Originally Posted by
lateapex911
yes, in regards to the Volvo, it was considered to be the 'bogey car' about which the others were aligned. And it was considered to be legal.
But the VW? I didn't know that was a bogey car too. My understanding was it's weight was based on a process (kinda) hp assumption. I wasn't there, for that car, IIRC, so maybe the ITAC used 'real' and 'known' numbers that were cheated up.
(I wonder if the 1st gen RX-7 suffers a bit from that stigma. When doing it, the process numbers are assumed to be higher than I've ever seen. And folk on the iTAC assured me that's easy peasy and the cars can make that. yet all the tuners I spoke with chuckled and said "Good luck". I've tried...and I've cended up short.
yet, I can list examples until I'm blue in the face of ported cars.
Now, it's all really academic as the thing cant get much lighter than it currently is, and a Process weight for my known hp (or even a bit more)would be impossible to hit by a lot.
Se la vie, it's an old car and had it's day in the sun, like many others.)