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t walgamuth · #1 03-28-2013, 12:16 PM

Its hard to think of a time BC has ever conceded anything.

rickmay · #2 03-29-2013, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Its hard to think of a time BC has ever conceded anything.

Is that yellow bug of yours a formula jr, or a whatchacallit?

I went to University of Denver in the sixties, had a 59 MGA that was serviced by a Brit (was trained in the factory) and half Indian (I call him Indian, as I cannot remember his name, but he was darn proud to be half Cherokee) and both loved messing with cars. We would get a couple of six packs and work on cars in the Indian's garage. He had a whatchamacallit, formula junior race car with a shiny metal bullet-shaped body, and if I remember correctly, it had a 4 cylinder Cosworth engine. I think the engine was mounted aft of the rear axle/transmission.

On some of the warm nights about midnight, he would take this thing out on the Valley Highway (a four land divided expressway, no lights), and we would stand out on his driveway and listen to him go thru the gears, first to to the east, then to the west, and then back home back home. I doubt it took more than four or five minutes total. I want to say that the top end was 120, but could have been as high as 140. On these quiet and warm summer nights, you could probably hear this thing 15-20 miles away.

t walgamuth · #3 03-29-2013, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rickmay

Is that yellow bug of yours a formula jr, or a whatchacallit?

I went to University of Denver in the sixties, had a 59 MGA that was serviced by a Brit (was trained in the factory) and half Indian (I call him Indian, as I cannot remember his name, but he was darn proud to be half Cherokee) and both loved messing with cars. We would get a couple of six packs and work on cars in the Indian's garage. He had a whatchamacallit, formula junior race car with a shiny metal bullet-shaped body, and if I remember correctly, it had a 4 cylinder Cosworth engine. I think the engine was mounted aft of the rear axle/transmission.

On some of the warm nights about midnight, he would take this thing out on the Valley Highway (a four land divided expressway, no lights), and we would stand out on his driveway and listen to him go thru the gears, first to to the east, then to the west, and then back home back home. I doubt it took more than four or five minutes total. I want to say that the top end was 120, but could have been as high as 140. On these quiet and warm summer nights, you could probably hear this thing 15-20 miles away.

It is a 1985 Reynard Formula Ford. With road race gears it will run 120 I am told, with the autocross gearing it will only go 85 or so but will get there pretty quickly. It has a 1.6 Ford pushrod engine sold here in Pintos with a weber carb and a header, rated about 110 hp in a car that weighs about 900#. We run Hoosier autocross compound slicks capable of about 1.3 to 1.4 G's after they are good and hot. Its a lot of fun.