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[racerb]

Hey Jason, contact Chris Rado at World Racing, he's a Scion Factory driver and has lots of great contacts from JDM to USDM. One of his main supporters is Brian Crower of BC Cams, they make all his custom pieces for his Scions. His site is; http://www.world-racing.com/ , and he is one really great guy to work with.

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[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by racerb

Hey Jason, contact Chris Rado at World Racing, he's a Scion Factory driver and has lots of great contacts from JDM to USDM. One of his main supporters is Brian Crower of BC Cams, they make all his custom pieces for his Scions. His site is; http://www.world-racing.com/ , and he is one really great guy to work with.

racerb

I contacted BC a few weeks before ordering the Jun units, I heard a rumor they were going to build Yaris cams, but all they offer is a regrind. We have already been down that road with a well known Runoffs winning engine builder, with limited success. The problem is none of these guys are going to spend the time to develop a cam maximized for our needs - we have rules we need to meet that don't apply to the normal consumer - without a lot of R&D money on our end. Most people won't be shopping for a max lift .390 cam, using stock fuel injection, with limited port work and a stock bottom end. Welcome to Limited Prep Prod class, its a cheap engine build. :)

Buying something like the Jun cams, that supposedly has the R&D behind it, is a less costly investment than starting from scratch. If it works.

It took some poking, but I now have a tracking number. Fingers crossed it all turns out well.

[racerb]

Good luck Jason, this is one reason I left SCCA for NASA, the rules restrictions were getting to be too much! It only took me about 23 years of beating my head against the wall to figure it out and I was just running IT.

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[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by racerb

Good luck Jason, this is one reason I left SCCA for NASA, the rules restrictions were getting to be too much! It only took me about 23 years of beating my head against the wall to figure it out and I was just running IT.

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I guess the 18 years I have been at it are not enough to feel that way. The rules are black and white, and easy to follow. Everyone in my class on my prep line has the same mods, there is no guessing. The only challenge we face is that we are racing a Yaris, so parts are harder to find. That is not the Club/rules fault.

NASA, forget about it. It would triple my build cost. Screwing around with all the possible points options, no thanks. Worst of all, lack of competition and tiny fields. Which class was it that had a single car at the Nasa Nationals, PTF or something? *edit, the single car class was PTF in 2010, this year they had three cars. Sorry, but three cars at the biggest event of the year is just sad.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Spent a couple hours in Torrance, and now we have a spare head to prep for the new cams. This one only has 1200 miles on it.

[racerb]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

I guess the 18 years I have been at it are not enough to feel that way. The rules are black and white, and easy to follow. Everyone in my class on my prep line has the same mods, there is no guessing. The only challenge we face is that we are racing a Yaris, so parts are harder to find. That is not the Club/rules fault.

NASA, forget about it. It would triple my build cost. Screwing around with all the possible points options, no thanks. Worst of all, lack of competition and tiny fields. Which class was it that had a single car at the Nasa Nationals, PTF or something? *edit, the single car class was PTF in 2010, this year they had three cars. Sorry, but three cars at the biggest event of the year is just sad.

Well maybe after NASA has been around for 60 plus years, we'll have more cars at our Championship weekend. Here in NASA Southeast we don't car count issues, most of our events, Road Atlanta especially draws 375-450 cars. Yes the PT car counts aren't the greatest, but it's still a growing class only about 5 years old with new cars making the move from TT.

The local SCCA regions are loosing IT cars annually, with ITB-ITC almost completely depleated. I raced IT from 1986 to 2000 and was never allowed to relocated my battery, put in NASCAR door bars or install Lexan window. Hell the first few years I couldn't even remove the passenger seat. I like the NASA rule set better, cause I can choose the mods I want and be as stock or modified as I want.

With all the free mods availible, I will most likely only move up one class from base classing, so my '87 Celica GTS which is based as PTF will fit nicely in PTE and be extremely competitive. One thing our guys like about PT here, is they can run TT, PT, or SM and lots are running TT, PT, or Honda Challenge. The Corvette guys really like it cause they can run TT, PT, and ST2 all in the same weekend if they like.

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PS: I used to be a NASA hater, till I made the switch, now every weekend is a joy not a struggle with politics!!

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by racerb

Well maybe after NASA has been around for 60 plus years, we'll have more cars at our Championship weekend. Here in NASA Southeast we don't car count issues, most of our events, Road Atlanta especially draws 375-450 cars. Yes the PT car counts aren't the greatest, but it's still a growing class only about 5 years old with new cars making the move from TT.

The local SCCA regions are loosing IT cars annually, with ITB-ITC almost completely depleated. I raced IT from 1986 to 2000 and was never allowed to relocated my battery, put in NASCAR door bars or install Lexan window. Hell the first few years I couldn't even remove the passenger seat. I like the NASA rule set better, cause I can choose the mods I want and be as stock or modified as I want.

With all the free mods availible, I will most likely only move up one class from base classing, so my '87 Celica GTS which is based as PTF will fit nicely in PTE and be extremely competitive. One thing our guys like about PT here, is they can run TT, PT, or SM and lots are running TT, PT, or Honda Challenge. The Corvette guys really like it cause they can run TT, PT, and ST2 all in the same weekend if they like.

racerb

PS: I used to be a NASA hater, till I made the switch, now every weekend is a joy not a struggle with politics!!

Whatever floats your boat. It's good that we all have a choice that fits our wants and needs.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Now the fun can start.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Just picked up the new tow rig from Toyota... Hopefully it fairs a bit better with the two car trailer than my old tired Expedition.

[racerb]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

Just picked up the new tow rig from Toyota... Hopefully it fairs a bit better with the two car trailer than my old tired Expedition.

That's going to be my next truck. My 2001 Tundra is pushing 200,000 miles and is still towing my 20'x8 1/2' Haulmark trailer with no trouble, 4.7 engine has been plenty strong!

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