Originally Posted by JCotton
It appears most of the posters here already have 66 and bigger turbos.... with that said, it would also appear we all want our combinations to be the guidelines.......that doesn't work. You have to ask yourself what kind of participation have you had in the past and if it was low.... WHY? Heads up is a blast, but heads up can also limit the cars that will participate. What 11.50 car is going to want to run a low 10 or 9 second car, for that matter, what 10.9,8 or7 second car would want to spot 7 10ths or more. If the goal is to build the class, you must take these facts into consideration.
1. Running a bracket class allows all of them to run, running heads up will eliminate particpation. Now that is fine when you are the faSTEST CAR to date.
2. Running 2 classes, heads up and brackett allows for the big boys to have their shot at glory and also allows for the lower budget cars to have their shot at bragging rights. Lets face it, we aren't in this for the money, if it's really about the fun and sport of it, then lets not talk out the side of our mouths. If this about ALCHY cars why eliminate the majority. Either form 2 classes or just run a bracket.
3. Either way, the rules are best to be configuered loosely and as minimal as possible. I'll address the engine management first, many cars have been stepping up to aftermarket engine management, be it translator, mafless, maxeffort, FAST, too many to list. They all allow for adjustability, period. There really is no such thing as a stock computor anymore. A stock computor is just that, burn a chip and you have what you have, it's a battle of the chip burners, those days are gone, all the chips are adjustable these days, cutting out FAST or any other adjustable set up just isn't realistic anymore.
4. Intercoolers, again, technology has run rampant, what differance does it make whether we use a front mount or a stock location, visually you have to strain to see which one is being used. There is no performance gain at this level when alchy is the real cooling additive to the air charge. Why would we want to make this a stock location IC class, many, many street cars have been using front mounts for years, I sell 4 to 1 front mounts over stock locations...
5. weights and turbo size aren't an issue if the class is a bracket class. As tires and many other possible arguing points become senseless.
Lastly, I'm beat, thats enough from me, for tonite..... tomorrows another day.
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