What you are describing remembers me to people who are getting dressed in
old uniforms and "playing" war like it was at the old days.
You have them in USA and we have them in Europe.
But the vintage racers are not playing racing they DO risk their lives in
those cars.
At the times Kas run the works team he had plenty of cranks, heads, rods,
axles, bodys and stuff.
If a crank got broke - don't bother, a call to England a they shipped some
new engines overseas.
Today a racer might have one or maybe two engines and if things go wrong in
most cases this is end of the season.
As we are not earning our money with vintage racing why not replacing
dangerous or easy breaking pars of the car with billet cranks and rods,
forged pistons, special valves, better designed axles as this keeps the cost
low over the years and reducing the risk to get hurt.
Okay, the cars are faster then they were back in time but this is how the
world goes, better oil, better brake fluid, better brake pads, better tires,
and more fun for the spectators and drivers if the car are faster, as most
of the tracks are smoothed out to a better safety.
I have no complaints about that as long it is kept in rules people due to.
Cheers
Chris
-----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] Im
Auftrag von malaboge@aol.com
Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Juli 2010 03:51
An: fpspitfire@comcast.net; fot@autox.team.net; vintage-race@autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Fot] chevy con-rods and Larry Young Cam
wow...
Finally I see a glimmer of reality...THIS IS VINTAGE RACING...like how it
was
back in the day. Not all cars were created equal, and the owners had to
deal
with myriad different strengths and weaknesses of their favorite mount.
That
is supposed to be what we are doing today...preserving that moment in tyme,
not building a Formula One car with a vintage body! I've seen people
posting
pictures of their rebuilds wherein all sorts of things are evident that were
never allowed "back in the day". If I had the proverbial nickel for
everytime
I've heard "thats how the did it back then" to substantiate some modern
update
that was never allowed, I'd be rich. Does anybody recall Anatoly being
disqualified for .002 or .003 oversize valves in his Morgan, "back in the
day". Now I see oversize valves in everything, 92 mm TR's, 2 liter B's, fat
wheels and big carbs on everything. THATS NOT HOW IT WAS! You wanna race,
go
get a Miata or FF or whatever and GO RACING. This is supposed to be about
the
cars and how they were, not how can I update my car to be faster than the
car
ever was "back in the day".
OK, I'm gonna go take a chill pill an get off the soapbox now...
re-buildin olde race cars one at a tyme...
Nick in Nor Cal
-----Original Message-----
From: fpspitfire@comcast.net
To: fot@autox.team.net
Cc: n197tr4@cs.com; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, Jul 10, 2010 10:48 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] chevy con-rods and Larry Young Cam
Wow...the vintage rules must be more liberal than ever if they are now
llowing alternate length rods.
SCCA hasB limited prep which require stock rods and cranks, stock suspension
ickup points, etc...etc...but we still get cool glass flared fenders and
licks.
Hasn't rule always been that the alternate rods must be of the same centre
to
entre dimensions?
aaron
_______________________________________________
fot@autox.team.net
http://www.fot-racing.com
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
Unsubscribe:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/tr4racing@googlemail.com
_______________________________________________
fot@autox.team.net
http://www.fot-racing.com
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
|