Well said. Certainly my turbocar, which when built to the ESP limits (which
it is anything but) would put out about 230-250 hp in a 3000 pound car, and
would be in no danger (certainly not with this driver) of sweeping the
class, turbo or no turbo.
I'd bet on a fully prepped n/a Z28 on race tires anytime. Let's not
overreact to that word "turbo" when making rules.
Richard Nichols
rnichol1@san.rr.com
San Diego, CA
1986 SVO Mustang
Factory 2.3 Intercooled Turbo.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Hawkins <otgrouch@twosrus.com>
To: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com <dg50@daimlerchrysler.com>;
autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: SP rules on catalytic converters
>>Here's a question I have for the SEB and anyone else who cares to comment:
>>where's the evidence of a problem with turbo cars? Who can produce hard,
>>statistical numbers that show that turbo cars are dominating Street
>Prepared?
>>
>>In order to fix a problem, one must first show that there is a problem to
>fix.
>
>
>Every time I ask this question, I get the same answer....it all points to
>ONE
>particular ESP Supra that supposedly is putting down close to 400HP. I
>have to ask how far this is off of the HP put out by the pony cars in ESP.
>Considering that the Supra and F body cars are about equal in HP in stock
>form, and the Supra is a porker of a car from the factory, I have to wonder
>about the true disparity when both cars are taken TO THE FULL EXTENT OF
>THE RULES.
>
>It seems that we have a single vehicle making people think twice about a
>whole
>breed. The actions taken to limit this one car are affecting a LOT of
other
>cars
>that are either non-competitive or marginally so as it is. Granted, most
of
>the
>other ones aren't built to the full extent, and we can't really judge until
>they are.
>That being the case, instead of trying to fix a problem that really doesn't
>exist,
>why not just boot the offending car to a higher class (BSP? Corvettes
weigh
>about the same as a Supra and have about the same power....ASP? The Supra
>will have more power than some of the others, but it has a weight penalty
>also).
>Fuel Cut (yes, that's going to be a sore point with me for all time) and
>exhaust
>are NOT making fire breathing class overdogs out of EVERY turbo car. Let's
>reclass the ones that are, and get on with it.
>
>Sorry if pointing out one particular car seems in poor taste, but in every
>instance
>that I have mentioned Fuel Cut or Toyota ECU boost limiters or the whole
>turbo
>thing...I get the same reply - 'do you think that XXXXX's Supra is legal?'
>'XXXX's
>Supra is built to the extent and is taking the class' etc etc. All roads
>lead to one
>item, that item is usually what you need to dwell on.
>
>David Hawkins
>93 Mr2 Turbo ASP retired
>85 Mr2 ITA/CSP
>TLS #15
>
>
>
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