Bobby -- What are your noise limits? My Invader puts up 93-95 numbers both
at Lime Rock and NHIS using the Aaen pipe. (well under the 100decibel limit)
My lady is interested in perhaps getting her license and I had thought of
letting her get her feet wet with the car in Solo II before going to the
Spring drivers schools. Am I correct in thinking that there is no competiton
license required for SoloII? I know your gearing is diifferent and I do have
three different large gears and 6 different small gears so I might be able
to cobble something up in the high threes or low fours. Or I might just
leave it with the current gearing as I want her to get used to the car
(braking and handling) rather than going for any wins in Solo. Incidently as
an aside I raced with a young lady driver who was quite good -Katherine
Lapham-- at the recent regional at Lime Rock. Someone has mentioned another
new young lady driver in a different region. I think we should be talking
this class up with the ladies as well as the young guys.
Ed Capullo
From: "fmod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [F500] The future of F500
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:53:48 -0400
I guess no one noticed I sign my emails #15Fmod NER SCCA, maybe I should
had Solo II Only!
We are facing the noise limits you Road Race people will get hit with next.
Let us just hope that Aaen can solve the problem. I sould get on his web
site and see if he has anything that he has resently developed so I can put
my fugly muffler as a backup only!
BobbyJ
#15 Fmod NER SCCA-Solo II Only
PS: I would guess that one of the reasons SCCA is building a Solo II pad
at the new track (if built)is that we may loose Deven's or they may lower
the sound again and put us out of there!
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [F500] The future of F500
Most of these "older" F5's were legislated out of competition with the
introduction of the new roll bar rule requiring a minimum roll bar
thickness of 1.375" as opposed to the previous rule of 1.25". Someone
chime in with the specific year ('96? '97?). Pasting on a new roll bar
was the work of skilled chassis folks who knew how to extricate the old
bar and insert the new (slightly more than just a welding job) without
trashing the rest of the frame. The cost-benefit was marginal when
considering the competition potential of the car (with but a few
exceptions).
SAE cars are, as are most race cars, purpose built. They serve their
purpose quite well. If used outside of their design intent (e.g., F500
racing, assuming they would pass tech) would scare the beejeezus out of me
to just watch. But, given the design intent, I'd take an '85 Red Devil on
a road course over a new FSAE. No insult to the "college folk" intended.
dg (no bike motors, please)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Reinhardt"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] The future of F500
Ever look at some of these older F5's? You think a SAE looks scary!!!
CR
fmod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Most of them are put in the trash and engines and other parts are
reused. I
have been told that if any are sold on the New England area, they can
only
be sold to former students that were in the program and/or aluminest.
Also
WPI brings cars to the event many times as do a few other schools, some
of
which are a few years old along with the current model. I have never seen
one fail at our Solo II events only a motor problem. And our Region will
let three or four students drive them even if we have to put them in
different heats. They are fun to drive, although I drove one in a
somewhat
wet course, but the shifting is not as easy as everyone thinks and you
shift
many more times that a car with a Hewland. I found it easier to learn to
shift a Hewland in my old FF!
The reason I have been told that they will not sell them in this part of
the
country is the schools are affraid of a "Products Liability Claim" if
someone was to get hurt in the car, even if it wasn't their fault, just
the
bad image of a Brown U, WPI, etc being sued over racing. Many of the
people
who hear of these programs do not understand that many of them go on to
design their family car.
Now you know why the American Car Companies are in trouble. Sorry Jay I
needed to get that out! When Detriot stops letting accountants like me
deside how a car is to be built, things will get better!
Sorry I got a little of the path!
BobbyJ' Photo
Fmod #5 NER SCCA
----- Original Message ----- From: "dan hester"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] The future of F500
well i suggest you actually look at an sae car before you even think
about
something like that, they are made for one day use and it shows on a lot
of
them ,the thought of going more than 60 in one is just plain scary, and i
have attended many of the sae contests here in pontiac michigan i have
seen
em all, there aren't many that would even finish! that is definately not
an
option for f500
From: "fmod"
Reply-To: [email protected]
To:
Subject: Re: [F500] The future of F500
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:40:19 -0400
Why are you all forgetting there are 4stroke snowmobile engines which is
the only future for F500 ten years down the road when no snowmobile
company
will be making two strokes. If you lived in Rhode Island near
Narragansett
Bay and see a jetski that is a four stroke they are now so quiet and no
oil
in the water. And for those of you who don't know it, they are almost
the
same engines as snowmobile except they are for water! I am older and
maybe
getting out of this in the near future, but if I was in my forties I
would
be thinking 4stroke CVT Snowmobile Engines.
Also if I wanted a bike engine I would somehow find the money to go DSR
or
find a school in the USA that would sell me a SAE (?) car!
BobbyJ
Fmod #5 NER SCCA
----- Original Message ----- From:
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: [F500] The future of F500
Good job chuck, I couldn't have put it better my self. getting more
riders/ drivers is not going to happen by changing our cars. but by
getting out into places that have not seen or driven our cars. Doing
things like beating FF will get us noticed. (did brian have his engine
backwards) Rory
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