- 1. [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: tom strange <tstrange@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:07:59 -0700 (PDT)
- In short, it is less expensive to race a Spridget, and there are more "donor" cars out there to support an effort. The Sprite engine is more reliable as a race engine too. Just got back from a weeken
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- 2. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry and Cindy" <roadandtrack@bigpond.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:21:25 +1000
- I thought this was the FOT page.B I can't disagree on the number of donor cars if you add midgets plus sprites. However, when it comes to engines it is still how much reliability you want.B As Hp go
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- 3. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Bartlett <BillBartlett@wingnutracing.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 20:53:16 -0400
- As a CVAR racer I can tell you there is a simple answer to Jim's question, and he touched on it. There is tremendous peer support within the Sprite/Midget racing community and it started with the Spe
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- 4. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim" <britbits@netzero.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:40:28 -0500
- Ran the inagural RMVR race at the new High Plains Raceway here in Colorado. Awesome challenging fast track. You folks from east and west of us should consider towing out this way to try it out. Unfor
- /html/fot/2009-05/msg00163.html (7,854 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Kramer, Robert" <RKramer@rdoequipment.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 08:43:53 -0500
- One of the uncle jack tricks was to slightly drill out the center main oil passage. Don't have a diameter, though. Since it feeds two rods instead of one it seemed like the thing to do. This is menti
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- 6. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: robertten1@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:17:16 -0400
- Peyote was amazing this weekend. Not only did it look great, it ran great. Had an absolute blast racing Cameron Healy in the Pooper, Tony Garmey in his Corvette and John Goodman in his Devin SS. We h
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- 7. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:54:09 -0500
- Just got finished unloading from last weekend at Road America, running with SVRA. Weather was a bit on the cool side, Sunday was gorgeous. Car is running great, ran a 2:52 in the first session, could
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- 8. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:34:48 -0700
- Ah yes, we suspect my problem trying to pull out of our paddock (slight up hill on 'spring grass') was that the clutch froze to the flywheel, at least I could no longer get it into any gear. With fi
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- 9. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: rkrantz77@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:23:05 +0000 (UTC)
- That makes sense for cars with some history. As to Spitfire vs Spridget availablility... Originally they sold roughly in the same quantities. The Spitfire has 2 distinct body styles and the Spridget
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- 10. Re: [Fot] Why the dearth of Spitfire vintage racers? (score: 1)
- Author: John Nikas <capecoventryracing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:06:28 -0700
- Great video! Looks like a good move by the starter to throw the green flag when they did or that could have been ugly. When the pole sitting car is a Porsche 356 (and it usually is), it's a safe bet
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