ROPS changes for 2016

[Taff Striker]

I'll have the main hoop and back-stays cut out of the existing cage and replaced with 45 or 50mm tube. Luckily, Chris demonstrates that, notwithstanding what physics says, a few extra kilos towards the back of the car don't necessarily mean going slower

Having only today changed this 38mm set up



to this 45mm set up



I can tell you that the weight difference is just over a kilo

[jeffw]

You could nip round and do mine !

Do we really think going from 38 to 45mm will make any difference in a crash?

[David]

Jeff

Given that the 38mm cage is already much stronger than the chassis, and that the car weighs only 660kg with Chris in it, I have trouble envisaging the improvement.

However, if I do have to (and decide to) modify, I will raise the hoop a tad. It already meets the new requirements, but I'll go for just a bit more as I think that would add to safety.

Also, if I go MSA next year, I'll follow your lead and go "knees and boomps a daisy".

David

[RobMsport]

There is a petition on change.org to try and stop the introduction of the ROPS changes for 2016 in Road-Going classes.

https://www.change.org/p/motor-sport-as ... m=copylink

Please sign...

YES ----- just signed

[jeffw]

Also, if I go MSA next year, I'll follow your lead and go "knees and boomps a daisy".

David

Lost me !

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do B11 next year, on ZZRs to start and then Slicks once I've got a logbook. I suspect the weird and wonderful that currently inhabit B10/11 are not going to be best pleased with the sudden influx of quick(er) kitcars.

[RobMsport]

Depends on the event Jeff. I got blown away at Eelmoor on the 4th Oct(my only event in 2015 )by a very well pedalled Corsa , granted it was highly modified and double driven. My best last year was a 54 sec , this year 55 sec and the Corsa did a 51 sec for FTD. This was the FTD time for Simon last year in his bec Fury lightweight

[David]

Also, if I go MSA next year, I'll follow your lead and go "knees and boomps a daisy".

David

Lost me !

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do B11 next year, on ZZRs to start and then Slicks once I've got a logbook. I suspect the weird and wonderful that currently inhabit B10/11 are not going to be best pleased with the sudden influx of quick(er) kitcars.

HANS, knees, ......

With regard to ModSpecProd, I posted the following on the Westfield forum in a similar discussion. Others have, however, had much better experiences!

The "ModProd" anecdote. ModSpecProd (mod-prod-kits) does not normally attract many competitors on the day and frequently gets lumped together with ModProd. The class divisions are normally <1400, 1400-2000, and >2000cc. Slicks are allowed. A few years ago, I put a 1398cc 'Busa into the Striker and entered it for a season in ModSpecProd<1400. It was a most unsatisfactory experience with regard to good sport. I was invariably in a combined class with ModProd, and the cars involved were producing incredibly varied times (differences were several seconds, rather than the tenths we frequently see in road-going). Worse still, the Striker walked every event (typically by over ten seconds on faster circuits like Brands and Lydden) which ruined the championship season for the other class competitors, and was no fun at all. Other competitors' resentment resulted in BECs being excluded from ModProd by the clubs with whom the Striker had been entered for the following season. I was very glad to return to road-going.

[jeffw]

I'll be in the over 2lt class Rob.

[RobMsport]

I'll be in the over 2lt class Rob.

Ah yes , forgot the ROTREX

[jeffw]

How can you forget the Rotrex.

ModSpecProd will require FHR for 2016 as well