Quad 4 powered midget racing.

[MidgetRacer]

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Whip City Speedway in Westfield MA. Car weight is 975 minimum without the driver, ethanol fuel, direct drive with winters type QC rear. I run a #16Q or 17 gear set which gives me a 6:35 final drive. We turn 7000+ at the end of the straight. Still uses a 92 vintage ECM (mint green plug) with a chip that was programmed by Oldsmobile Motorsports in the late 90's at the Chili bowl in Tulsa. Only a small alternator to charge a garden tractor battery, no other accessories (some have power steering) Tube header, MSD or Ford brown top injectors.

[racin17]

What are the engine rules for the class? Just curious what kind of engines you are running against. Are they all Quad 4 engines? I assume it's not that limited, so I assume there are other engines being used?

[p8ntman442]

Stock Q4, Stock TC with external crank trigger, and Ford Focus.

The quad 4 is allowed headers, 1" intake manifold spacer max, and thats about it.

Its great because your not spending $10k on a motor.

[MidgetRacer]

For the 2.3 you can run any combination of 2.3 parts as long as you run the 92 ECM and a chip that I make for the group. You can run altered cam timing. You must run the automatic flex plate in lieu of a flywheel. You can also run the late model T/C starter to save a few pounds. Most guys make a header from the LO tubular manifold but there are cars that run a header made by S&S or you can custom make one with the header for a 2.3 pinto engine (start with a Schoenfeld header and do a few mods) or you can use the right side of a ford small block header kit from Jegs or Summit. I run a 6 quart fabricated oil pan with baffles and trap doors to keep the oil around the pick up since all we do is turn left. Injectors are P&H type from MSD (no longer available) or Ford brown tops. You can also run a saturated nozzle as long as it is in the 32 to 36 PPH range. 36 is a bit rich so you get a good pop when you let up. For fuel we run CDA 20 (straight ethanol) or E-85. The spacer plate is more of a fit issue than performance. The cars steer off the left which can run into clearance issues if you are running a motor that is laid over 25 degrees to the left. All the EMS system sensors are in place including the O2 sensor but not the knock sensor.

The rules for the 2.4 T/C motor are the same with the exception that you have to run a trigger wheel on the front to get the timing right to run with the 2.3 electronics. Right now there is only (1) 2.4 running and he switched to the 2.3 about 3/4 thru this past season. I will probably start the season with a 2.4 in 2010.

We let the USAC Focus midgets run with us. They have to be the sealed SCREAM engine (Now Rousch Yates) We are lookingat other motors and the next choice will probably be the 2.2 Ecotech but that won't come for a few years. The trouble with more motors is the need for Tech inspection which we don't do now, just a safety check for age of belts and helmet and a once a year roll over the scales.