At 02:37 PM 7/16/99 , Pat MacAvoy wrote:
>> From: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
>>
>> At 09:36 AM 7/16/99 , Pat MacAvoy wrote:
>>
>> >Now I think this pretty well sums up what is wrong with this concept.
>> > IMHO, a civic won't keep up with supercharged M3 (951, etc.), nor will a
>> DSM.
>>
>> Well, CSP M3's are regularly stomped by CSP Civics.
>
>And CSP M3s routinely beat civics. Your point?
That M3s and Civics *are* competitive once you've prepared them
both to SP rules. Given the proposed STU just allows a few more
mods, I see no reason to believe your statement above is correct...
a STU Civic will keep up with a supercharged M3.
In fact, one step further... the more mods you allow, the more the
Civic can catch up with the M3 component-wise... but the M3 will
always be much heavier... thus, if anything, I'd expect the M3
will be the one having trouble keeping up with the Civics.
>
>> Why do you think supercharging gives M3's a bigger advantage than Civics?
>> Especially when engine swaps are allowed... which would be a useless option
>> for an M3.
>>
>But with the suspension opened up to a greater level than SP rules (that
> is my recollection), the M3 might be able to gain on the civic. My
> recollection is that BMWs can't be lowered much due to camber changes.
> But with suspension largely being free....
Actually, SP rules allow pretty much anything you'd want to do to your
M3 suspension-wise. And the camber-hungry M3 is not limited in
lowering due to any camber issues. But we are digressing...
Cheers,
Brian
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