George,
It keeps the honest people honest. VARA does it for certain classes. Formula Ford was one of them. At annual tech they CC'd the motor, checked compression ratio, valve lift, duration and profile. They also verified that the transaxle had an open differential. If all passed they gave you a "VARA Verified legal" sticker. If it failed you were told to get it right and resubmit for tech inspection. If you refused for cost reasons or whatever to bring it into compliance you ran in class "FFX"--no points, no awards.
Like I said this kept the honest people honest. No way (with that system) to make certain that people with legal motors/cams at annual tech didn't change something before/between races.
However, it is better than doing nothing.
Ideally it would be like they do it in national level karting.
All karts get weighed after every timed/scored session. This does absolutely nothing to slow down the run group progression. 1# too light and you are DQ'd from that session.
At the end of a scored heat, in addition to the weight, fuel is checked on the top 5 karts.
At the end of the main: Fuel and weight +
1st place gets motor cc'd, compression ratio checked, port heights and timing checked, no-go gauges in ports, exhaust and carb.
2nd place gets compression ratio, no go gauges in carb and exhaust.
3rd-5th gets compression ratio checked.
6th is in impound in case any others get DQ'd.
if someone gets DQ'd everyone moves up in the finishing order and is subjected to the more thorough inspection.
For the most part, the DQ's were mainly in the junior classes where a kid's parents would try to give the kid an advantage. A real pisser to see little Johnny's or Jane's heart break after their first win gets taken away because Daddy cheated. Must make Dad feel like a real ass.
It wouldn't work in IT racing because the variety of cars/specs to deal with. The lack of known legal parts being available for comparison is also a major problem.
So, I don't know how you 'fix' it.
I think the last thing we need is a competitor deciding what the teardown bond is going to be. Perhaps teardown bonds should be $50/hr for whatever time is specified in those 'books' the shops use.
It is easier to police in classes where everyone has very similar equipment.
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Daryl DeArman
[This message has been edited by Quickshoe (edited September 19, 2004).]
It keeps the honest people honest. VARA does it for certain classes. Formula Ford was one of them. At annual tech they CC'd the motor, checked compression ratio, valve lift, duration and profile. They also verified that the transaxle had an open differential. If all passed they gave you a "VARA Verified legal" sticker. If it failed you were told to get it right and resubmit for tech inspection. If you refused for cost reasons or whatever to bring it into compliance you ran in class "FFX"--no points, no awards.
Like I said this kept the honest people honest. No way (with that system) to make certain that people with legal motors/cams at annual tech didn't change something before/between races.
However, it is better than doing nothing.
Ideally it would be like they do it in national level karting.
All karts get weighed after every timed/scored session. This does absolutely nothing to slow down the run group progression. 1# too light and you are DQ'd from that session.
At the end of a scored heat, in addition to the weight, fuel is checked on the top 5 karts.
At the end of the main: Fuel and weight +
1st place gets motor cc'd, compression ratio checked, port heights and timing checked, no-go gauges in ports, exhaust and carb.
2nd place gets compression ratio, no go gauges in carb and exhaust.
3rd-5th gets compression ratio checked.
6th is in impound in case any others get DQ'd.
if someone gets DQ'd everyone moves up in the finishing order and is subjected to the more thorough inspection.
For the most part, the DQ's were mainly in the junior classes where a kid's parents would try to give the kid an advantage. A real pisser to see little Johnny's or Jane's heart break after their first win gets taken away because Daddy cheated. Must make Dad feel like a real ass.
It wouldn't work in IT racing because the variety of cars/specs to deal with. The lack of known legal parts being available for comparison is also a major problem.
So, I don't know how you 'fix' it.
I think the last thing we need is a competitor deciding what the teardown bond is going to be. Perhaps teardown bonds should be $50/hr for whatever time is specified in those 'books' the shops use.
It is easier to police in classes where everyone has very similar equipment.
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Daryl DeArman
[This message has been edited by Quickshoe (edited September 19, 2004).]
