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aeronca65t
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OK, here's my latest venture (maybe).
I am leaning towards retiring the Spridget from regular club racing and enduro next year and running a "cheesebox" instead.
(cheesebox = any cheap front-wheel drive car that is available)
I will still run the Spridget in the VRG vintage series, in fact I just bought a 1275 Midget (parts car) to convert away from the 1500 (no one in this vintage club is complaining, but the 1500 is not technnically legal).
Also, the regular banging and clanging of club racing is getting a bit tough (read: any race where there are more than 2 Miatas).
And Herself is wondering if it's such a good idea to be running in the mixed enduros with a Spridget, when there are Vipers and Corvettes whipping past me at twice my speed (if it looks scary from the stands, you should try it from the driver's seat).
So a cheesbox won't be much faster, but it will have more armor against the occasional prang. And one of my son-in-laws wants to do this silly stuff, so we'll probably form a little enduro "team".
If one of us wrecks the thing, it'll be no great loss.
Serendipitously, my sister-in-law has given me a red '91 Escort GT that she bought new. It's in nice shape, runs great, and, importantly, it free. It has the 1.8 Mazda motor, 4-wheel disks, nice sway bars and the ugly, stick-on rear wing and "ground effects" plastic stuff. But it's a slushbox.
So I put the word out that I wanted a stick Escort. Low and behold, one appeared.....also free. And also in pretty good shape and runs great (except for a massive brake failure). It's silver and has the 1.9 Ford engine and 5-speed.
The 1.9 trans won't fit the 1.8 engine, but I don't care.....I'm going to swap the entire drivetrain and electronics. I'll have a 1.9 Ford-powered Escort GT, which is actually a pretty good combo for EMRA racing. The Mazda-powered Escorts race in our ST4 class against Miatas (they have about 130 HP) but the 1.9 cars race in a much slower class (ST6, against 1500 Civics and Kias) because they only have about 90 HP. Actually, the slower class is more to my liking anyway.
I just picked up some DOM 1-3/4 steel tube for the roll bar ($91 for 20') so I'll start bending tube in the next few weeks. The red car is mostly gutted and I've pulled off the wing and most of the ugly plastic body-cladding...the silver one will be scrapped once it has donated all useful items.
And then onto the 1275 Midget.....it'll be a busy WInter.
I am leaning towards retiring the Spridget from regular club racing and enduro next year and running a "cheesebox" instead.
(cheesebox = any cheap front-wheel drive car that is available)
I will still run the Spridget in the VRG vintage series, in fact I just bought a 1275 Midget (parts car) to convert away from the 1500 (no one in this vintage club is complaining, but the 1500 is not technnically legal).
Also, the regular banging and clanging of club racing is getting a bit tough (read: any race where there are more than 2 Miatas).
And Herself is wondering if it's such a good idea to be running in the mixed enduros with a Spridget, when there are Vipers and Corvettes whipping past me at twice my speed (if it looks scary from the stands, you should try it from the driver's seat).
So a cheesbox won't be much faster, but it will have more armor against the occasional prang. And one of my son-in-laws wants to do this silly stuff, so we'll probably form a little enduro "team".
If one of us wrecks the thing, it'll be no great loss.
Serendipitously, my sister-in-law has given me a red '91 Escort GT that she bought new. It's in nice shape, runs great, and, importantly, it free. It has the 1.8 Mazda motor, 4-wheel disks, nice sway bars and the ugly, stick-on rear wing and "ground effects" plastic stuff. But it's a slushbox.
So I put the word out that I wanted a stick Escort. Low and behold, one appeared.....also free. And also in pretty good shape and runs great (except for a massive brake failure). It's silver and has the 1.9 Ford engine and 5-speed.
The 1.9 trans won't fit the 1.8 engine, but I don't care.....I'm going to swap the entire drivetrain and electronics. I'll have a 1.9 Ford-powered Escort GT, which is actually a pretty good combo for EMRA racing. The Mazda-powered Escorts race in our ST4 class against Miatas (they have about 130 HP) but the 1.9 cars race in a much slower class (ST6, against 1500 Civics and Kias) because they only have about 90 HP. Actually, the slower class is more to my liking anyway.
I just picked up some DOM 1-3/4 steel tube for the roll bar ($91 for 20') so I'll start bending tube in the next few weeks. The red car is mostly gutted and I've pulled off the wing and most of the ugly plastic body-cladding...the silver one will be scrapped once it has donated all useful items.
And then onto the 1275 Midget.....it'll be a busy WInter.
