Originally Posted by besty22

Anyone got a new scorpion?

Originally Posted by NOFX

Hi Guys
Just a quick post asking everyone to hold off on purchasing 540 motors for the festival as there will be a handout 540 motor this years’ event. Originally the 540 class was left pretty simple so it made it easy for everyone to “give it a go”. Now the event is having a wider appeal our aim is to ensure everyone is competing on a level playing field.
We understand the potential that it makes the event look too serious, we actually believe it will add to the relaxed nature of the event as its one less thing to worry about, you know that the guy next to you has an identical motor

I have discussed this with a few of the key guys (Ed, Rob, Baggz, Bormac and Wiggy). The consensus is a handout motor is the best solution. I do understand it’s an extra cost but you’ll only buy the max number of 540s you’d need for 1 day (i.e. you reuse the motors you use on Saturday for Sunday, so if you’re running 2 classes with 540 on Saturday and 2 x 540 classes on Sunday, you’d only buy 2 motors and you hand them back Saturday afternoon and pop them in on the Sunday morning.) Extra motors will be available to purchase from race control on the day, though expect to pay a premium if you cooked yours due to over-gearing, lol

We’re also asking that the motors don’t get “run-in” by any method and no comm-drops are to be used at all during the event. Simply pick them up from race control, oil the bushings and bolt them into the car. Simple maintenance such as cleaning the motor and oiling of the bushes is fine.

We have a couple of options on the motor type (dependant on suitable supply) and we will advise the exact model as soon as we know but it will be a standard 540-j type motor, 27 turn

if anyone has real dramas with this, cant afford it etc, please pm me and we'll discuss, i'll know a price soon once we've sorted it out but I imagine the most we'd be looking at would be $12-13 a motor and then you have motors for the year!

One other thing, with the re-release of the Scorpion announced, we’re happy to let you know that its eligible for the purist class and of course 2wd stock/mod

Originally Posted by cleatus

Son of a motherless goat

Just realised that I am supposed to be heading north on family holidays on the sat morning of the vintage fest

So I will only be attending on the Saturday, of which none of my cars would be in

So at this point I will be a marshal and general roustabout for the day , unless I can alter the travel plans for the second time for this holiday

The vintage god's hate me

Originally Posted by ozipanda

Yes Chris, it has been a while, almost 2 years! It will be good to see you at the Festival this year. As above there will be handout motors for all stock (540) classes.

Originally Posted by nckmat

If you can find 3D CAD drawings of the part you want, I can get the boys at work to print it out in ABS. We do have another plastic but I can't remember what it is, but it is more for prototyping in small scale.

Originally Posted by besty22

If you are serious about that, I know a good 3d cad draftsman (lol)
I would love to draw that up and get new cages made.
Any idea how much they would cost?
They are fairly large and complex.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Capt_Splatt

Baggz is right, it'll be great to have you back in the mix.

As for the boots, I just ordered some 4x11x4 bearings off the bay and went with with the usual Tamiya 2" jobbies for the front. You should be able to do the same with 2.2s if doesn't look too silly.