Roadster pick up in STR?

[zenndog]

Has anyone ever run a 26/27 roadster pick up in street roadster? Would it be allowed?

[NathanStewart]

Yes, a T RPU would be allowed.  I've seen few A rpu's run in STR before but there's no reason why you couldn't run a T. 

[Stan Back]

It sure would make it hard to get a lot of the driver out of the wind with the short passenger compartment.  I'd guess it would be harder than the 26-27 roadster, a few of which look like they're hauling an oil-drilling rig.

Stan

[Tman]

Cword here and on the HAMB is part of the North of the 49 Crew and they run a roadster pickup.

[4-barrel Mike]

Cword here and on the HAMB is part of the North of the 49 Crew and they run a roadster pickup.

Their website http://1149.ca/ hasn't been updated for several years. 

Believe they are now running a B/GRMR (see last year's results):
18  1149  N49 Racing  B  GRMR  0.000  230.192  Ted Allan

Mike

[Tman]

Cword here and on the HAMB is part of the North of the 49 Crew and they run a roadster pickup.

Their website http://1149.ca/ hasn't been updated for several years. 

Believe they are now running a B/GRMR (see last year's results):
18  1149  N49 Racing  B  GRMR  0.000  230.192  Ted Allan

Mike

Yeah the RPU was set aside but I think Mike mentioned they were going to dust it off?

[n49racer]

Hi everyone. Yes we ae running the B/GRMR now but the RPU is in the garage. After the Jesel boys bumped our record in B/GSTR we didn't know if the RPU would be slippery enough to challange. We felt the step from the cockpit down to the top of the box was a negative. The cramped cockpit was a problem as we had to sit more out in the wind than we liked, of course being 250 Lbs had nothing to do with it. 

We had a bit of a problem trying to get enough weight forward. When the car was built it weighed in at 2600#s with the bias being 65/35. When we stopped using the truck it was 4200#s which put us at about 55/45. the truck did like more weight forward.

[Tman]

Thanks for the details!

[zenndog]

Thanks for the comments and the details about your truck.

I was wondering about the model T cockpit size restraints. and the other issues regarding the way the bed fits the body. Which are similar issues to the model A truck.

[Stan Back]

One thing sure to be checked would be the bed height in relation to the body.  Be prepared to substantiate that.

[zenndog]

I have a 26/27 real steel body. I hope it meets the specs.

Why don't they just tell us in the rule book what grill shell we have to use? What is grill 530 sq inches? I assume it is a 32. But I guess that it is a bobbed 32 grill, so bobbed how much?

[zenndog]

I could modify the post above but I will leave my snarky post. It is a 1928 ford right? It was in a different part of the rulebook.

[n49racer]

We used a 28/29 body with a 32 grill. I assume you could us any Ford grill. I still don't understand the 530sq.in. as I don't think the 32 grill even fits that requirement. We used an automatic in the truck because we found it just too hard to get a standard in there with all the associated hardware and roll cage. Plus we had a sponsor for the automatics.
I believe the T body would be much more aero as there is no step at the cowl and no posts. The body is fisically smaller. We looked at putting a 26/27 body on the truck chassis but I decided the new car direction was the better way to go. You never know but the truck may see the salt again as racer or as a street car left as is less the cage.

[maguromic]

I believe the 530 minimum is bases on a model A grill, a  32 is more than that.  Tony

[Stan Back]

The T body is physically smaller.  That's part of the problem in Street Roadster.  The driver's compartment is both shorter and lower.  And the hood is shorter.  All make the driver stick out in the wind a great deal more, al least with a V-8 motor.  The 530" is based on a 28-9.  But you can use the stock T if you're using a T body.  Read the book, then read it again.