I am in the KC region. If you look at the entries in Solo Nationals, I think we have more than any other region in FM. We have really grown the last couple of years. I think all of our solo vee guys are coming to Nats, but we have 3 Red Devil owners that arent coming. Come to think of it, those same 3 havent driven their cars even once. I personally couldnt do that, but everyone is different. I think most vee guys that have never dynoed their cars say they have 100 hp, but the ones that have dynoed, like to brag about what they have built. Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi
>>> "Chuck Voboril" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/03/06 2:18 AM >>> Gee Bill, how did you get any Solo Vee guy to admit he has 115 HP let alone 123 HP? They may actually have the HP, but getting them to own up to it is another thing :-> Chuck >From: "Jan Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [F500] Doing the math? >Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:44:18 -0500 > >This info is mainly for autocrossers, so bear with me. >Here are some figures I have been playing with, since I am an >autocrosser with a Kawi car. > >750 lbs/ 75hp (Kawi)= 10 lbs/hp >1000 lbs/115hp (solo vee)= 8.7 lbs/hp >800 lbs/95 hp (rotax) = 8.4 lbs/hp >1000 lbs/ 123 hp (local guys solo vee)=8.1 lbs/hp > >So now, for a rotax car to have my lb/hp ratio, it would have to weigh >950lbs? >Scca allows the Kawi powered cars to weigh 50lbs less than a Rotax car. >To have parity, My car with driver would need to weigh 637 lbs. Since I >weigh 200, that would be a 437 lb red devil. >Am I missing something here folks? If this is all true and accurate, >then I feel good about getting my ass kicked constantly by Rotaxes and >solo vees. >Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
