Furious_E wrote: I'd hate to see what another 100+ stock hp at the flywheel would do in that chassis.
That's what we're thinking. And that's before a supercharger or anything.
Furious_E wrote: I'd hate to see what another 100+ stock hp at the flywheel would do in that chassis.
That's what we're thinking. And that's before a supercharger or anything.
Mr_Clutch42 wrote: In reply to evildky: Street Mod actually has quite the restrictions on it, CAM is relatively lax. Write the SCCA some letters or e-mails, and have some similar people do the same. If enough people have Japanese cars similar to the CAM guys prep wise, they will make a new class for the rest of the cars with street tires.
I know SM is more restrictive but the majority fo the cam cars I've seen would be sm legal. I don't really want anymore classes, we average maybe 3 cars to a class as it is, further diluting the classes is a mistake. I think a re write of the classing structure would be better the problem is nationals is bigger than ever and while they have many classes with 50-60 or more cars, at a local level the number of available classes dilutes the competition too much.
David S. Wallens wrote: And the cat's out of the bag: https://www.facebook.com/grassrootsmotorsports/
The cat's still wrapped up for those of us not on FB...
In reply to evildky: I don't think so because some racers (especially some rallycross drivers) have mentioned that they don't want to autocross because the rules are so complicated. Some of the tuner crowd also get discouraged from continuing because their car is a Street Modified or Prepared car and they need Hoosiers or another DOT slick to compete.
David S. Wallens wrote:bravenrace wrote:Doh. JG is leaving tomorrow to fetch ours.David S. Wallens wrote: We should build a CAM car.Build mine.
What would be really cool would be for GRM to build this car and CM build a classic version of the same car! I just happen to know where you could get a really good example of one!
David S. Wallens wrote: And the cat's out of the bag: https://www.facebook.com/grassrootsmotorsports/
You are kidding, right?
Mr_Clutch42 wrote: In reply to evildky: I don't think so because some racers (especially some rallycross drivers) have mentioned that they don't want to autocross because the rules are so complicated. Some of the tuner crowd also get discouraged from continuing because their car is a Street Modified or Prepared car and they need Hoosiers or another DOT slick to compete.
That's why in Chicago Region and TSSCC we have "T" class, an index class for cars that class into an R-comp or slicks class but are on 200TW or higher street tires.
lots of cars that otherwise would be thrown into ASP (WRX/Evo with increased boost) or DSP (chipped turbo VW or Mini) or SMF (swapped cars, aftermarket turbo kits) or even SSP (cars on street exclusion list) end up in this class. It typically has 15-20% of our event entries!
Indy region does something similar with their TSM class - any car that would end up in an SM class: SM, SSM, or SMF, that's on 200TW or higher goes into TSM (which is heads up, not indexed).
noddaz wrote:David S. Wallens wrote: And the cat's out of the bag: https://www.facebook.com/grassrootsmotorsports/You are kidding, right?
Close. Scroll down a few posts.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but CAM-S has caught my attention as a possible place to move into with my Solstice GXP. Someplace where I can keep making improvements that aren't allowed in SP, and 200tw tires to boot, meaning I don't have to change tires at events.
My curiosity is whether I would be allowed to pull the soft top and go with a removable hardtop (that I could then take off for events when it's not raining). I can see that being allowed with an only slightly creative reading of the rules. Without doing that it would seem pretty tough to get down to the legal minimum weight (2350lbs w/out driver). Even if I can't do that, I'm seriously considering it.
CLH wrote: Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but CAM-S has caught my attention as a possible place to move into with my Solstice GXP. Someplace where I can keep making improvements that aren't allowed in SP, and 200tw tires to boot, meaning I don't have to change tires at events. My curiosity is whether I would be allowed to pull the soft top and go with a removable hardtop (that I could then take off for events when it's not raining). I can see that being allowed with an only slightly creative reading of the rules. Without doing that it would seem pretty tough to get down to the legal minimum weight (2350lbs w/out driver). Even if I can't do that, I'm seriously considering it.
Soft top, hard top, no top, any way you want to do it is cool in CAM.
Yeah, as long as you're making weight, chances are no one is going to complain. If it's got a license plate and insurance that's way more important than if it has the factory top.
Vetted seem to be the easy button in CAM-S at the moment, but I think a Solstice with some major power would have a real shot on the momentum courses. You'll never have the broad power curve of a V8, but you can come up with a pretty favorable footprint/weight ratio and some solid suspension geometry.
Or you could just cram a V-8 in the Solstice and become a CAM hero!
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