Originally Posted by
TomL
Jeff - Sorry I got side-tracked in midcomposition and posted without rechecking what you'e put up in the meantime. I really don't think that moving the cars to ITB is going to have any real effect on 12a participation. All the IT7 guys I'm sure will stay in IT7. Unless you get rid of IT7 - then I'm sure the numbers will go way down. A few might go to ITB, but for the reasons Jake cites, I know it won't come close to the number you'll lose from IT7.
In the grand scheme of things, yes, it would have been better to have put rx7s in ITB back in the day, but Jake is right - that ship has long ago sailed. IT7 is the way to go until the class dies a natural death. Just don't single it out for euthanasia, ahead of dozens of less subscribed classes.
BTW, unless the allowed weight goes up by 420 pounds (to 2700 lbs) in a switch to ITB, current IT7 cages will at least still be legal under the new cage rules. It would have been a problem under the old [idiotic] cage rules for SS cars where the cage weight limit for 0.095 x 1.5 was at 2200 lbs w/o driver (i.e. 2380 lbs all up), instead of the current 2700 all up.
Jake - That's at least the second time you've implied that the IT7 cars down here aren't legal. I can't speak for all of them but I'm pretty confident that all the serious ones down here have legal engines. I 'm sure mine are and I haven't been noticeably outrun on a straight in years. I used to have it happen occasionally but that was at least 6-7 years ago. So unless you want to name names, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop smearing our integrity.