1600+ clubman racing class for next season

[caddy]

Right lads,I'm soon gonna be buying a rebuild kit/longblock for the bug.Just wondering if anyone is building or intends to race in this class next year.
The reason I'm asking is if there isn't much interest I'll get something a bit bigger than a 1641.But if a few guys intend to race in this class I'll build something for this.
Any chance of the ban on headwork being lifted? because I want something nippy for the street as well

pancho and his brother neil are both running 1641 next year , there is no ban on head work, a restriction to stock valve sizes only.
we have used stock heads that are ported and achieved over 100hp .

this year there was lorcan, john Kelly ,shay hodnett and mike eccles running 1641 im sure they will be back for some more action.

 

[duts]

Right lads,I'm soon gonna be buying a rebuild kit/longblock for the bug.Just wondering if anyone is building or intends to race in this class next year.
The reason I'm asking is if there isn't much interest I'll get something a bit bigger than a 1641.But if a few guys intend to race in this class I'll build something for this.
Any chance of the ban on headwork being lifted? because I want something nippy for the street as well

Simple solution Johnny...........................build two engines!!

 

[johnnyg]

Simple solution Johnny...........................build two engines!!

Yeah,coz I'm shiting money at the moment

 

[kvinyl]

Yeah,coz I'm shiting money at the moment

Cool, I'll be around with a bucket in the morning...

 

[johnnyg]

Cool, I'll be around with a bucket in the morning...

Better bring a mop as well,could get messy

 

[Roadcow]

There is no Ban on Head work, just stock valve sizes. Think of it as "Restricter Plate" racing. Port it all you want, run 12 to 1 comp. ratio, ratio rockers, etc. Your engine is a pump, the valves will limit the amount of air that you can pump.

 

[tommywhite]

Is this going to take place? Ie is there any interesf

 

[caddy]

Is this going to take place? Ie is there any interest

things are a bit quiet this side of Christmas , perhaps people are waiting to see if Santa brings them a set of twin carbs.
I'm sure there will be an upsurge in interest in the new year.

 

[loadsabuses]

Is this going to take place? Ie is there any interesf

i have heard whispers of quite a few lads upgrading their engines in anticipation of the next drag day . most are keeping it hush hush.
we are looking forward to taking the Baja back to the strip to see if we can improve on the 17.8?? time it did with the 1600 lump .its now running a 1915 engine (thanks again Dave /Ben ) .the tame racing driver still hasn't taken it for a test drive yet .but we are as i said looking forward to taking it racing....

 

[johnnyg]

As of Friday morning I'm deffo going bigger.However while I save up the pennies to put together a bigger lump,I might get the 1600 checked out to see how much damage is done.If its not too bad(ie.costly),I'll fix it up and do a few race meets next year..So I'm not committing to anything yet.

 

[Guest]

As of Friday morning I'm deffo going bigger.

snap

 

[trev]

what happened friday morning Johnny?

 

[Aidan]

what happened friday morning Johnny?

I'm guessing that he bought Baz's 90.5 case

 

[trev]

I was thinking maybe johnny had some kind of life changing experience or some kind of epiphany.

Buying a machined case would have been my next guess though.

 

[johnnyg]

Stunning detective work fellas.Yeah bought Bazs' crankcase.just have to fill it with stuff now.I'll be asking a lot of questions here on what to buy as I really haven't much of a clue apart from the basics.Already looking at scat engine kits.Waste of money,I dunno,these are the questions I'll need answering.

 

[Aidan]

what to buy

Stroker crank as Graham suggested - extra CCs are always handy

 

[Guest]

there`s no replacement for displacement so they say,unless you going to boost it. remember too there`s a lot of power to be found in a good pair of heads.

what you building johnny a race engine or a fast street engine ?

 

[johnnyg]

Fast street engine is the way I want to go.Something like graham has suggested ie 1955cc.I want a reliable engine that I can have fun with on the track and strip.Anyway I won't clog up this thread anymore with my wishes and wonderings.I'll star a thread in an appropriate section when I get a few goodies tgether..

 

[Roadcow]

I'll have a 2054cc engine available just after Christmas built on a universal case.

 

[Dirty1]

Has anyone built an engine for this yet or are all the engine builds escalating to bigger capacities?

Dave what sort of times were the 1641's running last year?