Ok, I'm going to restart this discussion.
Recent updates in the classifieds has gotten me to thinking about another potential project, and that's the first-gen Toyota MR-2. I'd always thought it was a potential ITA car, but as I understand it the general consensus was it could not get to its ITA weight. fine, so folks pushed to move it to ITB.
Well, I just looked up in this year's Fastracks, and I see it was moved to ITB, but at 2525 pounds?? Is that a misprint??
The stock horsepower on this car is 115, right? For comparison, the stock horsepower on the Mk3 Golf is also 115, but it's in ITB at 2350#? Stock horsepower on the Honda Civic DX is 92 ponies yet it's in at 2240#? What's the horsepower on Dave's Honda Prelude Si at 2450 pounds?
This has GOT to be a mistake, otherwise I think the ITAC has basically told the car to go straight to hell. *I* certainly wouldn't consider buying/building one at that weight.
175 pounds weight penalty (almost 8%!!!) with only 115 ponies and less torque?
Fuggedaboutit.
GA