Howdy,
I'm just looking for a bit more of an explanation for fuel cells for solo 1. Would anyone be able to offer a contact where I can ask a few questions?
Mark
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Re: Fuel Cell
by Ian » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:52 pm
Mark7 wrote:I'm just looking for a bit more of an explanation for fuel cells for solo 1. Would anyone be able to offer a contact where I can ask a few questions?
Your best bet is the rulebook (I'm assuming you've already checked that out), and if that doesn't answer your questions then post on the CASC website in the solosprint forum: http://www.casc.on.ca/
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Re: Fuel Cell
by craig » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:56 pm
Mark7 wrote:How so?
I don't have the draft wording in front of me, but it is to cover off the situation where someone could 'game' the classification rules by installing a monster fuel cell and/or multiple fuel cells.
As an aside, note that I am talking about the CASC-OR rules. What will be done, if anything, for the Nationals (ASN Canada FIA rules) is unknown.
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Re: Fuel Cell
by rmicroys » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:12 pm
Not sure what can be gained in a solo sprint car by installing a monster fuel cell. Maybe a little weee-weee 2 gallon one, enough for the 4 laps at a time... but a monster cell for solosprint?
Rob
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When putting my racecar back together after working on it, it's always lighter - for some reason I always have parts leftover on the workbench.
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When putting my racecar back together after working on it, it's always lighter - for some reason I always have parts leftover on the workbench.
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Re: Fuel Cell
by craig » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:56 pm
rmicroys wrote:Not sure what can be gained in a solo sprint car by installing a monster fuel cell. Maybe a little weee-weee 2 gallon one, enough for the 4 laps at a time... but a monster cell for solosprint?
Exactly. Anyone who wants to win will run as little fuel as practical.
However, if you run something like your racecar in SoloSprint, you can elect to be classed, in part, on the basis of the car's actual weight. In order for the weight to be comparable with a stock car's curb weight, the fuel cell must be full. If one has, say, two 130-litre fuel cells installed in a car that originally came with a 65-litre tank, then that's a lot of additional weight for classification - maybe enough to drop you a couple classes.
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Re: Fuel Cell
by John Powell » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:28 pm
... and then run what you think is just enough for your runs. A big advantage as fuel weighs, but if you miscalculate it can come back to haunt you ... don't ask me how I know. 
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Re: Fuel Cell
by craig » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:07 am
So, no change in fuel cell regs, but in weighing the vehicle:
If an OE fuel tank has been replaced with a fuel tank of greater than OE capacity, the weighing shall be performed with not more than maximum
OE fuel capacity in the non-OE tank.
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