Captain Eddie, There's no reason to be gentle. I don't care enough to bothered by it.
Don't confuse my personal opinion of the noise maker with the comments I hear OTHERS make. There's a big difference. I already own one and will be racing it this year. Yet that adds only one person to the F500 ranks. Why did I buy one? They're inexpensive and more importantly, I have a great group to race and hang out with here on the left coast. Plus, I have ear plugs. So, you used to race front engine rail? Are you older than dirt or the just the same age as Don Clar? George ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward capullo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:45 AM Subject: Re: [F500] Class survival. > George > You are new so I am going to be gentle. Did you buy the car to rev up the > motor and listen to it or to RACE it? Who gives a [EMAIL PROTECTED] what it > sounds like > if you are having fun and winning races? If you are not in it to have fun > and win then why are you in racing? I have been in various kinds of racing > since 1960 and have driven fully muffled cars to wide open rails.(Nothing > will ever top the sound of the eight short pipes in front of me when I had > my front-engined rail not counting the sound of the other guy's eight pipes > in the next lane..just ask "Q") I believe that the "compelling reasons" that > had you decide on the F500 probably centered around cost effectiveness (bang > for the buck) > There is just no way to go as fast for so little money in any other class. > So DRIVE the car and let others worry about what it sounds like...especially > when you are PASSING them. > Capt. Eddie > > >From: "george" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [F500] Class survival. > >Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:55:19 -0800 > > > >Let me choose different words then in order to prevent a comparison to cars > >that don't exist when I start up my F500 at the racetrack. > > > >Chuck, my comments are for the list to seriously consider and not directed > >at you. > > > >The exhaust note of the F500 sounds silly and stupid. The only thing worse > >is a mosquito buzzing your ear at 2 in the morning on a hot summer night. > >The exhaust sound was the ONLY reason why I held off from buying one over > >the last 3 years. There are other compelling reasons why ended up buying > >one, but I still can't stand the sound of it. Aside from that, I am still > >one of the new four that will be racing F500 on the west coast. > > > >Since the question was asked how to increase the numbers of the class, I > >thought I'd offer an "outsider's" opinion regarding the biggest reason why > >most folks I know have no interest in buying one: Race cars should sound > >"cool." The exhaust note of the F500 isn't cool. Why do you think kids & > >grown ups rev up engines? It sounds cool. When's the last time you heard a > >field of F500 revving up their engines to show them off? IMO, they don't > >because it would sound like a gathering of lumberjacks revving up chain > >saws > >because there's nothing better to do if you're holding a chain saw and not > >cutting wood. Chain saws are not race cars and if you wanted to buy a race > >car, why buy one that has a chain saw strapped to the rear of it? > > > >Hopefully I didn't offend anyone. See you at the track > > > >George > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "McAbee, Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:25 PM > >Subject: RE: [F500] Class survival. > > > > > > > I think the bigger question is .....What does a race car sound like? > > > > > > In SCCA we run everything from Showroom Stock to 5 Liter GT-1 cars and > > > everything in between, hitting most of the notes between near silence > > > and the bass sounds of the Big Bores. I know we all can pick either > > > classes or particular cars and say they either don't sound like a race > > > car or they just plain sound lousy. Truth be told, to me, F1 cars no > > > longer sound like race cars....they sound like sewing machines on > > > steroids with a mega sound system, but they don't sound like an internal > > > combustion engine; at 20K RPM how could they. > > > > > > While I may be nearing the age of dirt, I can recall many devastatingly > > > quick cars the really didn't sound like race cars - the CART cars in the > > > 70's & 80's with the Turbo's acting like mufflers as far as sound > > > quality was concerned. The famous Porsche 917-30KL with it's twin turbo > > > 5.4L engine didn't really sound like a 'racecar'; but it sure could > > > perform. > > > > > > Maybe someone could design a pipe that would drop our exhaust sound 4 or > > > 5 octaves? > > > > > > We are what we are! Now let's get the cars out of the garage and go > > > racing. With any kind of luck, I'll be at Road Atlanta in 2 weeks. > > > > > > > > > Chuck McAbee > > > SEDIV #16 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of george > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:41 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [F500] Class survival. > > > > > > I'm new to F500 racing and I think there's only one problem with the > > > racecar: > > > > > > It doesn't sound like a racecar. > > > > > > Any other change is irrelevant IMO because if it doesn't sound like a > > > racecar, no one would if it had coilovers, a 6 speed transmission with > > > reverse, 13" tires, and a 5 bazzilion cc motor that ran on water. > > > > > > George > > > the new guy that's simple minded > > > _ > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may > > > contain CSX privileged and confidential information intended only > > > for the use of the intended addressee. 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