DBryan
05-26-2013, 06:25 PM
Hello all. I have been looking at getting into racing for about two years. I will continue dreaming about it for a few more years because mid August I will be moving to and living in Germany for the next 3-4 years (Military). But, I could potentially pull the trigger on a racecar in the next year or so while I'm over there (if logistically possible).
Previous Experience: I have zero friends who race and have absolutely zero experience. I have never even been on a racetrack. I plan on attending some HPDE events in the Southeast June thru July with my C5Z06 (bonestock). Four years ago I began building my FFR MK3.1 Roadster and I absolutely loved building it. It was finished a year ago and was a great experience that I would love to do again with my son. I originally had put in an order for a Challenge car but at the time my interests were more geared towards customization rather than racing and I didn't want to go with a stock 302 and 2.73 gears so I changed the order to a Roadster. Its cool, because I put WAY too much money into that thing (some of which I regret) and would never want to scrub with anyone on the track.
My Interests: I don't want to race anything less than 8 cylinders but don't have the deep wallet for AI/AIX/ST2/ST3. I have spent hundreds of hours researching CMC. Also briefly thought about Spec Miata but that would hold my interest for about one season then I'd be looking for V8 thunder. CMC seems really cool, except there are so many different platforms and rules to create parity between them. Since I built the Roadster, I feel I am very familiar with the foxbody drivetrain and FFR Challenge chassis thus is very attractive here. Also, the fact that there is only one platform and less disparity in the rules is also another attractive feature.
5 years ago when I almost ordered the Challenge car, the rules kept me from going that route. However, ultimately the current rules have creeped into allowing gears and the trickflow top end kit along with some brake options. Kinda funny how it worked out, because my Roadster has a trickflow top end kit and 3.27 gears with Cobra Brakes. So anyways...
Questions:
1. How many FFRC cars on average show up to race against in Texas? How many CMC?
2. Would be awesome if my TF top end will swap over to an FFRC....Any chance this is possible?
3. I seen what seemed to be a competitive FFRC built forsale for about $28500....is this about what it costs to build?
4. Anyone have an idea what their operating costs per year are versus CMC?
I obviously have plenty of time to sort things out. But right now its CMC vs FFR. I have read a couple posts regarding a diminishing FFRC groups running. This concerns me because I want to run in a class against like platforms and not in ST2. But again, I only have perceptions to go off of. I'm sure even if I was on the track in ST2 I'd be having a ball either way, but in my mind, I think I would rather race against like platforms. Again just my pre-conceived perceptions of what I think I want.
Thanks in advance.
Previous Experience: I have zero friends who race and have absolutely zero experience. I have never even been on a racetrack. I plan on attending some HPDE events in the Southeast June thru July with my C5Z06 (bonestock). Four years ago I began building my FFR MK3.1 Roadster and I absolutely loved building it. It was finished a year ago and was a great experience that I would love to do again with my son. I originally had put in an order for a Challenge car but at the time my interests were more geared towards customization rather than racing and I didn't want to go with a stock 302 and 2.73 gears so I changed the order to a Roadster. Its cool, because I put WAY too much money into that thing (some of which I regret) and would never want to scrub with anyone on the track.
My Interests: I don't want to race anything less than 8 cylinders but don't have the deep wallet for AI/AIX/ST2/ST3. I have spent hundreds of hours researching CMC. Also briefly thought about Spec Miata but that would hold my interest for about one season then I'd be looking for V8 thunder. CMC seems really cool, except there are so many different platforms and rules to create parity between them. Since I built the Roadster, I feel I am very familiar with the foxbody drivetrain and FFR Challenge chassis thus is very attractive here. Also, the fact that there is only one platform and less disparity in the rules is also another attractive feature.
5 years ago when I almost ordered the Challenge car, the rules kept me from going that route. However, ultimately the current rules have creeped into allowing gears and the trickflow top end kit along with some brake options. Kinda funny how it worked out, because my Roadster has a trickflow top end kit and 3.27 gears with Cobra Brakes. So anyways...
Questions:
1. How many FFRC cars on average show up to race against in Texas? How many CMC?
2. Would be awesome if my TF top end will swap over to an FFRC....Any chance this is possible?
3. I seen what seemed to be a competitive FFRC built forsale for about $28500....is this about what it costs to build?
4. Anyone have an idea what their operating costs per year are versus CMC?
I obviously have plenty of time to sort things out. But right now its CMC vs FFR. I have read a couple posts regarding a diminishing FFRC groups running. This concerns me because I want to run in a class against like platforms and not in ST2. But again, I only have perceptions to go off of. I'm sure even if I was on the track in ST2 I'd be having a ball either way, but in my mind, I think I would rather race against like platforms. Again just my pre-conceived perceptions of what I think I want.
Thanks in advance.