Mark, what this tells me is that Chris should be working on a belly pan to streamline the underside of the midget as well as maybe lowering to limit the air going under.
Since you've been taken out of GT.... you guys need to take advantage of what's available...
...was the grenade a swap motor or was it available in the Midget.
The "Grenade" was an original engine, destroked to comply with class displacement regulations.
Engines of that type were built by the factory for Formula Junior racing in the early 1960's. Not many made, therefore very rare and valuable for Vintage road racing in Europe.
VERY EXPENSIVE because of that. But they are "reproduced" using the same methods the factory used to originally build them.
Although the MM might be competitive initially in the I/IGT class, (like if nobody else shows up . . . ), Chris would need to go "all in" at some point to remain "competitive". I, of course, leave that decision to him, but an aerodynamically better body choice would win out over the Midget, eventually. What that might be? Who knows?
If this IGT engine swap decision had presented itself earlier, perhaps a different engine might have been chosen for the "transplant" . . . . .
Thanks for all your input guys. It is appreciated.
M
