The Kent engine is still run in the States, along with the Honda, the Honda has a restrictor plate in the inlet manifold, limiting the power to that of a top tune Kent, The SCCA put a proposal to Ford for a modern engine, this was turned down, and it was only after Honda came onboard with the Fit engine ( which we have here in every wreckers yard) that they went ahead and came out with a new block casting, that reall has been the extent of their involvement, Ford in New Zealand stopped supporting FF years ago, you used to get discounted parts, but that is a distant memory now.
The Honda engine has been adapted to many makes of chassis HPD have all the information on this, and many have done it themselves, as far as chassis goes, again you have to look to the States for any new development here, as there is more FF racing there than anywhere else, and Radon have put out a new chassis, which is quite clever.
To get a interest in FF of Formula F as they call it in the US, you have to look at what the youth of today are looking at, you don't see so called boy racers running Ford Cortina's or Anglia's around the streets, that was done by all the old farts here, they are not into Webbers, but fuel injection, and when even the most humble of a boy racer's car puts out 140 odd HP, the appeal just isn't there any more, not saying that the skill in driving is in any way diminished, and there is a great deal of skill involved in keeping an old Kent engined FF between the lines on a track, as those of us who have and still race them know, its not what the young driver of today wants/understands, hell I for the life of don't understand drifting, and many here would go along with me on that one, its not the quickest way to go around a corner, but see just how many young guys and the odd lady, go to watch or take part, there would be more competing the that form of motorsport than race in FF, so who is right, 8 to 10 cars in a National grid ? who's fooling who here?
Roger