot to do on mine to get ready for shanonnville, and i might be a little rusty since i havent been in a car for over a year, but I would be willing to throw some laps on it to give you my feedback. i've won there and always run we...
by hojo
June 5th, 2011, 6:46 pm
Forum: Event News, Info, and Results
Topic: Mosport F1200 May 7-8
Replies: 17
Views: 5902

Re: Mosport F1200 May 7-8

the cars are too light to generate any significant heat into the tire, there's simply too much tire, kumho's were the same way but the compound was much tackier, hence less wear rating. our "spec" tires are made for 3000lb cars i've tried all kinds of setup trying to get more heat into the...
by hojo
June 3rd, 2011, 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F1200/Vee makes national paper
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

Re: F1200/Vee makes national paper

hey kevin, i raced at WRKC against you numerous times and you whipped my butt, having raced f1200 for 4 seasons i can say that (my old car is run by the Bonaldo's now) we came to F1200 because of its equality and simplicity of the equipment. having raced at the front of the grid with that car agains...
by hojo
June 2nd, 2011, 9:24 am
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Wheel and tire weight
Replies: 15
Views: 10531

Re: Wheel and tire weight

Jean the easy answer you were looking for is here

video by Greg Rice comparing SCCA and F1200 tires - should be same rim tire combo (falken)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC8aiqaO7A8
by hojo
June 1st, 2011, 3:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F1200/Vee makes national paper
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

Re: F1200/Vee makes national paper

any PR is good PR, what we know vs the general public is like picking at mushrooms in your pizza. other series/formula would love to have that kind of exposure in any country Imagine having that in say USA today for comparison sake. most stuff that hits the news these days is anti-regional racing li...
by hojo
June 1st, 2011, 10:49 am
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Sticky gears
Replies: 4
Views: 2507

Re: Sticky gears

i've only ever used 2nd on race starts a few times depending on where i am on the grid even then its pretty useless. even the tightest hairpin at shannonville which would be ideal for 2nd gear isnt worth going for cuz it'll mess you up, plus the gear runs out pretty quick on acceleration your're bet...
by hojo
June 1st, 2011, 10:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F1200/Vee makes national paper
Replies: 8
Views: 3754

F1200/Vee makes national paper

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/motorsports/formula-vee-car-racing-for-the-rest-of-us/article2039867/ Nice article on Formula Vee in Canada, focusing on costs and developing young driving talent oh and yes and if mosport had doubled the length of the back straight and reversed i...
by hojo
May 19th, 2011, 6:28 pm
Forum: Event News, Info, and Results
Topic: Mosport F1200 May 7-8
Replies: 17
Views: 5902

Re: Mosport F1200 May 7-8

i'm expecting to be really ....really ....rusty, shannovilles no walk in the park either.

i guess your not points racing Guy. wins or nothing!
by hojo
May 19th, 2011, 1:58 pm
Forum: Event News, Info, and Results
Topic: Mosport F1200 May 7-8
Replies: 17
Views: 5902

Re: Mosport F1200 May 7-8

the difference is minimial from what i've read. the construction and sidewall are identical but the tread compound is different. from auto slalom and larger cars the reports are more consistency over a run and slightly grippier. for the 1200's i would think it instills a little more confidence to th...
by hojo
May 17th, 2011, 9:23 am
Forum: Event News, Info, and Results
Topic: Mosport F1200 May 7-8
Replies: 17
Views: 5902

Re: Mosport F1200 May 7-8

sounds about right greg

as soon as it get to be a 5 car lead pack with no breakaway it could easily grow to 7 or 8 or more potentially

that's nice to hear about the tires being a little better with the "K" spec
by hojo
May 16th, 2011, 1:47 pm
Forum: Event News, Info, and Results
Topic: Mosport F1200 May 7-8
Replies: 17
Views: 5902

Re: Mosport F1200 May 7-8

looking at my laps suggests the 1.43 was heavily draft assisted or some lap of the gods where it all went perfect??? looks like mid 1.44's seems to be the pace judging from the trophy race times. the 4 second gap to the rest is quite surprising though, i've never seen that with a grid of 18 cars at ...
by hojo
May 13th, 2011, 10:06 am
Forum: Event News, Info, and Results
Topic: Mosport F1200 May 7-8
Replies: 17
Views: 5902

Re: Mosport F1200 May 7-8

heard it was a good opening weekend. see you at shannonville
by hojo
March 16th, 2011, 9:23 am
Forum: Novice Area
Topic: Light grey smoke
Replies: 14
Views: 25039

Re: Light grey smoke

call billy anyway, he'll diagnose it over the phone!
by hojo
January 25th, 2011, 2:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vee racers near Port Huron MI
Replies: 2
Views: 1496

Re: Vee racers near Port Huron MI

thanks keith for offering, i appreciate it, i'll contact you via email through your website.
by hojo
January 21st, 2011, 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vee racers near Port Huron MI
Replies: 2
Views: 1496

Vee racers near Port Huron MI

I live close to the border near Port Huron and I'm looking for someone who would allow me to ship some tires that we run in the ontario F1200 series to their address and I could pick them up upon arrival. If anyone near the Port Huron or Detroit border wouldn't mind the trouble you'd be saving me qu...
by hojo
February 25th, 2010, 1:53 pm
Forum: Vee Photos
Topic: Mosport in-car video FV1200
Replies: 3
Views: 7066

Re: Mosport in-car video FV1200

thanks for watching

i should get some calabogie up.

mike is a great driver
by hojo
February 19th, 2010, 3:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F1200
Replies: 18
Views: 9184

Re: F1200

since i'm not an actual rep or anything for the ontario f1200 series, and do not want to misrepresent the FTDA in any way, i would suggest anyone interested in our series visits our website http://www.formula1200.com and you can find email addresses to our executive. theres also some useful informat...
by hojo
February 19th, 2010, 11:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F1200
Replies: 18
Views: 9184

Re: F1200

club went to local karting clubs in the area, mostly 4 cycle clubs that also had 2 cycle programs and setup an information booth/show car while also sponsoring that weekend for the kart club which usually involves paying for trophies i believe. they might also have put together a draw for a free tes...
by hojo
February 18th, 2010, 6:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F1200
Replies: 18
Views: 9184

Re: F1200

as an f1200 driver in a "regional" series, thought i would touch on the average age of our drivers. not gonna touch anything else. on the surface we look to be the same, but i think there are a lot of differences and when you break things down, the way we do things here wouldnt work down t...
by hojo
November 18th, 2009, 4:56 pm
Forum: Parts
Topic: Roxanne collector
Replies: 2
Views: 1211

Re: Roxanne collector

well i paid 400 US for it so i'd like about 500!!!

*just kidding*

...i'd like to get as close to that as humanly possible.

offer me what would be a reasonable price
by hojo
November 17th, 2009, 7:46 pm
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Tires?
Replies: 127
Views: 50108

Re: Tires?

i ran 2 full seasons on our kumhos while finally experiencing dropoff (not significant) at the last race weekend. good enough to finish 2nd in championship
by hojo
November 17th, 2009, 5:37 pm
Forum: Parts
Topic: Roxanne collector
Replies: 2
Views: 1211

Roxanne collector

mild steel
never ended up using it.

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by hojo
November 6th, 2009, 8:24 pm
Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
Topic: Tires?
Replies: 127
Views: 50108

Re: Tires?

regarding shocks and kumho's in canada, virtually everyone runs the stock dampers...this is what i was talking about restricting the costs in other areas, as a group no one goes out and buys "all the fast bits" becuase it hurts us all if one person does it as far as quality of racing. mean...