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Please explain the math behind 20 lbs equals 2 hp. Looking at it purely from a HP-to-weight ratio standpoint, assuming a 1025 pound car is making 60hp, the car at 1045 would need to make an additional 1.18hp to achieve the same Hp/Lb ratio. Exactly. The rule of thumb is that for every 10-12 pounds ...

20 lbs = 2 hp (give or take)


That's why I keep my svelte F1 physique. You never know when McLaren might need a fill-in.

How many drivers complaining about manifolds are within 10 pounds of the FV legal weight minimum? How many of them realize that knocking 12 pounds off of their ass is a lot cheaper than a new, whizzy $1000 manifold?



Want 2 hp? I'll show you how. It's free, too.

Keep in mind, those are trap speeds (not top speeds), through a 120' chunk of track around the S/F line. Michael was running alone almost the entire race with no draft to aid in straight-line speeds, versus the guys in the pack all running in big bunches. If they had stayed in line, they might have ...

Here's a direct link to the FV PDF.


Notice the runaway leader, Mike Varacins' trap speed—27th fastest out of 41 cars. Almost 6 mph slower than the fastest trap speed. Tell ya' anything?

Even more impressive, Michael. Well done.

Here is a note from Bruce Foss of Hoosier Tire about producing a "control tire" for FV... To answer your question directly, it is not difficult to make test tires that somewhat follow your criteria. However, we've been down this road so many times and it always has turned into a dead end. ...

Ok, I found it pretty quickly in a FF spec tire thread on ApexSpeed—it was a CF tire, but the notes about the testing are interesting, nonetheless. The tire was created for the RCCA's Club Ford class. Their goals were a tire that was repeatable with minimal performance loss for 40 heat cycles with m...

I think there was a group in the east using a R70 compound for a spec class—it may have been CF, but I seem to remember seeing it as a FV tire. It was made specifically for this group and was VERY successful, IIRC. I think it was a compound that was developed with long life and very little performan...

Wasn't Hoosier producing a R70 compound Vee tire at some point, too? Couldn't they produce something similar again? Seems like another simple concept that is being overthought and overcomplicated for no particular reason. The SCCA needs a Dictatorship, who has no ties to any one company or class, an...

We deconstructed the feed as much as we could and found at least a direct link to the live feed as the races were taking place... it no longer works. I haven't tried to use that direct link since, but when the delayed streaing videos were released last week, they all worked for me on the Mac—at leas...

...FV has always been a scoungers class and it should remain. It certainly was and could remain. I speak only for myself when I say that a class like that is not something I want to participate in. If I can't buy a part off of the shelf somewhere <cough>Kent engine</cough>, it's a sure-fire way to ...

The primary reason is that most of the regional (type) drivers would be getting LAPPED by the top national drivers and would likely NEVER have an opportunity to earn a trophy. I think we NEED regional level. Sorry, I never subscribed to the "every kid gets a trophy" theory. If you want a ...

Why not just get rid of the whole National and Regional divide in the first place, and get more cars to each race? There are top level drivers at Regionals and plenty of people who don't belong at Nationals. I never understood the division of your customers. I'd rather see the club split up between ...

That thing is a tetanus shot waiting to happen.

The case was dismissed, meaning sanctioning bodies are free to spec any single tire brand they please. Private organizations are free to use whatever products they wish, without having a forced open competition. Nothing complicated about that.

I have been researching them for the last week for my DB1 that someone inquired about. A 12 hour transport delivery has averaged about $1000, going as much as $1300 from Intercity (http://www.intercitylines.com). Intercity is experienced with complicated race car delivery, so it was one of the first...

So what was discussed, and how did the meeting go? Where is the report for those of us who could not attend? Were the potential, regional and national racers that were not able to attend represented well or at all? Was anything solved? Were parts shortages discussed? What became of the manifold issu...

Previous lap record was from 2006, with 2:41.988 by Brad Stout. Mike's fastest race lap was a 2:44.196, so running out there all alone without a draft, he didn't come close in race trim. His qualifying time of 2:41.374 was under the lap record, though.

Well done, Mike.

I managed to find a direct URL too late in the day that streamed directly to QuickTime on the Mac, and it worked perfectly. I did get to watch the spectacular FF race, but missed most of everything else. It's a shame they made it depend on a wonky plug-in to function and then burried the direct stre...

ah. makes sense i guess. i needed to upgrade from media 10 to media 11 to make it work. so if mac is still on media 9, then i guess you wouldn't have it... 9, 10 or 11... they aren't equivalent versions from one platform to the other. What you have in wm11, I have in wm9—same program. This is just ...

No, it has nothing to do with Windows Media 9 (the latest version for Mac OSX)—it's calling for a specific plug-in and then not recognizing it. It's not a Firefox issue, either. It doesn't work in ANY Mac browser or ANY media player of any kind. The only way to make it work on a Mac so far is to dua...

Doesn't work on a Mac. Unfortunately this is correct, on every browser I can think of. I'm working on some work-arounds to try to get it to function properly, but so far... nothing. :( Really poor planning, considering they have instructions on the website on how to use on a Mac. Guess their Mac te...

72jeff wrote:what is the record?

Existing track record (race) was from 2006 by Brad Stout: 2:41.988




Good to hear you're doing ok, Brian. I think the last place I'd want to be with a ticker glitch is on a race track. Glad you made it back safely.

Full final qualifying rundown here.

Wow, a 2:41.374 by Varacins in Q3. Holy crap. That's under the existing Stout track record.

He's in a completely different class this week. Well done, so far.



I hope Brian McCarthy is feeling better. Helluva way to spend the RunOffs in scenic Wisconsin.