MSA TORA Fun Friday - 06/07/12 - 8pm BST

Friday night will feature a couple of different races throughout the night to make things a little different. Details will be finalized tomorrow, but the overview is we will have a Transit Trophy (featuring the...iconic Ford Transit) and the 24 Minutes of Lemons which will feature the lowest of the low class of racing around one of the shortest tracks I can find. The 24 Hours of Lemons in real life (yes it's a real thing) is all about sticking to a small budget and racing around a small track at about 80mph maximum for 24 Hours. We won't have a budget, but the essence of Lemon will be there. We will also be having a Hillclimb championship which will use the hillclimb part of Fuji Kaido and the cars will range from the Unlimited class featuring the Suzuki Pike Peak and Audi Quattro to a more restricted class with set rules.

Details will be announced tomorrow for the Lemons race and Hillclimb, but the Transit Trophy will be run to these specs:

Transit Trophy Rules and Regs

PI -B430

350bhp
465 lb-ft Torque
3,618lbs

Sport Tyres
Full Width
Standard bodywork
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1 wheels
Standard size rims

Race Clutch
Street Transmission
Race Driveline
Street Differential

Race Brakes
Race Suspension
Sport front and rear Anti-roll bars
Full rollcage
Full weight reduction

Sport Air Filter
Sport Fuel System
Race Exhaust
Race Camshaft
Stock Valves
Stock Displacement
Stick Pistons
Sport Turbo
Stock Intercooler
Stock Oil and Cooling
Sport Flywheel

Stock Engine
RWD

The race will take place around Ladera Test Track Full Circuit, and damage will be set to Limited as there is a pit lane. Grid will be set to random and it will be a standing start.

24 Minutes of Lemons Rules and Regs

Cars must be a maximum of PI F125

Cars must have less than 100bhp

No engine or drivetrain swaps and no aspiration conversions are allowed.

Cars must run on standard tyres with standard wheels. You may change the tyre width.

Adjustable aero is prohibited, however you may add third party bodykits.

You may not carry out any Platform and Handling upgrades or Drivetrain Upgrades.

The race will take place around Iberian Mini Circuit, and damage will be set to Limited as there is a pit lane. Grid will be set to random and it will be a standing start.

TORA's Race to the Sky Rules and Regs

The race will take place up Fujimi Kadio Old Hill Climb. The Unlimited Class will feature anything you can make that will get you up the hill in as quick a time as possible. The only cars that are banned from the Unlimited class are Le Mans Prototypes including all modern day ones and older spec ones, such as the Porsche 962 and 911 GT1. I am going to allow the Audi Quattro and SX4, however they will probably walk it compared to any production cars made up. Damage will be set to Limited to stop people driving along the walls.

Enjoy!

Just hoping that these will be three separate meets over the course of the evening? Chances are I can make one of them, but I'll have to figure out just which one it is.

Wish I could, so want to race the transits! Can it be round the ring, that is the best race on forza

In.
Hopefully I will be able to get in tonight.

Please let me know who will be hosting and I'll try to get in earlier in case of problems.


Do we need to prepare a car for the lemons and hill climb?

Thanks

Hopefully I get up in time, 5 am start :/

If 8PM BST is 5AM for you, wouldn't NATCC races be at 1PM your time?

hold on, 8pm is 5am (9 hours gap)
2am is 11am (9 hours gap) aint it?

Yep, what day r they? Because depending on the day I'd be able to, maybe, didn't realize that would be the time for me for those!
And yes chucky, whats that 4?

Mickey said it was 1PM your time but its 11AM your time.

This is run on Tuesdays but I get confused with the whole time shift thing What day is it to you now lol

If you are used to driving follow mode you'll have fun driving the Trany Van!

Nice setup, it drives well.

I love trannies!!

...Yeah I'll be doing this.

IN

BG Chucky 82 wrote:Mickey said it was 1PM your time but its 11AM your time.

This is run on Tuesdays but I get confused with the whole time shift thing What day is it to you now lol

Sorry for the late reply, at this current moment, it is Friday the 6th at 9:20 pm, so it's same day but 12:20 pm BST, correct
And that sucks, so it'd be Wednesday at either 1 pm or 11 am my time, right in the middle of school :/

Correct it will be Wednesday for you

Can we please do the Kaido "Ice Climb" again?!? 100% grip handicap - 20 mins to the top!

Also, grab Armipotent Adam's Humvee tune off the storefront and race that - it's the most roly-poly wibbly car you've ever driven, and rather hilarious!

Oh, and soapbox racing?!?

Sorry, I just like the "fun/silly" races!

Ice climb... That sounds awesome Grab a big meaty SUV and slide all the way up

Trust me, you will get stuck at some point and have to backtrack. The first time we did it, it took about 15 minutes for anyone to get past the waterfall!

Whatever we don't do today we'll have to do another time

What about a Ultimate Aero / Hennessey Venom race with 100% rear grip handicap

I remember Duke showing me 1 that was made in forza 2, it's old hill climb, -75% power, -20% front and rear grip handicaps in the VW rabbit golf, record was 21 minutes, my first was 28 then 22:57, good fun, but frustrating and you have to throw everything you know about racing out the window

A friend and I did the Fujimi in 59 Cadillacs, with a whole field of AIs driving the same boats.... it was ridiculous seeing all those tail fins on that circuit.

I'll be in for the Tranny race, assuming Xbox LIVE is working properly later.

Updated with rules and regs, racing will start at 8pm

There is a warning out from Xbox Support that there could be some major issues on XBL tonight, we we'll just have to try out best with it.

CQR HABURi wrote:I'll be in for the Tranny race .

i lol'd

I am having issues as well.

www.xbox.com/servicealerts


So, if I can get online, I will be in for the LeMons race.