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Some pics of a never assembled, unmolested Zink C4 frame.
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Ricky del

Veefan, To the untrained eye the frames may look similar, but to someone that's known Zinks (either Z5 or C4, no Z4s or C5s) since 1967, and has raced them in vintage trim since 1998, I can assure you the frame is not a Zink. It is quite different in fact. The differences would take more than a few ...

I have a rough one stashed away. I'll pull it out, see how complete it is, send or post some pictures and then you may decide if you want it or not.

Ricky del

OK, you asked for opinions, I'm offering up mine. Don't attend a driver school until your own car is done, including a practice day to sort it out. That way, you will have a permit and a car to race. If you rent a car at a school, you may earn your permit, but if your car takes another year to finis...

Aren't these all "vintage" engines?

Just curious. In all the discussions about measuring manifolds, was measuring a manifolds total volume ever suggested?
There is only one way to do it. Only so many cc's will fit. Kinda like combustion chamber volume.

Ricky del

RA also worked for the 30th, 35th, and 40th FV birthday parties.
While Savannah was a good haul for us, it was a nice change of scenery.

There is End Play and Ring Gap. I don't think anyone refers to an "end gap". This may be where the confusion began.
I truly believe no one was asking about Ring gap, but heck, I could be wrong too.

Ricky del

Roger, Listen to John when he says listen to Steve. What Steve didn't tell you in so many words, but he was eluding to is this: (Sorry Steve, but I'm about to put words in your mouth.) We have all seen the racer show up with a fresh engine either built by their buddy that has built many VW engines, ...

Glenn "Sully" Sullivan raced the Vega in the picture below at Daytona in 1969.

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Some of you may remember this Auto D advertised for sale last year. It's been recently finished (by Bob Shedd) and is beautiful. (it was kind of brown) http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5289:250186931506/jpeg/BG This Bobsy hit the track late last season after years of sitting. We...

HELP! I would like to get a frame transported from Raleigh, NC to Michigan, or even part of the way.

Anybody travelling through Raleigh?

Thanks,
Ricky del

Well, you've changed so many things, I certainly hope your problem has gone away, but you may never know what it specifically was. I had the exact same problem. Car ran fine for most of the session, but towards the end, it would cut out, burble coming out of right hand turns. As Brian said earlier, ...

Planning to buy an FV does not make someone an FV driver either per se. Stephen, If growing FV fields is the objective, then heck yes, prospective buyers of FV should be heard as well. They may not have a dog in the fight, but if a rule change prompts them to buy a dog, well then... Obviously, thei...

http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5093:411500535406/jpeg/BG With drivers from Florida, California and Texas (possibly more than one from each) expecting to participate in the VSCDA Vintage Vee series race at Blackhawk Farms in June, I believe we will have more than 30 vees on th...

There will be somewhere around 30 vees on the grids for the Sautrday and Sunday races!!

Wooohooo.

Before pulling the sending unit, try running a new wire to it.

Have fun with the car!

WOW! VSCDA has their Spring Brake Driver School at Gingerman Raceway May 1. A two day race follows on May 2 & 3.

There are 15 FVs entered in the DRIVER SCHOOL alone!!!! Stressed economy?

jaymzz said in a different topic regarding rusted bolts/screws: Thanks for the heads up. I have been spraying them monthly with pbblaster. I have loosened all the fender bolts so far. The only major problem I know of is the brakes are all locked up solid. I torched them, used pbbalster, BIG hammer, ...

Check your PM.

fvkartguy, In FV speak, those are leading arms. The references "trailing" and "leading" are referring to where the axle is in relation to the arm's pick-up. One way to help remember: Some people refer to the 4 parts in the front beam as upper and lower trailing arms. I suspect Li...

Give http://www.trackpedia.com a try.

Did sending him a PM on this site not work?

Fred, your Formcar will be the best looking one there, I'll bet! what are "parage laps around the course" Any chance I could spin?? :oops: A parage lap would be the opposite of a disparage lap. So I guess during that lap, the drivers would be drivng cars that they are normally not worthy ...

Actually, I know a couple people that run that combination (12VDC system w/6VDC gen.) and it marginally works for them. There is no charging going on at lower RPMs. If you are an autocrosser, it may not work very well. Paul, what you may not be aware of is the 12VDC generator has a much larger diame...