Chuck, so basically you have the same dilema puck or shock? So the only difference is you can buy and expensive off the shelf shock, and the pucks are relatively cheap off the shelf? CR
Chuck Voboril <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We have that risk to a cetain extent with our spec motors. One can buy 50 rotax 494 barrels and cherry pick them and sell the rest to the rest of the customers. Keeping this within bounds is the trick. I don't think that shocks are as big a challenge as other parts on the car. If the shock is a basically inexpensive design as determined by the external looks, thats about as good as one can do. The blubber cannisters are no better in that one can do some pretty extensive stuff inside and not have it exposed to view. Chuck >From: Chris Reinhardt >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [F500] Pucks again >Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:43:40 -0700 (PDT) > > Chuck, absolutly!!! > You could say the class has to use ABC shock from ACME shock company >that costs $25 each. OK I bought 100 of them, dyno'd them all and came up >with the best 4. I bought $2500 worth of shocks and spent how much on dyno >time? At that point Penske's sound cheaper!!! > I think it would take a bunch of homework to get the proper wording in >order to keep out expensive shocks. > > CR > >Chuck Voboril wrote: > Chris, > >With re=gard to "spec" shocks: > >Simply restricting the "family" of shock would probably serve to limit >costs >adequately. > >Maybe: >steel bodied, no external res and ony double externally adjustable. > >As an aside: >There are some very specialized parts I was just starting to play around >with with the intention of building a killer 1" rubber puck system. > >That would be rather expensive to develop and reproduce but still within >the >letter and intent of the present rules. > >Sometimes overly restictive rules don't reduce costs. > >Chuck > > > >--------------------------------- > All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done >faster. ________________________________ 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! ***
