Blue Skying an STU Car

[23racer]

Oh cr&p. So what does my car have to weigh then?

It's VTS weight is 2500 lbs with driver. Add in the 5% penalty and I was looking at a running weight of just over 2625 lbs. This would mean I needed to add 125 lbs in ballast.

What is the STU weight for the car? I am getting scared that I have to add 300+ pounds of ballast to the car again..... Bolting on that much ballast can't be safe in any way.

I gotta find a download of the 2012 GCR's.

Eric

[Greg Amy]

Oh cr&p. So what does my car have to weigh then?

Your car has a 2.5L engine. The STU weight for 2.5L is 2750#.

You say your VTS weight is 2500#?

Since 2750 > 2500, you'll be classified at 2750+5% = 2888 ... - GA

[Matt93SE]

I gotta find a download of the 2012 GCR's.

Eric

http://www.scca.com/clubracing/content.cfm?cid=44472

Updated monthly there.. (and yes, with STU, you need to download and read it monthly. )

[23racer]

I just read up on this in the GCR's. It looks like I have to weigh in at 2888 lbs (2750 x 1.05 multiplier for running to a VTS). This means I have to bolt on 388 lbs of ballast to the car, . Please tell me I am wrong and that I can run to my VTS weight of 2500 plus the 125 lbs of ballast.

I can see why there aren't that many ex WC Touring cars running if the above is correct. First, I just don't know how to bolt on 388 lbs of ballast safely and man the car isn't going to be fun to race with an additional 388 lbs of weight in it.

Wow...., looks like it is going to be a really tough decision to neuter the car to run it in STU. Don't know what to do now.

Eric