Originally posted by BVinson:
I just thought it was a little strange that the 240 can lose 230lbs and the Gsr 35lbs.
When you say "can lose 230lbs", what you are really saying is that you find it strange that the spec weight would be 230lbs LESS than it's SS weight... That doesn't really mean that the actually car itself is capable of losing that much weight with IT prep, only that the powers that be felt that the potential of the car warrented a spec weight of 2650lbs...

Perception has played a big role in the spec weights of many of these cars over the years, and it still has a small part in the process... That's why cars like the 944, with only 157hp stock, are spec'd at 2715lbs... because someone "perceived", or otherwise thought that the potential of the car warrented this much weight.

Today, we are looking at things a bit differently. We take into consideration the ability of the car to actually make weight, and use some reasonable methods of estimating power potential to try to classify the car in the correct class at an achievable weight. Our goal is to, #1, get the car in the right class to start with, and #2, to get competitiveness a little closer than it's been in the past...

This year may well be a year for finding out if we are getting in right, but, at least on paper, many of the recomendations we've made look to be along the right track...

Hopefully, we'll have IT grids full of happy competitors, all agreeing that we're doing a good job of this...

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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Renton, WA
ITS '97 240SX


[This message has been edited by Banzai240 (edited September 13, 2004).]