Stick - on, if they are going on a older painted wheel use some racers tape over them.
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Stick - on, if they are going on a older painted wheel use some racers tape over them.
Looks Great for a vee. Nose off and possibly remover rear shifter guard. If Battery mount is on front beam that may need to come off.
See you at the track!!
Front width on C/Cup wheels is just under 60 inches..Rear just under 59. Stock wheels and slicks will be a narrower.
Most Toy Haulers have a very steep ramp which will present a bit of an issue....
X2 for Speedway. Look at their clearance section. I bought 3 layer sparco for $ 75 last winter older designs but good suit.
Same for all other gear except helmets.
Arrnie Carbaugh@ Bugs Life Gearbox. Carbaugh Machine Horseheads NY.
Send DBS Motorsports a PM. He will have an Idea where a good DB2 is.
He has a F/F for sale in F/F section
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Schedule posted.
Running with GT3 and Gt4 should be a few prototypes entered also.
MPG has vee friendly folks running their show,
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Reg Open
Done early on Sunday!!
Challenge Cup will run VIR with GT Celebration Aug 4...6th .
Almost as much track time as Runoffs.
Great chance to learn one of the best tracks!!
Arnie Carbaugh in Horseheads NY makes the parts you need.
Carbaugh Tool and Die. Look for info on Challenge Cup Series website
he is a sponsor
I got 2 seasons on them with a protoform. better life than carbo greens and a little less lock up prone.
Much better price also
#10 CCS and Slicks ?
Sherman Engler Noble engines and Drayton Farley
Vortech
Adger Alabama
As you work on seating try to keep your helmet under the roll bar.
If you simply move fwd you will not get full protection from both roll bars.
Adjusting steering wheel and pedals will be...
Long Box at Daytona and optional at Road America and lots of Florida drivers use Long Box at Robbling Road.
This assumes running spec slicks
probably the most successful BRD in US
Greg Rice always ran up front in this car
He lurks on Apex!
A local Race school has 8 high performance EVs for track use ,. The biggest challenge is after less than 20 miles
at full speed they will need charging. If all 8 go on High Speed chargers the track...
Formula Race Promotion will be at Summit Point at the end of August.
All open wheel racers with a large group of Challenge Cup FVs.
Lots of vees have 28 carb mounted backwards. It is supposed to prevent fuel from dumping into bowl
I have been told it helps stop the bogging off corners and under braking.
The linkage is a bit...
Advantage Motorsports in Asbury NJ.
Always has a fleet of cars being prepped .
The Scaler Family are great source for anything race related.
Any stock car shop or Race team will have a rate checker. Get a accurate measurement.
I have old chrome coil springs loose 1 inch in length and 50 Lbs. on rate.
It should only take a few...
Off Topic but why are you putting in Long Box?
Most folks run short box and use 4th all the way around.
If you plan on going to Daytona you will need it then
Good luck, several folks from...
Best to contact the previous owner.
He can best inform you.
Your car is a bit different from a stock P3
Bob P described the perfect method for a stock p3
Early 80s Lynx B with Kazmerak speedway tail and early Zink Zero roll suspension
Great candidate to convert back to vintage specs.
Already has Zbar mount and lower exhaust.
Chris Cox at Noble engine makes up sets as need for each cooling application
Most of his sets are straight at coil to 90 degree at heads.
Nate you have PM.
Any update on Logan or George ?
I have removed old foam residue out by adding a gal of Gas and 10 feet of brass chain .
Agitate and pour out gas. Put fuel through filter pour in with chain and shake again.
You may discover...
I will have a set of Falkens and steel wheels if anyone wants to
give Challenge Cup a Try at Pitt.
The racing has been great on the Falken side of things
Only 4 race s on these tires,, No...
Arnie Carbaugh at Carbaugh Machine is solving some of our supply issue.
He is now rebuildindgVW mgf. Steering Boxes, refurbishing Axles and spindles.
Save your old VW mfg parts . Check with...
Nate
I was behind your for a bit and I think you will need to a full camber check both front and rear
The front should be 1.5 negative . If you can get there without binding.
after camber...
I have had to grind head smooth to about 1/2 the thickness to clear the hub cap.
You can hammer out cap from inside to add clearance.
First Combined weekend coming soon to CMP. 22 cars and counting!
Extra Wheels and Tires available for New folks wanting to try our
Single class racing.
On big reason for running non ethanol is to prevent fuel cell damage.
Several cell builders have warnings written on the cell.
If you chose to run ethanol drain the fuel cell after every event,...
100LL av gas I have run 93 octane sports gas. but the lack of lead may be an issue.
Maybe an engine builder will have some input.
welcome to Apexspeed,
Re-post to the Fv section to get this conversation started.
The truth is any FV built after 1995 or so will be competitive.
There will be lots of options to get started...
A shout out to Blue Ridge Transaxle for the quick turn around on a FV Box repair
William Cradock the owner has all the OEM jigs to work on them .
Many ot the Southeast Vee folks are running his...
Good Luck!!
From all The Challenge Cup Vee Drivers
Hope to see you at Pitt Race for our season ending race:checkered:
Most folks in Challenge Cup Series use agm or Gel Cell.
14-20 Amp batteries seem to work fine.
Although the lithium are light they need to monitored while
charging and are expensive.
X2
I have used QA1 shocks on the front of a vee.
tried to match Penske blacks without much luck
Fred Clark at Caracal cars has done some work
with them also
JRI shocks in Morresville NC has...
I along with several Challenge Cup drivers have found that the Porterfield's need to get to operating temps
then cool down
On track several very hard stops then a non braking lap should do it
...
Fred Clark Racing is Pyrotech dealer.
I have bought several Protoform Cells
from him .
A added benefit is they can reuse the old hardware
at a savings.
Fred Clark 904 234 5603 cell#
Legend around Hueytown is that the Allison Javelin had a SB Chevy with AMC details for at least 1 NASCAR race.
Could be old crew members just talkin!
The Daytona Race was I believe the world championship for Vees .
The Results are available at Talladega Motorsports Library.
Wish I could find them to post , a whos who of US and Foreign...
We were racing at Miller and had the day off .
Went to Salt Flats where that Lazer Vee and several other vees were running.
The Utah Speed week has a class for everything including 2 Cycle...
The Protoform and Vortech Vees both spec'd the CNC.
If Dietmar has them in stock thats your best recommendation.
I have used both Wilwood and CNC with very good results.
I have one EMPI chinese copy in new spares.
It was cheap but unknown quality.
Most Vee folks
use scribed line on slicks. On some street tread tires it is possible to find continuous tread
to scribe a line on after coating them with chalk.
Most Challenge Cup drivers...
A few years ago I helped Duke Waldrop get his vintage vee up to speed at a very competitive SARRC
regional race at Roebling Road.
He ran up front finishing 3rd to some good local cars.
The Kenwood Radio set for sale on Apex is the same as I use.
It is a good value, and will be fine in Vee.
Ask about the age of Batteries , they are available but not cheap .
Welcome to Vees...