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Can't say about Texas Lasers, but recent is relative. Larry made the last Laser about 10+ years ago. Best bet would be to call or email Larry Campbell directly. All his contact info can be found here: Website: http://www.campbellmotorsport.com/Pages/default.aspx Contact Page: http://www.campbellmoto...

Long gone

Think Brian is onto something. About 15 to 20 years ago there was a spell where you could only get bushing beams, but you could also get the needle bearings (just not installed on a beam). I modified one of out tools from work to bore out a bushing beam to accept the needle bearings. It controlled t...

Stephen,

I think what you had stated earlier is that the R55B FV tire and the R60A CFF tire are made with the same chemical blend. Choose your wording carefully

I'd talk to Jeff Speer about R 70 VROCs

Mark,

You are correct, June Sprints 2003. I was thinking one birthday earlier. Been to too many, they run together as you get older.

I'm hopeful that "managed" doesn't mean one needs to bring 5 sets of wheels per weekend

BobShedd wrote:however many ( not all ) feel the Dunlops are slightly quicker.

I fall into that (not all) catagory. 2:56 at Road America in a Monoposto '68 Zink Z-5 on Hoosiers. Bob, I think that is still a good time 14 years after the fact?

Tiago, Just a little history for you. The heads (or maybe more) are from L. Michael Gray (Mike Gray) or his busines "Gracing". The engine (if originally done by Mike) was more than likely pretty good. Mike was outside Kansas City, MO. He passed away about a month or two after Bill Noble. M...

A good source or point of reference is Butch Deer. He has driven on both and can give you solid feedback.

butch_deer@midspring.com

Listing this for Lance Renshaw Greg Bruns personal GB-4 last raced by Larry Bacon in San Francisco Region. Large Ron Chuck engine (see listing under engines). Body rough, need work, but could be a killer. Larry would run at the front of the field while being 70 lbs overweight (he is a big dude). Her...

Listing this for Lance Renshaw. Ron Chuck built engine, has one weekend from Ron Chuck rebuild and dyno. This is Larry Bacon's engine used in his Vector GB-4. Larry is a big dude and typically rolled across the scales 50 to 70 lbs overweight. This engine still kept him at the pointy end of SRF Regio...

Cars look cool too except for the weird carb/scoop http://www.formulavee.co.za/images/stories/Taylor_chases_Hills.png That's because the South African FV's use an inline 4 cylinder 1400 cc VW water cooled engines Here are the specs: http://www.formulavee.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

hardingfv32-1 wrote: "What is the cause of the flexing"

VW's original design criteria of a crankshaft that will turn 3800 rpm maximum

Here is a link to a video of the 2011 Road America FST series race shot from Rob Clark's car:

http://vimeo.com/27720605

Enjoy!

And that very car is For Sale at this very moment:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1178492

Another photo featuring a much younger Stan Townes:

http://www.comicozzie.com/gallery2/v/19 ... 6.jpg.html

Exactly, Truer words have never been spoken. FST is a nice little regional class and I prefer to keep it that way. + 1 Please remember the topic of this thread.... Listing the differences between FV and FST. It was listed for those interested in conversion into the other class, not the wholesale co...

Top speed probably 5 mph more than an FV at most tracks. Jim has listed the class differences very well and with reasonable self proclaimed bias. I do think that the "most" portion of this one statement needs clarification for long tracks like Road America or Pocono. We use the same longb...

For those interested, one of the nicest, well built and prepared FST's just went on the market. For the price, it is a bargain. Here is the ad as listed here: http://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?p=305176#post305176 FOR SALE: 2007 Campbell Evolution Mk 1.3. Chassis # 206. 2009 FST Series C...

As this point, having just killed an engine, I'd rather have a dry sump, but then again.. Who knows why it died, most likely something I did wrong.. I'm sure in 10 years, if I can afford this that long, I'll have picked up all the tricks on making these things last :mrgreen: Tiago, This is one of t...

Gary was kind enough to send me photos and I checked it out with one of my Kiwi mates in NZ. Looks like the car was built/raced in New Zealand in the mid to late 70's by a bloke named Mike Richards. Mike was an officer in the NZ Navy and was stationed in the US in the early 80's. Good chance that wa...

Ask the guys why they did not come back. Chris, With all due respect, finding out why they don't come back ain't my job. I could also ask if you want the font in my posts larger as well. :roll: The point to my post was that having 4 or 5 more FV entries at the June Sprints simply means you have 15 ...

I realize that the entry numbers for the "economy" classes in SCCA are in general going down due to economic conditions. However, the economy did not take a dump in late '05 early '06. Bill, do you have access to the total number of entries over the same period? I'd be very surprised to s...

The June Sprints this year were a victim of bad scheduling. It was the week after a double national at mid-ohio, and no one from the Great Lakes division came over for it. 4-5 cars from last years count were from that division - had they shown up the numbers would have been much better. Mike, Reall...

OK Matt,

You have my attention. Love to hear ideas on the devolution of FST. I'll sit down and wait for my answer.

This event is scheduled to be a Hoosier Tire 2011 US FST Series race and should bring out 12 to 14 FST's. It would be great for some FV's to show up to give a good performance comparison. The track is freshly paved, so look for track records to fall.

Stephen, the new ride looks great. Glad to see that "Handsome" Dave Smith is still involved with FV (body fitter).