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Originally posted by lateapex911:
Steven? You must be working too hard...
Think about this for a second...first, nobody is going to move to B just to get whipped by a new bunch of cars!
Second, lets define "overdog" ok? An overdog is a car that other cars in the class can't touch...they're like a second out in front.
So the times you mentioned.....4s at LRP and 18s at NHIS....I know a lot of RX-7s that would be THRILLED to turn those times. I think my best at LRP is mid 4s and NHIS is 18s. Add those times to the ARRC times, and tell me why you think 300lbs is appropriate, when the actual results show the car is very close to the front as is.
As long as you're here Steven, your car weighs 2480, right? and has how much torque? What are the 2.2l 5 cylinders capable of putting down in race trim? (I know you've never had a proper race engine...take a guess)
Show me how 300 pounds works empirically.
But....thanks for at least coming up with a number!
I weigh my car before almost every session to make sure that I don't come in underweight at the end of a sesion. I have found that 50lbs makes no difference in lap times. get up to 100lbs and your talking less than 1/2 a second. I figured 300 was a good number becaseu this will probably slow you down 1 to 1.5 seconds from my experiences. I was under the understanding that at LRP RX7's where easily in the 3's and at NHIS they where into the low 18's if not 17's at one point. that is how I derived my pounds. that still puts them in the top mixe of cars.