Closing in on Classifications

[nateh]

Hi Nate,
I am looking at a 1996 Nissan 200SX SE-R (2.0 liter, 140 HP, same as Sentra SE-R). Would that also run in SSC?
Sam

Looks like it to me.

[DanDarcy]

What time is the meeting on Wed. Nov. 15 th and directions to the Ground round from Western Mass. ?

[Mark Swinehart]

From the COMSCC web site:

The monthly Board Meeting is held on the third Wednesday evening of the month at 7:30pm at The Ground Round, on Route 110 in Chelmsford (exit 34 off 495, near the intersection with Route 3)

[nateh]

On the old thread, Mike said the following. I'll respond below.

Can someone please tell me why the 350Z has been moved to SSU?
If your response is because it has similar statistics to the 300ZX-TT then I submit that the 300ZX-TT should be moved back to SSGT not move the 350Z to SSU.

In an analysis of Weight, Horsepower, Torque, Skidpad, and breaking distance the 350Z had similar numbers, mostly not as good, to the following cars:
Lotus Exige and Elise
Audi S6 and S4 (PS. S4 should not be in SSA)
Porsche Boxter S
Acura NSX

All of the above would be SSGT Cars in the new rules.

Most of the SSU cars have considerably higher numbers than all of the cars above, including the 350Z.

I know many will claim that I just want to slide through with out any competition. I would very much like competition. There is no doubt that the 350Z falls near the top of performance in the SSGT Class but no more so than any of the cars listed above.

[nateh]

[quote="ncc1701"]Can someone please tell me why the 350Z has been moved to SSU?
If your response is because it has similar statistics to the 300ZX-TT then I submit that the 300ZX-TT should be moved back to SSGT not move the 350Z to SSU.

In an analysis of Weight, Horsepower, Torque, Skidpad, and breaking distance the 350Z had similar numbers, mostly not as good, to the following cars:
Lotus Exige and Elise
Audi S6 and S4 (PS. S4 should not be in SSA)
Porsche Boxter S
Acura NSX

All of the above would be SSGT Cars in the new rules.
quote]

The S4 is now in SSGT, not SSA - see above.

I'm doing some more shuffling as I continue to add numbers to my database. I'll post another revision shortly.

[WillM]

The 350Z came up in some preliminary steward discussions. The idea was that the 350Z should be classed with the Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi Evo:

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      Car       Weight  Hp    Power/Weight   Proposed Class
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Subaru WRX STi   3351   300      11.17          SSU
Nissan 350Z      3400   300      11.33          SSU
Mitsubishi Evo   3285   286      11.49          SSU

[rajito]

On that note:

2007 Corvette Z06
3132 lbs
505 hp
6.2 lbs/hp

2006 Dodge Viper
3380 lbs
510 hp
6.6 lbs/hp

Good thing most Corvette guys don't know how to drive except for that tool Ken Smith I kid, I kid!

SSU is the class where you go when you have too much power out of the box. Not enough cars show up to break it down into further classifications. If you look at the results, we've had at most 2-3 people in SSU in every event except Oct NHIS. Same with STGT (or should I say STi-GT).

Raj

[nateh]

Unlike the STi and Evo, the 350Z is not AWD.