SORCCA rules comments, suggestions, and questions

[DISTURBIN' tha PEACE]

Thanks Tim.

Too many types of a flatbed nowadays.

[War Pig]

Originally Posted by DISTURBIN' tha PEACE

Thanks Tim.

Too many types of a flatbed nowadays.

No problem.....but not really.

Tube bed: Bed made of tubing that bolts to the "c" channel frame. Can be narrowed in the rear.

Flatbed: Flat bed that is the width of the cab all the way to the back, usually with a wood deck.

Truggy bed: Tube bed that replaces the rear portion of the "c" channel frame and is a structural part of the rig.

[street.terror]

Dammit I wish I would have read this before I bought my Pitbulls.

Oh well... any excuse to buy another set of wheels and tires is a good thing.

Even If I never get to attend a proper comp. These rules give me something to build towards and limit the truck to make it more challenging to drive.

[sloppy]

Originally Posted by street.terror

Dammit I wish I would have read this before I bought my Pitbulls.

Oh well... any excuse to buy another set of wheels and tires is a good thing.

Even If I never get to attend a proper comp. These rules give me something to build towards and limit the truck to make it more challenging to drive.

Whats wrong with your pitbulls??

[street.terror]

Originally Posted by sloppy

Whats wrong with your pitbulls??

Not a thing, they're amazing. but they push my Jeep into class 2 because of there advertised OD. Side from that it is a class 1 rig.

[sally1800]

Originally Posted by street.terror

Oh well... any excuse to buy another set of wheels and tires is a good thing.

Even If I never get to attend a proper comp. These rules give me something to build towards and limit the truck to make it more challenging to drive.

There the spirit !!!!

[neillarson]

Any chance of upping the Classv3 tire max to 5.8 to allow the new RC4WD 2.2 IRoks?

[JHTreyIII]

Does an aluminum body on a wraith count as a hard body?

The girls were curious...

[johnnyh66]

If not the panels, I'm pretty sure you have 3 other hard bodies there

[neillarson]

Where does the third sit? My Duke Nukem has a lap for them.

[JHTreyIII]

Will nobody answer their question???? Geez, some people!

P.S. Neil, they're only into chicks. You'd know that if you'd read the 'who is driving your wraith' thread lately!

[War Pig]

Originally Posted by neillarson

Any chance of upping the Classv3 tire max to 5.8 to allow the new RC4WD 2.2 IRoks?

Not likely. We didn't want to touch the current rules until the end of the year.

Originally Posted by JHTreyIII

Does an aluminum body on a wraith count as a hard body?

The girls were curious...

Since those are really metal panels on a tuber then you'd get hard panel points for a tuber (-1).

[hotwheels000]

Do you have a side view. Like Tim stated if they are panels... but if it is a custom built 1 piece body, well then, thats different...

[sally1800]

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Do you have a side view. Like Tim stated if they are panels... but if it is a custom built 1 piece body, well then, thats different...

I didn't think a custom body needs to be one piece? Bronco or the Willy was not.

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Do you have a side view. Like Tim stated if they are panels... but if it is a custom built 1 piece body, well then, thats different...

They're simply rigid metal panels, War Pig was right with -1. I was being a smart ass more than anything.

[War Pig]

Originally Posted by saydee1800

I didn't think a custom body needs to be one piece? Bronco or the Willy was not.

It needs to be more than a few flimsy bolt on panels. The Willys was a complete body, I could pull it off the chassis and bolt it together.









The Bronco.....well the cab part was all one piece, the hood, fenders, battery box, and windshield frame was steel, so you tell me if that should count as a half a hardbody?



The whole reasoning behind bolt on panels not getting hardbody points is that there really isn't a performance disadvantage with aluminum panels, whereas a complete hardbody does weigh more and a body like the Bronco has a disadvantage due to its weight. We may have to figure out how to word it better so people that deserve the points get them.

I really like that Wraith, looks cool with the aluminum panels, and you did a nice job on the hood.

[sally1800]

Originally Posted by War Pig

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I could tape those wraith panels



I just goofin

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Originally Posted by War Pig

Not likely. We didn't want to touch the current rules until the end of the year.
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They'll be out next week, so we have to wait 10 months to see if they might become legal. September is 6 months away.

The rule should be 6 inch any way, at 1/8 inch scale a 6 inch tire would be a 48inch. Most of the class 3 rigs are 1/8 scale. The scaler I'm building , I'm coping a 1:1 rig that runs 49 inch tire.

With the rule being at 5.75 , a 1/8 inch scale rig ,can only go as big as a 46 inch tire.


You do know you have to power to change it .

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Originally Posted by War Pig

RC4WD actually gave all the TTC competitors in Montana those exact tires....I'm hoping that they come out with something all new for this years TTC.

I'm hoping for something like this in a 5.75" tire.

What if it's 5.8 , thats less than this _ much to big. Change the rule now and you could run it in September.

[War Pig]

So what, every time a manufacturer comes out with something that doesn't fit in the SORCCA rules we're just supposed to change the rules? That sets a bad precedence......the manufacturers know the rules and max sizes for each class, complain to them. If you really have to run these tires, Class 3 allows cut-and-shut tires, take a lug out so they are legal.