so I have the idea for a class that entails a few basic rules.
all cars must be at least 16 years old (I was going to go with 15, but thought, nah let's make them old enough to drive if they could).
All cars must have had seating for 4 (with 4 seat belts) from factory.
All cars must have 4 cylinder engine and the engine must've been available in chassis from manufacturer.
No remote resevoir shocks.
No tube frame construction.
No modifications increase turbo housing size on vehicles equiped with factory turbo chargers.
Engine management is open.
Suspension must use factory mounting points, with the exception of minor changes due to mounting point reinforcement.
who's onboard and/or has ideas for additional rules or changes to be made
You have already split the class by allowing turbo's. You either class only turbos or only NA cars or split the class into BA and BB.
Works for me as they could still run on track together as some IT classes do in various regions
GM H and T body for proper rear drive. L and N body for screaming Quad 4's. 3 cylinder Sprint Turbo as an exception to the 4 banger rule?
subrew
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2/20/14 7:42 p.m.
So a gutted EF Civic with a K24 engine, running 275-15 Hoosiers. Or basically Honda Challenge without min weights.
Would 4 classes be too convoluted?
-Turbo fwd
-turbo rwd
-n/a fwd
-n/a rwd
With awd cars being grouped with rwd classes.
Sounds like a lot of heavily boosted turbo cars on track with a bunch of $100 beaters. In other words, carnage. I think I'll stand way over here while you do that.
In reply to subrew:
the EF never came with a K24 from honda. Tire size would be open, but no tubbing would be allowed.
Bottom end would have to remain OEM (or OEM equilivant to block .020 allowed for rebuild purposes)
I would keep cylinder heads open, fueling open (OEM fuel type must be retained; unleaded and diesel only, no E85). no water meth injection. differentials are open (to modify).
If you ban forced induction, this would be a lot like circle track "hornet" type cars on a road course. Which would be kind of cool.
subrew
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2/21/14 8:03 p.m.
captdownshift wrote:
In reply to subrew:
the EF never came with a K24 from honda. Tire size would be open, but no tubbing would be allowed.
Bottom end would have to remain OEM (or OEM equilivant to block .020 allowed for rebuild purposes)
I would keep cylinder heads open, fueling open (OEM fuel type must be retained; unleaded and diesel only, no E85). no water meth injection. differentials are open (to modify).
So you just made up more rules, on the fly? I went off your original list of rules, and a K24 Civic was legal.
"All cars must have 4 cylinder engine and the engine must've been available in chassis from manufacturer."
Let us know when the rule book is final!
How is this different from Improved Touring?
In reply to subrew:
no, you misread the orginial rules unless there was an EF chassis that came with a k24 that i'm not aware of. Chassis code changes with vehicle generation in most vehicles. It'd be very similar to IT, but no miata due to 4 seater rule (I love miatas, but in some cases they dominate so much that they prevent another 3-4 models from even being remotely competitive) and the suspension and engine would be a bit more open then IT, otherwise quite similar. I'll admit the best way in building a car for this hypothetical class would be to buy an IT car and perform some headwork and upgrade suspension arms and joints
Around here they are called Enduros.
