[Vintage-race] FIA Spridget and Webber Question

[MICHAEL CARPENTER]

Gee there will be a lot more backmarkers to have to get by ;^)).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charles christ" <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
To: "Stewart Smith" <56887 at msn.com>; "JWoesvra" <JWoesvra at aol.com>; 
<dmeadow at juno.com>; <franks97 at verizon.net>
Cc: <vintage-race at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] FIA Spridget and Webber Question


> so much for a big block chevy with injection mated to a transaxle midship 
> in my saab?   LOL!  ;)  (we now posess 3 '60 saab 93F's!  look out next 
> season!  *grin* )
>
>
> SVRA group 1 official "greeter" car (evryone passes me at least once per 
> track session)...LOL!
> chuck
> '60 saab 93F #251
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Stewart Smith <56887 at msn.com>
>>Sent: Jul 14, 2007 11:39 AM
>>To: JWoesvra <JWoesvra at aol.com>, dmeadow at juno.com, franks97 at verizon.net
>>Cc: vintage-race at autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] FIA Spridget and Webber Question
>>
>>I thought the FIA allowed any carb as long as it was fitted to the 
>>unaltered
>>original manifold. There is always someone who knows of a Sprite that ran 
>>with
>>twin Webers and eight port head, or that 1480 cc engine and 6" wide
>>tires...... like the Spitfires and GT6's that run Webers because Triumph 
>>ran a
>>GT6 with Webers in the Macau GP (honest according to Kastner that was it 
>>in
>>1967?) which would make that an interesting car but doesn't grandfather 
>>Webers
>>for all Spits and GT's. Out West here there is a 1967 cut off date in HMSA 
>>and
>>CSRG and I know that CSRG tries to check cars for proper configuration 
>>when
>>they join (they don't make guest cars toe the line ) but many good people 
>>will
>>update their cars after their vehicles are accepted.
>>
>>The thought is that it's a gentleman's sport and gentlemen will not 
>>"update"
>>and gentlemen won't complain. I always figured if your car wasn't raced at
>>Lemans then maybe the SCCA guide lines should work? Or if you want to go
>>faster find a different car? The only pain is self inflicted.
>>
>>Stewart Smith