Whoa. MIss this place....
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Whoa. MIss this place....
I'm on the ITAC still and in favor of this. 200TW and probably max 8" wheels, any diameter.
I think it will initially be a huge boon to IT. The problem, as always, is competition and...
E30 can still be competitive in ITS. Matt Reppert.....
Good post.
Not necessarily. They might still exist. They just wouldn't go to the Runoffs.
More and more, maybe it is getting older, I like simplicity. The idea of taking the top 10 or 14 or whatever classes...
I know. And we'll have to agree to disagree on that. I used to think you were pushing to "kill" IT with some of your ideas, but I get now you are not. Your vision for IT is what made it so popular...
It's a bit sad to see the fracturing of IT. The ruleset has some sort of "magic" in it. It's stable, and it produces great racing across many marques and years of production. You would think the...
No, significantly more power than the stock power targets for ITR. Like Andy said it would be unraceble in ITR at its spec weight.
There is talk of a class over ITR. Whether it happens or not I...
I'd say absolutely not. The ARRC is actually pretty poorly attended in ITS and ITA. Big S and A fields at CMP, VIR, Roebling, Daytona, etc. though.
Uh, my car doesn't have class leading torque, trust me.
The data I've seen of Miata v. RX7 v. Z car v. TR8 v. Mustang shows me that you either need slippery, or small frontal area. It IS an...
Not entirely. I think frontal area is a huge overlooked (maybe for good reason) advantage/disadvantage in IT. I see it in my car. CD sucks. But frontal area is small. It matters and probably...
I think further fracturing of classes in the SCCA (sports car STL v. non-sports car STL or whatever) is a huge mistake.
That said, I understand the issue and that I am part of the problem. I...
Dave, it's once a month. FOr the most part just dealing with letters/classification requests. We've talked in general about three bigger issues:
1. ITR power to weight based on 2750 325is which...
Hell, one year, Josh Sirota did the ITAC call from the HOSPITAL waiting for his wife to give birth. I've missed a few calls over the years due to travel but try my best to be on. Others were...
Jake thanks, and you are right. We, or at least I can say I, have dragged our/my feet too long on this. Time to get it done. I've worked hard on other ITAC issues, this one not so much and its...
Yeah, you are right, I may not be able to keep straight in my head all of the hundreds of classing decisions we made.
I can tell you this though. I volunteered a lot of time reviewing your car,...
I too agree with Andy.
I think it is entirely unfair to say the ITAC wasn't doing a good job during that time period. We routinely spent 4-5 hours on the calls, talking into the wee hours of the ...
I have to say, and this is primarily my fault, we haven't pushed this hard enough. Chip has, and is adamant, as he should be, that we get the ITB recommendations done this year. I think we can...
Yo dude! We gots the 'sperience wit odd balls.
Champeenship winning ITS TR8 right here boss. Ron started with a Jensen Wheely, then shocked the world with a winning ITS 3.8 Mustang.
Plus, we...
Yeah, the 2.0 European motor would have to be approved since it wasn't USDM.
You can't use any Renault motor in the DeLorean. Only an engine swap by the CHASSIS manufacturer is allowed. Thus, the...
They made a 2.0 (the regular four pot was 2.2) for tax purposes for sale in Italy and then sold a bunch of the leftovers in the UK in the mid 90s. EDM = European Domestic Market, such as it...
Is this the appropriate time to disclose I've actually considered and starting pricing stuff for a mid 1990s Lotus Esprit with the European DM 2.0 motor for STL?
Take that, FWD shitboxes!
Yeah, I agree -- I think frontal area is a more significant factor at this level of racing than CD. It seems to play out in the real world as well. My car has crappy CD, but is tiny. Seems to do...
But with all due respect, that's due to assumptions that CG is lower, that CD is lower, and that frontal area is smaller. That MAY be the case, or it may not. My gut non-scientific observation is...
Damn -- I feel for you, and I mean that. I know you tried to setup STL as purely objective based on displacement to avoid some of the subjectivity in the IT process, and it looks like there is...