Elio Racing

[goofyone]

I will have to find the reference however I do remember reading about some ideas Elio Motors has for racing including some interesting inexpensive entry level spec road racing and autocross. Essentially the plan is to make available a choice of handling and brake upgrade kits for about $5K which would be the only allowable mods other than required safety equipment along with appropriate wheels and tires. This is intended to make it relatively inexpensive for anyone to just buy and modify their vehicle and go racing with a vehicle which is also their daily driver.

 

[Craig]

I wonder what a stock Elio will turn on a quarter.
I say 17.8 ET. and 75 MPH for a Stock Elio.
Anyone got any infro. on that?

You can run bracket and not have to modify anything.

 

[Jambe]

Whatever you do, don't do this with your new Elio...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=676344239121707

(Motorcycle stunt riding)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=949146958445050

(Gets interesting at 1:56)

 

[BlioKart]

I will have to find the reference however I do remember reading about some ideas Elio Motors has for racing including some interesting inexpensive entry level spec road racing and autocross. Essentially the plan is to make available a choice of handling and brake upgrade kits for about $5K which would be the only allowable mods other than required safety equipment along with appropriate wheels and tires. This is intended to make it relatively inexpensive for anyone to just buy and modify their vehicle and go racing with a vehicle which is also their daily driver.

Interesting. Maybe some of those 25 pre production Elio's can be turned into racers after they are no longer needed.

 

[JEBar]

Whatever you do, don't do this with your new Elio...

I wouldn't try that with someone else's Elio much less with one I owned ..

Jim

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

If it exists, it will be raced. Right down to earthworms.

 

[Jim H]

If it exists, it will be raced. Right down to earthworms.

And we have annual duck and turtle races here in Southern New Mexico

 

[hawg_ryder]

I will have to find the reference however I do remember reading about some ideas Elio Motors has for racing including some interesting inexpensive entry level spec road racing and autocross. Essentially the plan is to make available a choice of handling and brake upgrade kits for about $5K which would be the only allowable mods other than required safety equipment along with appropriate wheels and tires. This is intended to make it relatively inexpensive for anyone to just buy and modify their vehicle and go racing with a vehicle which is also their daily driver.

Sounds sort of like Formula Vee racing... Rules require the use of the same specified components which keeps the cars on a more or less even footing... Makes it more about driving skills and less about who has the most "cubic" dollars... Sounds like fun!

 

[goofyone]

Sounds sort of like Formula Vee racing... Rules require the use of the same specified components which keeps the cars on a more or less even footing... Makes it more about driving skills and less about who has the most "cubic" dollars... Sounds like fun!

It does sounds like a lot of fun and also fairly inexpensive fun which is rarely the case with racing. The idea does fit the Elio Motors way of thinking very well.

 

[hawg_ryder]

It does sounds like a lot of fun and also fairly inexpensive fun which is rarely the case with racing. The idea does fit the Elio Motors way of thinking very well.

Actually, now that I think about it solo autocross racing is fun and you could jump into it on day one... I sold my Tri-Power 69 Vette to a buddy of mine many years ago and he took up the sport for a while and had a blast doing it... Since you're racing yourself against the clock there's less chance of you dinging the little beast, unlike regular road racing where you're banging fenders with other gear heads... Remember what Duval said: Rubbin' is Racin'
Here's a link I found to the Houston SCCA chapter explaining how it works and the classes...
http://www.houscca.com/solo/aboutsolo.php I'm sure there are other chapters all across the country...