Well - yes we have to know the competition... but we should be wise about where our VW's will win. When I came back to club racing 5 years ago I knew I wanted to build and race a VW. I did research and figured out quick where the right place to be is.... ITB with an MK3... this will change.
Back when SRS was saying the 16v was good in ITA was in the mid 90's... then more cars ended up in ITA and it became less competitive. Many of the IMSA Firestone Firehawk ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...Showroom_Stock ) cars ended up in SCCA ITA. My first race car was an ex VW Firehawk car which I raced in ITA from 93-96.

There is a VW that is allowed to race in ITB that has not been build yet and that is the MK4. I have no idea if it will be slower, the same, or faster.
Anyone know if anyone is building one?