Our 2 race Imps and drivers made it through their first race weekend. On the tracka s competition was a Fiat Abarth with a 1 ltr in it.
A good friend and the competition chairman for the racing club complimented the driver on a good day of driving and such when he mentioned that he and the other Fiats may have some competiton with the 2 Imps this year... His response was "they'll never touch us".
As it was, Jonathan was staying in the back to get through his probation period without incident and avoided passing except in areas he was really comfortable in. It was also his first time in his Imp (he drove his Honda Element the first day for novice day). Jonathans Imp is a 875 bored 40 over and a MkII head that I ported (not cc'd) witha r17 cam. I balanced all the pistons and rods as close as my scale would go. It's power is diverted to the road through a close ratio box which allowed him to hit 9500rpm in fourth on the straights. Exhaust is a Hartwell single weber manifold.
I've added a link to the track we run at. It has a loooong straight on it, and some elevation gain. It's usually traveled counter clockwise.
http://www.pacificraceways.com/info/fm_choose.cfm
So what ya think? Do Imps usually beat Abarth Fiats? It would be great to feed some Humble Pie to the guy
Alan "Dr.Evil, Pacific North West Imp club race team manager and engine, car, trouble maker" Petersen
