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The ITA 1.6 Miata weighs 2255 per the Feb Fast Track addendum.[/b]
Missed that. Thanks for the correction :)
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I think these cars are heavy as listed. *I* think the 2.0 should be around 2375, the 1.8 Golf should be 2180, the Rocco aroud 2230...all based in un-debated 'process' numbers.[/b]
Those do sound reasonable. I don't think it would be enough for the Scirocco, but it would certainly be a step in the right direction.
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For the record, I don't believe that I have seen any ITA VW's that have the development that the Integra's have, that my Miata has, and most certainly that Greg's NX has (Northeastern reference points). Until one goes 100%, it's hard to compare.[/b]
Maybe not in ITA, but there was one in ITS. Jeff Poor, now greatly missed, used to drive the wheels off of a GTI 2.0L 16V when it was in ITS at 2220 lbs. My understanding is that Jeff's car had undergone an all-out mechanical effort by SRS. It moved to ITA at 2475, quite a significant weight increase from its old ITS weight. At the old weight, I'm pretty sure that he just managed to break into the high 1:02s at Lime Rock, on occasion. I know he had some decent times at NHIS too, but I don't know what they were.
I think the GTI 2.0L 16V would have been a competitive ITA car at its old ITS weight. I don't think there's much more to be had after that. Extrapolating to the smaller displacement but similar VW 1.8L 16V, I simply can't imagine that anything over about 2150 would have any chance at all in ITA, IMHO.
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I agree, I thought the Jetta might be better. I do expect the GLI wing would help separation at the trunk and make a bit of difference. I also expect the 16v Scirocco airdam would help. The 16v rear wing looks like it would help separation more than the little 8v wing, but then again the Porshce 928 looks like it should be more aerodynamic going forward than backwards, which in 1978 was not true...[/b]
Just to clarify, both the Jetta GLI 8V (and some Wolfsbergs) and the Jetta GLI 16V had rear spoilers, but the ones that I've seen on some of the Jetta 16Vs seem to have more surface area (these are usually body colored rather than black).
The Scirocco 16V rear spoiler is identical to the last iteration of the Scirocco 8V rear spoiler. The Scirocco 16V front air dam isn't much, and would normally be replaced with something more useful under the IT rules, or simply removed (if allowed, not sure on that).