George
Those are good compelling reasons. I AM older than dirt. I don't know Don
Clar so I cant say if I'm older but I will say I am retired on a fixed
income so pennies are more important to me now than when I was racing S2000
in my forties. F500 is the lowest cost way to go fast. the good part about
retirement is that I can spend all day trading in the stock market ( which
is pretty much how I financed all my road racing career) or working on the
car an attending any race I want to go to.
It is great not to have to be at work on Monday morning (or use up vacation
time) Welcome to the F500 ranks. they seem to be a great group.
Ed Capullo
From: "george" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [F500] Class survival.
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:23:57 -0800
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
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