2006 Car classification proposal

[therooster]

Actually the 5 cyl cars start in B (as on last year )whether in SP or P so a turbo version would be A car. Haven driven a few of these cars you may want to forego the flares and stick to SP although you would be in with the big V8's with the ability to lock differentials and add a front limited slip I think you could be competative.

[haydntaylor]

Actually the 5 cyl cars start in B (as on last year )whether in SP or P so a turbo version would be A car. Haven driven a few of these cars you may want to forego the flares and stick to SP although you would be in with the big V8's with the ability to lock differentials and add a front limited slip I think you could be competative.

Thanks for the valuable input and the confirmation of A vs B. I was wondering wether teh proposed changes woudl affect this particular car or not.

Ill stop hyjacking this thread and post another thread should I need more input.

Thanks all and best of luck resolving the issues

H

[christine]

So what happened at the rules meeting last night? Did this get voted on?

[HerbD]

So what happened at the rules meeting last night? Did this get voted on?

No, the omnibus car classification rule and a couple of others were
still left to go when we adjourned at 10:30. So, this is still on the
table for the December meeting.

[sillyspheres]

I noticed in the 2006 rulebook that the car classifications were more or less the same as 2005. Was this new classification system tabled for another year?

[HerbD]

I noticed in the 2006 rulebook that the car classifications were more or less the same as 2005. Was this new classification system tabled for another year?

That's correct. In particular, we couldn't get consensus on the
classification of the different years/displacements of Miata. With the
large number of Miatas running in the club, this was not something
we could take lightly.

As a result, the whole reclassification effort got derailed.

In some ways unfortunate, but in other ways, probably for the best
this year.

[BrakeL8r]

To add just a small clarification, it was tabled so that we could look at it from a fresh look, not being constricted to fitting todays cars into the existing set of COM classes. If the right answer turns out to be that we need to add a class or two to level the playing field and give most cars a competitive class to run in, then that should be the proposal.

--Michael
ST4 Miata #176

[mr2sc]

To add just a small clarification, it was tabled so that we could look at it from a fresh look, not being constricted to fitting todays cars into the existing set of COM classes. If the right answer turns out to be that we need to add a class or two to level the playing field and give most cars a competitive class to run in, then that should be the proposal.

yeah, especially in SP where there are only 3 classes, based on how many holes an engine has in it...irrespective of the size of those holes.

I have long argued ('pleaded' is more apt) that if nothing else, adding 1 or 2 more SP classes and breaking it down by DISPLACEMENT is not only logical, but vastly more equitable.