Measure your timing struts

[Mrs Kipper]

New MSA regs for timing struts from 1st Jan 2009. They now have to be 270mm in height. Have you ever seen a scrutineer with a tape measure 😬

 

Mrs K

[neil.cavanagh]

maybe the tape measure will be on the side of the exhaust emmissions equipment they will be issued with from 1st jan.... *tongue* 😬 😬

[Mrs Kipper]

😬

 

Mrs K

[Englishmaninwales]

FFS....Ive just carved and carefully shaped a new one

[Mark Durrant]

Bad luck Malcolm especially as Burberry is hard to get in your locality 😬

[Silver 21]

Malcolm

 

You are not supposed to make your timing strut out of solid oak 😬, although certain people above like attaching large lumps of wood (often called a tree) to the front of their car 😬

 

Graham

Looking for a new vocation in life or is that a vacation

[Tam]

Mrs K - I HAVE seen a scrutineer with a tape measure - and he was looking at our wheel nuts 😳

 

Better measure the timing strut when I get home

 

Tam

Drowned Rat Racing

 

 

[david nelson]

Just looked at the 2008 blue book and could not find that the size was changing. I have measurements of 254 by 51

 

is this right?

 

David

[Mark Durrant]

I have just checked the Blue Book for 2007 and 2008 and there is no change as the increased size is from 2009.

 

The following extract is from this years book, section Sprints, Hillclimbs and Drag Racing on page 316:

 

General

 

67. Timing Struts – Where timing is activated by a light beam, the vehicles will be fitted at the front with a vertical timing strut, minimum vertical height 254mm,

the bottom of which shall be not less than 180mm and no more than 200mm from the ground. The strut will be in matt black on both sides, over its total area, which

shall be not less than 254mm by 51mm. No other, or further forward, part of the vehicle may interrupt these dimensions or actuate the timing.

 

Mark D

Comp Sec

 

 

Edited by - Mark Durrant on 9 Mar 2008 18:54:22

[Adrian Williams]

I cut out the section in autumn's 'motorsports now' listing ratifications, 270mm strut is from 1st Jan 2009 so 254mm for this year only.

 

If you're going to make or buy one I'd make sure it's 270mm to save having to do it again next year.

 

The one I bought 5 years ago from JW is 270mm already ❗ Must have seen that one coming then 😬

 

Adrian