I agree, do exactly like we do with every other allowed mod in a class,
assume it WILL be done and class the vehicle accordingly. We don't class
other modified cars based on thier stock configuration, but on what the
car's performance is when prepared to the full extent of the rules for the
class. Sometimes that means reclassing a particular model once it's
potential has been shown, Taka Ono's FSP Celica is the perfect example of this
precident.
People who change the injection system on an SP Miata for example are not
dictated by the rules that the fuel delivery can only be X% above stock, or
that the fuel or timing map can only be so much. Why get into this big
production of trying to put limits on something that are not enforcable in
practice?
----- Original Message -----
From: <dg50@daimlerchrysler.com>
To: Sam Strano <strano@stranoparts.com>
Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: Turbo Cars in SP
> >> The simplest solution is to not go where the problem is. If limits
> cannot
> >> be enforced, stop trying. Allow boost controllers, allow whatever boost
> >> increase they can get (they are limited to the amount of flow provided
> by
> >> the stock turbo, which is a hard limit, so this isn't an infinate power
> >> knob) and allow whatever power increase comes out of that. If it is
> >> excessive for a given car in a given class, then reclass the car.
>
> > Ok, also fair enough. Trouble is, one can claim they are making stock
> > boost, and therefore don't need reclassed. And the whole argument about
> > classing "types" of cars vs. performance starts again...
>
> Not it doesn't. We're not talking about a blanket reclass of every single
> turbo car.
>
> 1) Make boost controllers open in SP (while keeping the requirement to run
> a Stock turbo and a Stock wastegate actuator)
>
> 2) Observe performance at the end of each season.
>
> 3) If a troublesome *SPECIFIC* car appears, reclass it *SPECIFICALLY*.
>
> Simple. Easy. And best of all, cheap.
>
> DG
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