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qreshadow wrote:
Did they tell you what makes them faster? Give me something to work with here.

Artificial sphincter valves, which allow them to have insanely fast corner entry speeds?????

I saw one on a vintage Vee locally that used a Craftsman 1/2" drive U-joint out of someone's socket set. Not saying it's a workable long-term fix, just an observation of someone else's solution to this problem.....

I've never used them, but uShip is supposedly where the small, independent hot-shotters bid on vehicle shipments:

http://www.uship.com/

My suggestion is to check on the bidders' insurance coverage, just to make sure that they are legal.....

killerken53 wrote:P.S. I will have no competition in this class, so I am not worried about being horibly slow.

Why not just label it A-Mod, and not worry about whether it's legal or not in BM?????

How about having your SIL punch out the aluminum bits, and then use them to pull a mold for some composite panels? Since you are interested in learning and Wisconsin winter is coming, might I suggest a good book for you? "Competition Car Composites" by Simon McBeath. He covers composite wo...

http://cms.scca.com/documents/Solo%20Ru ... wchart.pdf

If you believe this flow chart, requests for Solo rule changes go to seb@scca.com.....

qreshadow wrote: "In the remote chance that CM and FM are combined, the FF's, the 440/500's, Solo Vees, and if one ever show up S2's will all be one big happy family."

Yeah right!

In the new IM (Index Modified) class.....

Speaking of Jim Khana and this past weekend, somebody just e-mailed me this link of my picture on the NY Times web site:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07 ... ill-roars/

so here's a question. why are the f500's running with you rather than with the formula fords that come to autocross? or are you all in one big group? at least on the road racing side of things f500's are about equal in speed to the fords. so maybe that's where they belong in autocross too? In Solo ...

...but at a National caliber event with a reasonable class participation, a heads-up competition is what folks crave. When you're the guy bringing a plastic spork (Solo Vee) to a knife fight (F-Mod), you'll do anything to try and level the playing field rather than getting your clock cleaned drivin...

I'm not sure how some other regions get their "volunteers", but down here, if you throw out an idea, be prepared to be the one to implement that idea. As an example, two years ago I thought the Tire Rack Street Survival School was a really great idea. Guess what...... :lol: . I also thoug...

http://www.scca.com/divisions.aspx?div=sp

Per the SCCA's web site, it's Cal Club.....

Usually when my name comes up, it's not a positive thing :lol: But yeah, some good old friends, especially ol' Jim 8) . Was Charlie, John and Pat there too? Somebody should page Jim Khana at a Nationals banquet one of these years. :lol: Sadly, all of the long-time region members are in hiding these...

BTW, any time that you want your Solo program back, the chair is all yours..... :P[/quote ] No thanks, I retired remember. But, unfortunately, that only lasted about two years after I got down here and then I got dragged into my new region's politics and now sit on their BOG :roll: Couldn't stay aw...

If you want a "tough" crowd where things do get tense, you should go over to the F500 forum where some of the folks tend to be separated from reality........ :lol: What??? Did Paul Foster buy an F500?!?!? :lol: Speaking of which, is that clown still on Team.Net, or did he find a rock to c...

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The snowmobile guys are probably wondering what we're plotting.....

snookwheel wrote:
Sorry for the confusion vreihen.

I'm sorry for creating the confusion with my post, which I thought clearly gave 77fmod the right of first refusal since he started this thread.....

If Johnny passes on them, I am interested in taking those two wheels off your hands. I had a pair of Diamonds built for the rear of my Vee, but never got around to ordering the matching 13 x 6's for the front.....

I actually really like that indexing idea. I've been flirting with bringing the Protoform out to autocrosses for some time, but have no incentive because It would be nothing more than a very short test day where I burn through a set of tires exceedingly quickly. In thinking more about it, the same ...

My $0.02 is that the SCCA has too many classes already. First, we had street prepared, which was a good idea at the time. When SP didn't evolve to meet the realities of 1990's import tuners, along came the train of "me too" ST and SM classes for drivers who found it easier to build a class...

I would expect that most folks that like a given type of car, wish to improve and tinker with that car and are not really into switching cars just for trophies. Some do of course, but most don't. If they were just trophy chasers, they'd be STOCK competitors who buy/lease the "car of the year&q...

Lynn, yes, they may be waiting a long time if Vees don't wish to participate. That would be unfortunate because what the MAC/SEB have said and continue saying is that the Vees have the ball in their court, play and give them data or don't, it's their choice. And if they choose not to play, their vo...

One of our local club's senior members (the late Jerry Bowden) suffered with severe arthritis. It forced him to sell his two Formula Fords, and he ultimately wound up in a CP car that was more comfortable for him to drive. I'm sure that he would have rather been in a F-Ford than a fendered car, but ...

If I let it rust to minimum weight under the Solo rules, I'd come out one day to find the carburetor dangling in mid-air hanging by the fuel line and throttle cable! :lol: Is that enough of a flow improvement? :mrgreen: Seriously, I'm pretty sure that this manifold was fabricated in someone's garage...

Sounds like it's time for a rebuild to me... As I was staring at the engine case after the heads and manifolds were off, I was thinking to myself that I'm only a few bell housing bolts away from yanking what's left of the engine and splitting the cases. :twisted: After years of cars becoming more c...