sigh.. so here I am… I have two piles of parts. My old FB91 swift, now with out an engine, shocks, and transmission and the RF98 that has the frame, sump, radiators, and a few other small bits… I have a lot of stuff to get. overall the chassis isn’t in that bad a shape.…
Learned a lot this weekend at the latest SCCA event out at crows landing. This season I have been running the Avon formula Ford racing slicks. According to Roger Krause racing, the Formula continental racers love them for their consistency and ability to take a lot of heat cycles. Auto crossing introduces a different set…
So what does 1.2 seconds look like on an autocross course? In this video, the main view is my fastest run, while the picture in picture view is my second run of the day. 2nd run time: 52.493 4th run time: 51.659 Looks like I lost most of the time in the first part of…
Ran with AAS again on Sunday. The car felt really well balanced, but I am still limited by the shocks. Today was the first time that I experienced wheel hop under braking… no bueno.. AAS round 12 was last modified: September 27th, 2015 by chrisw52AAS round 12 was last modified: September 27th, 2015 by chrisw52
I ran with the American autocross series today. Always have a great time running with this group. Today’s event was down in Marina where we had perfect weather, a little fog in the morning with temps in the mid 70’s
the Go-Pro is working again! now for some cool autocross videos
So, here we are in January in the middle of my winter refresh and maintenance. This project is taking a bit longer than anticipated. But I guess that is to be expected from a 21 year old race car. At the end of last season, I managed to break a wheel stud. While fixing the…
My euroswift FB4 is an absolute blast to drive. I have never driven anything that comes close to the sensations that you get with driving a real open wheel race car. I guess the closest you could get to this car would be a go-kart, but even that is a different type of drive compared…