[woodcote]

Two questions

Are there rules for the 4 gear cars/ chassis.

Are we allowed to remove material from the inside of the body shell to bring the weight down to the minimum level.

Second one first - yes, you can scrape out as much weight as you want from the inside of the body shell - not the outside or from the chassis. The only exceptions are in Super Stock - two holes in the chassis for a wheelie bar; and any necessary body modifications to make it look Super-Stocky.

As for the 4-Gears... At the moment, we're pretty much aiming for 'out of the box' + braids + silicone tyres for the AW cars. For any Aurora Speciality chassis (and perhaps moving towards 4-Gear / Speciality class rules) I'd look at the T-Jet rules with differences in italics...

• Chassis: Any Auto World 4-Gear or Aurora Speciality chassis is permitted. No chassis modifications. Top (gear) plate and chassis must match.
  
• Motor: Minimum 14.0 ohm armature (eg Auto World, Johnny Lightning, Dash 3-Lam). Blueprinting allowed to include balancing and commutator polishing. No de-winding or timing adjustments allowed.
  
• Motor Magnets: Ceramic grade only. Auto World, Johnny Lightning, Dash and OS3 (red, blue and white) are allowed in any chassis.
  
• Traction magnets: Permitted. Two maximum.
  
• Electrical: Original or direct replacement pick-ups, springs, plates, rivets and brushes. Braids and shunts allowed.
  
• Braids: Must be soldered to pick-up shoes. Any braids – steel, copper or plated.
  
• Axles, wheels & gears: Any axles, wheels and crown gears. Original top plate gears only.
  
• Tyres: Any single compound tyre. Maximum diameter on wheel is 0.560” or 14.22mm. Top Fuel to use standard Auto World wheels and tyres only.
  
• Body: Pre-1979 Funny Car body for Nostalgia Funny Car. Injection moulded plastic or cast resin only. No lexan bodies. Drag or street racing liveries. Re-paints are most welcome.
  
• Maximum width: 35mm or 1.378”.
  
• Weight: Minimum weight of entire car 25g. Ballast may be added to body only.
  
• Wheelie bars: permitted.
  

I'm hoping we might see the 4-Gears flourish on the Eighth Mile. They will stay in that NTRA Stock / Super Stock ballpark because of the short strip.

As well as the Nostalgia Funny Cars, Top Fuelers and Modern NHRA Pro Stockers we saw at event #1, the option of a future Pro Mod class really interests me. There's a wide range of modern and retro bodies available as resin kits - with lots of scope for fabulous liveries - and it's a popular class in the US and in Europe...