SCCA EP, FP or SPO, I flop more than a fish out of water Options

[GaroldShaffer]

Some people here know last fall I bought an older FP car with a dead motor. My plan was to drop a /6 in it and run DE/AX events with it. This past weekend I was up at BlackHawk farms crewing for my friend running a HP MG midget. There were two 914's there also, one running EP the other FP. While talking with both drivers about their cars and then about mine I really get the feeling deep down that I should maybe remove the /6 mount and just build a good FP engine. I already have a 3.0L six engine waiting to go in, just need to get a flywheel for it. I really have the itch to get my SCCA novice license next spring and drive in some races with my buddy(s). My concern is with the 3.0 from everything I read I would run SPO with the big V8 guys, which maybe I guess kind of has me a little worried that I am not ready for that level of racing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I guess my other thought is it would be fun to run with my HP buddies also. So......
any thoughts?

I know quit being a wimp (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

[jhadler]

Weighing in late on this, but it's still the off season right???

It really depends on what you -want- to do. Do you just want to go W2W, and have fun on the track regardless of finishing position? Are you aiming for a regional podium spot or two? How about a regional championship?? Or do you want to compete on the National level?

All of these are gonna result in different answers.

ITO/ITE/ITU are great catch-all IT classes, and for just having some fun W2W, is probably your best best. In some regions, you might be only one of two cars in your class, in others, you could be in a field of ground pounding scary cars. Great regional class, no runoffs though.

SP is freakishly fast and expensive unless you're the only one out there. Think built small block chebby in a 914 (one of our locals) or a ChampCar powered Fiero. yeah... And again, it's a regional only class. Even if you're in a class of one, you will generally be grouped with the very fastest of the door slammers. Check yer mirrors!!

FP/EP is a great class, with incredible depth of comeptition. But building ANYTHING for production is a recipe for poverty. It's quite an expensive proposition to build a competitive production car.

I say, have fun in an IT class regionally for a while. And then decide what and where you want to go...

-Josh2