Originally Posted by hullracing:
Once again why fix something that's not broken. As stated there is a meeting this weekend to talk about standardizing the rules to be able to run all over the country with no issues and unite everyone on a common playing ground, and for the guys with the older national motors wanting to race with the "D2" or however it will be named, there are places to run that national motor still, why restrict it to run slower? If your eyes are set to a class of this standards just sell the motor and build a motor legal to the rules. Less money and less maintenance all around. Just my 2 cents but I've also been in this and understand how things are and where they should go in the future. Any publicity about this style of racing is good, just think about how much drama it brings up starting poll's or discussing rules that make no sense most times. Keep it constructive and positive and good things will come. It's all about having a way to race an affordable midget to the little guys.
Hull
I believe that is exactly what would happen. If a guy blows up his old motor his bill to rebuild it or replace is going to be substantial. Much more than building a relatively stock type 4 valve motor (I Hope anyhow), that will out run them when they are set with moderate de-tuning to their old motor. Vintage racing is also growing more in popularity every day and these motors might be worth a lot of money to a Vintage racer trying to finish his project. When they are gone they are gone, (priced any 110 Offy Motor's lately"?? I also realize they stand a SnowBall's chance of being included in the class>>to me that is a shame.
The big thing to keep in mind is these new motors are getting more powerful every year and do not require a lot of outside pieces to make them dependable. The car makers have the ultimate equipment and knowledge to build a very fast and dependable motor we might be better to leave the internals just like they left the factory. And yes I know some racers just love to tinker!!!!
Honest Dad himself
