Originally posted by latebrake@Dec 20 2005, 11:08 AM
Hi Andy,

I dont know what the 240 weight is in IT. What is it? The problem with the 944 in IT just may be that the top drives arent driving many of them. All the upgrades wont fix that. If the playing field is truly level,or as flat as it can be made with machines then the bark about the 944 not being a contender in ITS is just the way of it and thats that.

On the other hand there are a ton of these cars around for donors and if its Ok for 9 to 10 hp on one side why cant it be OK on the other side? If the 240/944 are 9 Hp apart now and the 100# less for the 944 where does the math come out there? I used to know the hp/weight was but forgot. I was trying to increase the hp of my car by getting rid of some of my fat butt and somehow the 14.5# gave me one more HP seems to come to mind here. help me out some if you know. HA!!

Will the 2550# 944 have more than 9 Hp over 240 at current weight?
The 944 is going to drop 18 to 20% hp through the drive line. This can be made a little better with AT fluid in the trans and keeping the T-tube real lubed but not much. I did the AT fluid thing but put the red line back in,just didnt feel like a good idea to me.

Lawrence
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The 240's in ITS have a min weight of 2650. We have to use a repeatable process when we do this so who is driving them really doesn't matter. It's a data point, but not something that would carry any more weight than anything else.

I am not sure what you are getting at on the hp. 9hp on one side and 100lbs difference vs. 9lbs on the otherside with...what? 100lbs more for a 200lb difference? Not sure what you are asking for here.

All the numbers for the math are there for you (plus some more for you):

240SX: 194hp estimate / 2650 = 13.45
944: 185hp documented / 2550 = 13.78
944S: 210hp documented / 2850 = 13.57
Integra GSR: 200hp estimate / 2680 = 13.45

Would you like to factor in the fact the Porsches have 10% larger brakes than the Nissan (283mm vs. 257mm) and 8% larger than the Integra?

From my experience, most RWD cars drop about 18% through the driveline.

Like I said, it may not be the BEST car for the class, but it ain't crap either. The PROPOSED correction should make things much better.