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| Brando |
 Apr 5 2007, 03:41 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!!  Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California  |
Well, looks like I might get to do some racing this year afterall -- just not in the teener.
GF's dad wants to run his bug in the stock 1600 class of offroad racing, wants a wrench hand/driver and I'll probably be it! Tonight I have to go over the rulebook. Soon we have to take the engine that's in it out, split the case and do a cam swap (per rulebook spec). We also have to trim down from the dual kadrons that are on there to a Pict 30 -- byebye torque/hp. Everyone in this class is limited, target HP for your engine should be 85-100 with stock everything. Like any good racing team we'll be looking for loopholes (read: not cheating) and probably blueprint the engine in an attempt to achieve the maximum power we can from the little Type 1. Our goal is 100hp. So far we haven't found any limitation on what kind of gearbox we can use -- so quite possibly we'll go with an early 911 or 912 901 5-speed. This would allow us to gear 1-4 low enough and provide us with a 5th gear for highway cruising to events (we plan to make this street legal as well). We were planning on using a bus box and adapting to the 930 output flanges and complete axles. Since these types of events and racing is new to me, anyone have some suggestions or ideas to help us get in the right direction? thanks! |
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| LvSteveH |
Apr 6 2007, 09:57 PM
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I put the Poor in Porsche Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Joined: 22-April 03 From: Las Vegas, Nevada Member No.: 600 |
A lot of good advice. It sounds more like you're talking about 5-1600 rather than a stock 1600 class. Most of the stock classes would require a swing axle trans and a very, very stockish car. Who are you thinking of racing with?
5-1600 is a great class, but there's nothing stock about it. You are talking about $30k for a competitive car. They are also a real off-road car with tubular rear arms, plenty of shock, etc. They are limited by their short wheelbase and width, and obviously capped out at around 100hp. If you are talking about the truly stock bug catagories, they are a lot of fun, but the poor little guys take a heck of a beating. The cars don't fare too well either... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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Brando SOT: Buggy Racing Apr 5 2007, 03:41 PM
Twystd1 Can you legally run a spray bar on a trans in your... Apr 5 2007, 03:50 PM Brando Clayton,
First off: Man, you're ugly. :wavey:... Apr 5 2007, 04:33 PM
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Clayton,
First off: Man, you're ugly. :wavey... Apr 5 2007, 04:44 PM cnavarro I have Nickies too made up for the 1600 class. I h... Apr 5 2007, 05:00 PM Jake Raby I have a combo that makes 105 HP for that class.. ... Apr 5 2007, 06:15 PM SirAndy
Our goal is 100hp.
100HP seems a bit high with a... Apr 5 2007, 06:27 PM Twystd1 Johns pistons ONLY work with his cams. They work l... Apr 5 2007, 06:33 PM Twystd1 Brando, we need to go to Jakes and download his br... Apr 5 2007, 08:27 PM alpha434 Hehe.
EDIT: nevermind. Apr 5 2007, 08:51 PM Brando Thanks for the input guys. I always appreciate hea... Apr 7 2007, 06:47 AM |
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