Vintage Racing?

Joshua wrote: As far as DSR's go I haven't even been able to find one that isn't already a highly developed racer and going for $20,000! My dream is to find one that hasn't been used in a while and presents a clean slate for me to build on...

http://sports.racer.net/index1.html

lots of info, forums and classifieds

Basil Exposition wrote: .....Not trying to be downer here, just know what you are getting into so you do it for the right reasons. If it really bugs you that there might be cheating going on, then you won't have the right mind set......

This.

Basil Exposition wrote: .....SVRA is probably a prime example of a group that let the rules get out of control......

+1

Joshua wrote: .....I didn't know SRF were eligible for vintage.

We let Charlie Greehaus's Entropy Sports Renaults race with us (VRG) a few years ago (but in a mixed session of open-wheel and vintage Sports 2000). They weren't officially approved in our club, but it worked out pretty well. I'm sure they'd be welcome back. I've driven them (in non-vintage races) and I've driven F Vees too. Our Vees usually race with our small-bore production cars......it's a compromise, but we don't have enough Vees to populate their own sessions. I've had some great races with Vees, but you have to respect their vulnerability (which I think is better understood in vintage racing). Vees and Sports Renaults are both a hoot, but I'd still say that running mid-pack in a Spridget or Spitfire is the best, cheapest way to have fun.
If you have a need to be leading the pack in small-bore production (or any other group), that's a horse of a different color.

GPS,

Hope all is well. I guess I wont be seeing you much in the Alltown area, I think that one is over and the house sold.

I thought SRF were sealed motors? Only able to be rebuilt or opened by certain companies? What would that cost to have done? They do look like one of the cheapest ways to go if you can afford the upfront number in a lump instead of the 500 a month until you have a production car built up.

Of coarse vee is cheaper but air cooled just doesnt seem right to me. Plus for some reason open wheels scare the s our of me.

Light weight, light to tow, easy on parts, built as a race car, and seem to be worth what the owner paid for them when it is time to sell.

Heck find a two car package, negoitate a deal and I'll join you. Of coarse mine would need to be discounted enough to go to school for comp license.

Hope all is well, dont be a stranger. MB

Ok... As long as we're talking about stretching the rules, let me run this one past you, forgiving me that I haven't had time to really dig through the rules yet.

A '73 1800ES is a EFI engine. Bosch D-Jet to be specific. A Volvo enthusiast has recently developed a MegaSquirt system that "hides" within the original D-Jet components. The only obvious external clue would be the o2 sensor, but I get the impression running a AFM isn't too uncommon. This is worth noting because the main thing d-jet can't handle is drastic cam changes that one would normally make when building a race engine. MS obviously can, but realistically not anything side draft Webers couldn't do. However, another added feature would be fully programmable spark advance curve mapping. I'm guessing nothing in the rules allows that.

The real question, I guess, is as EFI cars start to become vintage eligible, what will basically carb-oriented rules allow?

In reply to Ian F:

I love Volvo 1800's. Nothing constructive to add.