If noise is really an objection that is easily solved. In my case I installed a 3" all alum muffler from Aaen and it's now very quiet. It weighs next to nothing and all aluminum so it's durable too. Granted it looks big, but that's very deceiving. No power loss that I could tell but I admit that I haven't dynoed it. Some of the SCCA rules kings even think that a two stroke makes more power with a muffler ;-) so maybe I'm faster for it.
Before this muffler I was running open exhaust and it was quite loud. Still though, it's damn impossible to put a LEGAL muffler on these things because the IDIOTIC exhaust length rule. Simply attaching a manufactured muffler makes the car illegal. Of course SCCA officials have only been aware of this for 4 or 5 years now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <<<I haven't seen much response to Richard's post, but I think he > captures the current reality pretty well. >>> > > OK, I'll bite. I'll respond on a couple of these points: > > <<<1.) The cars are too rough to handle due to the limited > suspension.>>> > > This may be true compared to FV or the older Fords, but a competitive, > current-vintage FF is pretty stiff, too. What makes the car more > challenging to drive is the solid rear axle, not the suspension. This > can be learned; every go-karter in the country knows how to do it. > > <<<2.) These are not real cars they are just large karts with a body.>>> > > There are more people road-racing karts than cars today. Even if this > were true, I don't see it as a problem, per se. > > <<<3.) The exhaust is too noisy and will cause problems with both > autocross and racing.>>> > > I have heard this MANY times from the SM crowd. The 2-stroke buzz is > a real turn-off to many in the paddock. > > <<<4.) A used FF is a better investment.>>> > > Only until your first shock replacement or engine rebuild. > > <<<5.) The engines are obsolete and hard to get parts for.>>> > > Not hard to get, but single-sourced. Tried to buy pistons or a > crankshaft for a FF lately? > > <<<6.) Two cycle engines are mysterious and hard to maintain.>>> > > What?!?!?! 2-strokes are easier to tune, maintain, and repair by a > long shot, not to mention far less expensive to rebuild. Just the > lack of the valvetrain should make this clear. > > <<<7.) Class participation is small.>>> > > Chicken and egg at nationals, but this is clearly true at the regional > level. However, there aren't that many FFs at regionals anymore, > either. Open-wheel in general is suffering at the regional level. I > believe that we have priced ourselves out of the market, and the > newbies are going to SM instead. > > > Marshall Mauney > WDC Region [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of jwhit.vcf] ________________________________ 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! ***
