I'd love to see one or more mod classes that made it practical for high
volume production-based cars. Currently, there is nothing beyond CP
for that group of cars because E Mod's weight restrictions make CP
cars uncompetive. I'd like to see a modified class with engines in the
5+ liter range. I think there would initially be little participation (like all
new things) but eventually it would have enough members to sustain it.
Date sent: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:23:01 -0600
From: "Jan Schmidt" <jschmidt@kumc.edu>
To: straubc@apci.net, autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: DM & E mod weights
Send reply to: "Jan Schmidt" <jschmidt@kumc.edu>
> In response to Craig Straub:
>
> The 2 liter TR7,1.7,1.8,2.0 liter 914s and all Miatas would be in D mod,
> not E mod if normal aspiration was maintained.
>
> E mod is less of a "Lotus Mod" than D mod is, but look at last years
> results: 3 of the top 4 finishers were Loti???
>
> When a region creates a class like "Open SP" or "Open Mod" it just creates
> a pipe-dream because the classes are non-existent at the end of the
> season when Nationals are held.
>
> Twenty years ago , when D & E mod were invented, sports cars were
> manufactured to be very light at the expense of driver safety. Nowadays,
> sports cars weigh quite a bit more to accomodate safety bumpers, side door
> beams, anti-lock brakes, air bags, steel bodies, unibody crumple
> zones...the list is endless. It is time to modernize D & E mod rules. If
> the rules are modernized it will not make Loti obsolete, but it will make
> them run on even playing ground.
>
> I personally recomended to SCCA about 5 years ago to create a 3rd
> production mod class:1500 lbs for under 2 liter, 2000 lbs for 2 liter to 3
> liter and 2500 lbs for over 3 liter. Obviously , my request was denied,
> presumably due to the fact that you would be taking 2 sparsly populated
> classes and spreading them even thinner into 3 classes. But one still
> ought to consider the possibility of increased participation if the
> rules are relaxed a little ie Higher minimum weights.
>
> If the rules are changed to higher minimum weights then winning will be
> less$$$$$ dependent. Making a steel bodied production car extremely light
> costs big bucks!
>
> Bill Schmidt KC region CS Rx7
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