1. Yes
2. Wait until the 2011 is finialized.
DW
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--- On Fri, 10/29/10, Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:
From: Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Subject: [Land-speed] Windscreens and fairings....
To: "land-speed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:54 PM
Since the season for salt is over, let me see if I can create some discussion
regarding the Sunbeam. As most of you know, I sit reasonably high up in the
car. This is because I purchased a set way back when and forgot to include
the side bars on the roll cage. Hence It has to sit up some to clear some
items. I started fabricating a seat which lets me sit almost directly on the
floor. When I had enough of it tacked together I put in in the car and donned
all the garb and got in and out of the car. Of course the Roll cage had not
been lowered so, yeah it was easy, lol. But, I only gained a drop in seat
height of about 5 inches. I deemed this not enough to wrestle with the hassle
of lowering teh roll cage. So, I have been looking at some kind of taller
and better wind screen/fairing. When I look at eh rule on fairings for the
roll cage they say that they cannot be wider than the roll cage at any point
of the cage. Yet, when I look at the SW
program I see lots of roadsters with roll cage fairing outside teh roll cage.
Many of them are really tall leaving only a small portion of the roll cage
protruding. Some even have the fairing extending behind the roll cage for
some distance. I am guessing that these are "headrest fairings" but they don't
seem to me to meet the spirit of wording of the rule. A good example of what
I am using for reference is shown in the program, page 33 bottom of the
page,m vehicle 627.
So, a couple of questions....
1. Should I go ahead with lowering the seat to give me the least exposure to
wind in my face
2. Should I then or in lieu of fab up a wind screen and fairing to shield my
face and the side of the cage? Same s that referenced above?
many thanks,
mayf
with the no longer wannabe Sunbeam
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