All UTV's Race chassis?

[matt68]

Are the chassis specs for each race series different or can one build compete in them all?

 

[Wild Earp]

What series are you looking at? You'll need to check the specs for each series, and build something that fits those specs, but that should be pretty easy. Are you looking at desert racing, or short course?

 

[matt68]

Ultimately the San Felipe 250 but any race is a good one. Here in Northeast all I can find are track type courses. I would like to build one chassis "for all seasons" type of thing. I can always switch out suspension or engine as needed. I just want to find out if one build (roll cage, shock tower mods, etc) would work. We just got the bare frame and are trying to decide which way to go.

 

[Wild Earp]

Build for SCOREs rules, and you will be fine anywhere. They are the most stringent. But I would double cross check with the BITD rules also, as they are almost as stringent.

 

[Wild Earp]

Yes, you can build a car that will work for both. A few of the short course SR1 racers have also done the BITD race. But a purpose built car specifically for that style of racing will work better. But it will be easy to build a desert specific car that will be legal in all the big and small desert events. SCORE has the strictest rules, so I would build for them and go from there.

UTV racing in SCORE is only Sportsman, so they let you make some changes that you can not do in the PRO class in BITD.

What kind of car are you building?

 

[matt68]

That's what we're deciding on. We have a 2010 Teryx frame to work with as a starting point. I'll have to get a copy of the SCORE rules. Thanks.

 

[Wild Earp]

Sweet. If you don't already have a motor package, I would suggest looking at the BITD DSR1 class (which uses street bike 1000cc motor swaps).

 

[matt68]

Would that engine limit me to the BITD races?

 

[Wild Earp]

SCORE is "run what you brung" Sportsman rules. So you can run anything in it. WORCS is by engine CC only, so you should be able to run in Class 1 in it.

 

[450grl]

Yes, us SR1's are allowed to race WORCS UTV Class 1 with our R1 motors....very cool!

 

[matt68]

I just finished reading an article about a Teryx build. First thing they did after stripping off everything was to have the factory powder coating stripped off the chassis. It doesn't say why, or what it was replaced with. Is normal? Can anyone tell my why and whats replaces it? Thanks!

 

[450grl]

I would say it's because it's much easier to weld on a stripped chassis - they will be doing a lot of welding, I'd imagine, if they are putting in gussetts and adding a modified cage. Once the entire chassis is done, they will either leave it naked like a few do, or powdercoat the whole thing the color they want.