Okay, I will bite, "Chuck what are you getting out of your Kawi?" Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi
>>> John Whitling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/03/06 9:32 AM >>> 75 hp for a Kaw?????? Ask Chuck what he's getting out of his Kaw. It ain't 75 hp. In addition we all race with the same tire patch so lighter cars definately have a corning advantage. Jan Schmidt wrote: >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! ***
