Originally Posted by
gtistile
/\ isn't that sorta saying the same thing fuel wise???
And I TOTALLY agree with you about having a more street based turbo class as well with a turbo restriction that is actually a RESTRICTION. What comes to mind is the typical "t3/t4" honda cars from back in the day, or 16 or 18g DSM guys... 350-400hp turbo car class would be incredible to watch and i THINK would have a great following. Get enough people behind you and it can happen. Seems they are listening a bit to people talking on the forums lately (case in point). Turnouts have been piss poor at best so i think they are trying things out to get more racers involved, even if its not high dollar dedicated race teams and i think its great.
Rather than looking at this as a "we DIDNT get this" look at it in a positive light that they have allowed for something new to take place and this could mean good things for guys like myself and yourself in the future who dont race full time and dont have shop sponsorship...
Well E85 is a legit pump gas, so if you want to not allow it you'd have to word it differently, that is all I'm saying.
and yeah, I think a turbo class like I described would be an awesome field and it'd bring a lot of people out who don't normally have a fair class to run in. Hell if it works out maybe have two levels. I think the event organizers might be surprised at how well a class like that would work. Back in the day when the classes were slower all around there were a lot more people racing because it was a lot easier to compete. A lot of people lose interest when they fall 2 seconds behind and aren't willing to sacrifice everything from their street car to keep up. I was thinking any DOT tire, 2800 min weight for AWD & RWD, 2500 for FWD, 1 power adder only, max turbo size 58mm or something like that. Allow E85 but with a weight or turbo size penalty maybe.