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- August 12th, 2014, 7:36 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: How many Vees???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11713
Re: How many Vees???
P.S.: Do you have any names and contact info for SOLOVee owners? Lynn's list of Vee sightings in the plains is depressing. To give a brighter perspective, our local SCCA event here in eastern NY on Sunday had 48 drivers...and 6 of them were in C-Mod! There were two Formula Fords and two Solo Vees, ...
- August 3rd, 2014, 8:24 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: The latest results... MAC requests...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12876
Re: The latest results... MAC requests...
The previous owner of my Vee was running it in A-Mod in a far away region. All of the paperwork implies that it has a basic 1600 with an old Holley Bugspray carb. I never checked it for F-Mod legality, since I wanted to run it in A-Mod for the attendance trophies. At one event, a local driver with a...
- August 3rd, 2014, 4:17 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: The latest results... MAC requests...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12876
Re: The latest results... MAC requests...
Is the 1915 still limited to one carb? Would dual carbs closer to the heads have any performance or throttle response benefit?????
- June 21st, 2014, 7:13 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: AV Gas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14879
Re: AV Gas
Our local airport said that they cannot knowingly sell fuel for non-aviation purposes, but advised (wink, wink) that the self-service pumps were open 24/7 and the airport is only staffed until 7 PM.....
- February 18th, 2014, 6:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hell Awaits (I Hope)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3479
Re: Hell Awaits (I Hope)
Speaking of eternal damnation, I was on a stage several years ago sitting directly next to the president of the Direct Marketing Association...and had enough self-control to not strangle him on the spot for all the times that my dinner was interrupted by telemarketers who were members of his organiz...
- February 17th, 2014, 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hell Awaits (I Hope)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3479
Re: Hell Awaits (I Hope)
They certainly are not familiar with legitimate online marketing. Actually, they know all about online marketing. It is called SEO - search engine optimization. When Google and other search engines index search results, they give higher rankings to web sites with lots of links to other web sites. H...
Re: Gears
Let me throw in the caution about Solo Vees not necessarily being legal for track use. Silly things like the lack of a modern GCR-legal rollover structure and a 1600cc/1915cc engine make the track racers jealous, :lol: meaning that they might not let you play in their sandbox with a true Solo Vee.....
- March 27th, 2013, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17755
Re: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?
Stan,
Just keep in mind that the Solo Vee spec does not have any ties to GCR. It was developed by the Solo committees, for the unique needs of autocrossers.....
Just keep in mind that the Solo Vee spec does not have any ties to GCR. It was developed by the Solo committees, for the unique needs of autocrossers.....
- March 22nd, 2013, 8:07 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17755
Re: Max HP from a 1915cc Solo Vee motor?
Even more important, how does it rank in HP/torque compared with a Formula Ford?????
Re: solo vee
Stupid question - does anyone know who made the intake manifold on this car?????
- February 23rd, 2013, 11:05 am
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: I guess it's official
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9533
Re: I guess it's official
Long-term, it is going to be a good thing. The snowmobiles (and other F5-class spinoffs like motorcycle-powered F600's) were continually evolving, both in car development and class rules. Given the Solo rules lagging a year or more behind GCR changes, there was no way to gain parity with a moving ta...
- February 6th, 2013, 9:01 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: I guess it's official
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9533
Re: I guess it's official
Hot off the presses:
http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/ass ... 0Rules.pdf
In particular, see page 231. Also I don't know if it is news or not but on page 238 they put the dwarf/legends cars into F-Mod.....
http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/ass ... 0Rules.pdf
In particular, see page 231. Also I don't know if it is news or not but on page 238 they put the dwarf/legends cars into F-Mod.....
- November 11th, 2012, 8:00 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: It's time for a new engine.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8022
Re: It's time for a new engine.
Small price to pay for the joy of sending a snowmobile home from a Tour event without a trophy.....
- November 2nd, 2012, 6:40 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Electric Fans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8589
Re: Electric Fans
I always thought that a gas-powered leaf blower would fit good on the empty generator stand on my Vee. Split the output with a Y hose to each side of the engine, set up a linkage from the throttle cable on the carb to control speeds, and give the F-500 guys a whiff of my own two-stroke oil when they...
- September 9th, 2012, 5:10 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Any Stories?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12209
Re: Any Stories?
Looking at the results from afar, the fastest snowmobile would have decimated C-Mod, and trophied in A-Mod and B-Mod. Don't know what days/heats/courses each ran, or if weather was a factor.....
- May 9th, 2012, 11:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: project for High school student club
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2430
Re: project for High school student club
In case you didn't already know, there's a high school competition in Wisconsin based around Vee/First cars: http://formulahighschool.com/home.html Don't know if they will allow out-of-state cars, but they do have their rules published if you want to try and spin off a similar competition in the sou...
- February 20th, 2012, 9:49 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
- Replies: 62
- Views: 168123
Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
How in the heck do you guys copy those previous posts into a new one? Instead of clicking the reply button, click on the Quote button on the top right of a post. You then have to make little HTML-style blocks with quote and /quote (end quote) in square brackets just like you do to include web URL l...
- February 19th, 2012, 8:59 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
- Replies: 62
- Views: 168123
Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Bringing this thread back onto the topic of F-Mod parity, I have to point out the irony about something that I just realized. Every time us Vee owners suggest that the cheapest way to parity is with a hundred pounds of lead on the F500's, we hear the rationale against doing so being that the suspens...
- February 18th, 2012, 11:08 am
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
- Replies: 62
- Views: 168123
Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Holy shades of Team.Net, Batman! The only thing missing from this thread is Paul Foster.....
- February 15th, 2012, 7:30 am
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Kevlar Body Construction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10381
Re: Kevlar Body Construction
Someone said that you mix the resin with the hardner at 50/50 and I highly sugest you don't do that. 50/50 is for most epoxy resins, which I suggested due to the superior strength over polyester and because polyester attacks certain types of foams. Here's a good quick summary of the resin choices: ...
- February 14th, 2012, 8:53 pm
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
- Replies: 62
- Views: 168123
Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
I'll tell you one thing, if I get there thi year I will be putting the money down to see the guts of that thing! Ive done it before and was proven wrong but if someone doesn't step up now and then... I thought that I read someplace (SCCAforums?) that they were selling the bare frame of that car? If...
- February 12th, 2012, 8:20 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Kevlar Body Construction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10381
Re: Kevlar Body Construction
vrehein, I don't think the foam honeycomb would be too feasible because of the body shape (D-13), but I appreciate your input to my inquiry. Unless it is a hugely complex shape, you can cut kerf slots halfway through the backside of a bend using a razor knife or Dremel tool to allow thin foam to be...
- February 11th, 2012, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips, Rules, and Safety
- Topic: Kevlar Body Construction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10381
Re: Kevlar Body Construction
How about making a sandwich core by just putting Kevlar on both sides of a thin piece of foam? Styrofoam-type material is sold by density (pounds per cubic foot), with the pink and blue stuff at Home Depot being between 1.5 and 2.0 lbs/ft^3. Kevlar and composite materials are measured by ounces per ...
- February 1st, 2012, 7:35 am
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
- Replies: 62
- Views: 168123
Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
1100 lbs / 124 hp = 8.87 lbs/hpLynn wrote:A top FF Kent road race engine is 124 hp at the crank. Most road racers are around 120. I'd guess that most of the CM Fords are a bit less. FF minimum weight is 1100 lbs with driver.
- January 29th, 2012, 8:11 am
- Forum: Solo Vee
- Topic: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
- Replies: 62
- Views: 168123
Re: Rewrite of Solo Vee Rules
Well Johnny..... they obviously are all cheaters, right? :roll: . Never trust anyone who brings a snowmobile to an automobile fight. :lol: Seriously though, the only fix that I can see in this case of apples versus oranges in F-Mod is to move the Solo Vee to C-Mod, where it will be more like orange...