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Originally posted by motion
Super Vee is a Formula Atlantic chassis (Ralt RT4 or RT5) with a VW engine in it (Golf?). They're pretty cheap to pick up, but weren't as fast as the Cosworth BDA or injected Toyota engines. Cheaper to run, though. Much, much faster than FV or FF, with wings front and back and downforce tunnels.
The Super Vee's I see running around the track up here have the air-cooled flat four. I believe they are in the 2,000 cc+ range. Most obvious is that they are dual port motors running twin Webers, and the fully independant rear suspensions (as opposed to swing axles on the Formula Vee's). These are not the in-line four water pumpers. I don't know all that much about them, but they do clean up on the Formula Fords pretty easily. They do sport front and rear wings, and appear to have much more liberal rules than Formula Vee. Any of you SCCA guys out there know what these are all about? They seem pretty damn fast for the money.
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