I think the thing about D-Mod is starting with the right car. It has to be a
car as close to the minimum weight as possible. The other is that it must make
as much
power as possible from a power plant under 2000cc. Some of the cars mentioned
earlier (Sprite,Porsche 914, FiatX19,850 Minis, TVR,Elva Courier) that
get close to the minimum weight give up lots of displacement to do it. In my
opinion there is only one car that can be competitive that's the Lotus. Look
at the Nationals results of the top 10 the first 9 were Lotus(type) cars. The
highest
non Lotus placed 10th Steve Pattersons 914 Porsche. The way I see it if you
want to run DM buy a Lotus, end of story.
Mike B. TLS#1
Jan Schmidt wrote:
> I AGREE! Way too heavy . The solo 2 rules should be changed. A good weight
>minimum for D mod would be 1500 lbs and E mod should be 1800 or 1900 lbs. d&e
>mods ought to be able to be built using any 2-seater sportscar. If the lotuses
>are too light , let them use ballast weights! You would play hell ever getting
>an rx7 to 1500 lbs for E mod let alone 1000 lbs for D mod.
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> Bill Schmidt
> 84 rx7 cs KC region
> >>> Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net> 02/01 2:15 PM >>>
> I have to disagree here. Has'nt a Sprite with a turbo been tried? I think
> that
> was the first year I went and watched the Nationals. A couple of the cars
> you
> mention won't even get close. The TVR,Porsche 914 and the Elva could never
> get even reasonably close to 1000lbs. The others might get close but won't
> make it.
> I'm not being closed minded, just realistic
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> What does everyone else think?
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> Mike Bultemeier
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> Gemery@aol.com wrote:
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> > Mike Bultemeier asks:
> > > Yeah but isn't everything to heavy for D-Mod? Everything but a Lotus?
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> > Don't be so close-minded :-) Just because we've never seen it done,
> > doesn't mean it's impossible!
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> > Austin-Healy Sprite/MG Midget, Fiat 600/800, Fiat 850, Austin/Morris
> > Mini, Honda S800, Elva Courier, Turner, TVR, and the Lotus clones
> > (Caterham, Westfield, & Rotus) can all make the weight. With a
> > _lot_ of reframing work, I suspect Porsche 914, Fiat X-1/9, and
> > other more popular cars could also make weight.
> >
> > Additionally, I've never seen/heard of a really hot turboed DM car...
> > methinks there's plenty of room for a 30 psi turboed 1.4 liter motor.
> >
> > George Emery
> > gemery@aol.com
> > http://members.aol.com/gemery/scorpion.html
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