The Roaring Season

I am pretty sure Dave got them out to at least 2100cc bored and stroked but I think most of the time he was at 1980cc bored and stroked. Didn't rev them very high if I remember, about 6500 I think.

Article says Ford 289. read two paragraphs just before the clutch cylinder table

When you talk about the 'national series' for FFord in Australia you'll find that many are quite pleased that it's been detached from the V8 Supercar meetings. It was a costly arrangement and very testing, not on the driving or preparation but on the logistics and bank overdrafts. And I gather ...

Things are getting better all the time... Formula Ford racing in NZ, driven by the SIFF who have promoted a level playing field of worthwhile, enjoyable, competitive and inexpensive racing, is enjoying a resurgence which is feeding into the National Championship. This has been additionally enhanced ...

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Thanks Jamie, I'll try and catch up with him when we're up for the NI rounds Feb/Mar. Calendar is confirmed already and things are looking good. Will catch up with you hopefully then too. Won the Class 2 Championship and 5th Overall. Not too bad for an old bugger but it looks like there's going to ...

He was pushed off was he? LOL. I remember him coming up to me at Levels one meeting when I was having a one off drive in Malcolm Webb's spare VD. His words to me were "I don't know how you qualified ahead of me but I'm coming through in the first corner". My memory is a bit hazy now about what ...

December 3rd 1967 was also the opening meeting for the Timaru Motor Raceway as it too had been postponed from the previous week because of a downpour which had flooded the infield area of the circuit. Red was the star attraction with the Mustang staying over for the week and keeping many ...

[color="#0000FF"]Don't recall a speedway car, thought it was one drag racer & one circuit racer, Neil Stuart might know, anyone have contact with him? IIRC it was a darker purple or even dark blue along with green & white colours on those SPCS Monaro's.[/color] The second Monaro was sold by ...

For anyone interested SIFF Club membership forms posted on the club website here. http://www.siff.co.nz/#!siff-membership/c235h . Note this year there is also an Associate Membership at half price for non-competing supporters. The more interest and support we can get, the better. Its looking to be ...

Latest announcement on the News section on the SIFF website http://www.siff.co.nz/#!news/cgra The National Secondary School karting Championship received a boost today - the winner of a class of the Championship and a 'spot' competitor who meets selection criteria will be given the opportunity to ...

Early days yet, but SIFF now has a new website up and running. Contains all the latest info, newsletters, next seasons race dates for SIFF and NZFF. And much more. Trying to showcase FF and provide hard facts easily accessible to anyone about competing in FF. Also trying to promote FF through the ...

Announcement here http://nzmotorracing.co.nz/revamped-formula-ford-set-to-attract-large-grids-this-summer.html And in a little more detail from the SIFF Club newsletter, but still abbreviated:- [color="#000080"] SIFFC will manage and co-ordinate the NZ Formula Ford Championship from 2013/14 onwards ...

Last night’s AGM was indeed interesting. It appears there has been in recent months an un-announced working party from the upper echelons of SIFF looking at the problems facing FF in NZ and trying to find solutions. They have been working in consultation with MSNZ and NZFF Inc. and other affected p ...

"How many extra clubs do we need to form to gain sufficient votes for change? 10? 20? 30? With a minimum of I think, 15 members, required, maybe for one or two years only, what we really need is for Alfa, BMW, MG, TACCOC, ACC to split their memberships into blocks of 15, with identical ...

I'm sure we all appreciate your efforts Crunch. Last night’s AGM was indeed interesting. It appears there has been in recent months an un-announced working party from the upper echelons of SIFF looking at the problems facing FF in NZ and trying to find solutions. They have been working in c ...

You up early for today or late from yesterday, Crunch? SIFF AGM tonight and I was talking to Ian last week about some things I wanted to discuss at the AGM. He said "There will be some interesting ideas proposed for the club at the AGM" but didn't elaborate. That makes the AGM even more interesting ...

Thanks for that Dale. I have carried this discussion across to the FF thread.

From the “how many classes” thread I agree. I asked the following question to no avail in the FF thread....... "Do any clubs in the NI have clubmans meetings?" These are basically mixed saloons grouped by capacity or lap times, plus a F Libre class which gathers together all singleseaters and sports ...

Russ. Just back from a long, often very wet day at HD. Beowulf managed a win the last race of the day for Historics! He's a happy chappy. No problem with your sequence, but in your situation the four steps may need to be condensed into two! 1) Contact all FF owners not currently running. 2) Ask WHY ...