V6 Mustang Classing?

[Ron Earp]

Bill, I don't think we can reasonably expect that every single car out there be
guaranteed to fit cleanly in an IT class. it ain't gonna happen. i don't think the system has failed

Agreed.

And along those lines there are a lot of cars in the various IT classes that have anomalous classifications and they race fine. As for larger displacement engines in ITA, well, a perfect example of a car that shouldn't be in ITA but drops right in there with The Process is the TR8.

The TR8 has 133 (or 138) stock horsepower from its 3.5L V8. Let's see, we should drop that into ITA at 138 x 1.25 x 14.5 = 2501 lbs, + 50lbs for torque, 2551 lbs. Anyone here want a 3.5L TR8 in ITA?

Another is the 260Z in ITS. 163 stock horsepower. In ITS it should be classed at 163 x 1.25 x 12.5 = 2628 lbs. However, that doesn't work for the 260Z as it can't make any more power than a 240Z (and might make a tiny bit less) and the car is classed in ITS at 2480 lbs, 50 lbs heavier than the 240Z. At 2480 lbs the car is in the ballpark with the other Zs, and other ITS cars, and fits well.

Granted, these are older "legacy" cars in IT, but they are both examples of vehicles that are not so easily pigeonholed within the IT structure.

Ron