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ground clearance period e - f
Last year our scrutineers checked ground clearance in the pre 65 GT and touringcar race (national race under appendix k). They checked with a 100mm block of wood which my TVR almost cut in 2 with the aluminium anti roll bar blocks. This weekend we checked the bumpsteer - so without shockers I did put the car on 100mm ground clearance , the sump and exhaust are lowest parts. The car looked lets say very strange (Paris Dakar TVR). Apart from that I think ground clearance for that car shoud be 60mm. But anyway what about ground clearance in Albion?
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Hi Esper, I ,m pretty sure that the required clearance is as you say 100mm at the lowest point of the car.We never had a problem with it.Once we had determined the best spring rates,that is .
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i remember that in scrutineering TVR's Healeys MArcos etc all didn't cope with the mighty block!
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Sounds Illegal!
All such ground clearance checks MUST be carried out on a CERTIFIED level surface. The tool used to check the gound clearance must also be certified and should be made of aluminium not wood!
I have seen Scrutineers checking a cars ground clearance on cambered surfaces and on grass! I find the whole thing somewhat ironic as the F3 Reynard I used to own had in the manual details of the ground clearance I had to run yet the recommended ground clearance was 20mm lower than the MSA regs would allow! A few years back a Scrutineer started checking the ground clearances and I objected to him checking my car when other cars were not being checked! His attitude was that he was picking on the cars that were likely to fail! When I told him that if he didn't check all the cars I would report him to the MSA he rather grumpily went over to check a bunch of Mod Prod Westfields - the first two he checked failed! I am uncertain how you would go on if your car is presented in 'original' condition and fails the ground clearance test - I would suggest that the regulations are in error! |
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you do get exceptions for certain parts of certain cars . . .for example the TCAs on a Cortina are always lower than 4" . . . ecen at girraffe ride height !
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FIA Regs clearly state it as the lowest point on the car.As in gts etc .
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exhausts are exempt . . .and if theyre any lower they're usually removed, by tarmac (or the leading edge of my trailer !)
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So that must be why the works ran them on the side
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The key word is FLYING
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