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Well, the point is, that different cars have different engines with different configurrations and different injection systems and different valvetrains and different cams and different....wait for it....sizes.
So, in ITA, we have a 4.2 liter AMC, a 3.7 litre Chevy (and Buick sister), a 2.7 litre Ford, a 2.8 litre Pontiac, and a 2.7 litre BMW. ALL, by the way run at less weight than the 944 proposed weight.
I shouldn't be trotting out other cars...it's not about other cars. It's about the 944, but I did it to illustrate the variables involved.
The process is about balancing variables. Weight is one of those variables. If the prescribed weight is unattainable, it thows off the process.
The ITAC is investigating whether the car can or can not come reasonable close to the intended weight. And the guys on the ITAC are bright enough to look at the answers and ask the good questions, like: Total strip? Light hardware? What cage tubes are in? Wheels and tires? Seat? Driver weight? Fuel cell? Method of attaching the cel? And so on.
As for power, when there are well known real world numbers, those are taken into consideration. Again the aim of the process is to class properly. IF we KNOW the car makes more....or less, then we need to take that into consideration, especially when we know WHY it makes the power it makes.
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You both get the bingo. You have one set of numbers you are using and that is from aguy that is invested in making sure this product wins (good business guy) Maybe the numbers are understated? Maybe they have ot found everything there is to find. Again you have stated the process is no being applied the same and thats all I needed to here.