SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
Looks like E36's cleaned house in STX on Dunlop. Finale should be interesting.
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
I wasn't paying attention. What changed to make the E36 THE Car for STX? Shouldn't the WRX be given wider tires to level the playing field?
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No. The WRX shouldn't be given wider tires, it's still ahead in power to weight ratio plus it's all wheel drive. The RX8 is probably the car to have.Mako Koiwai wrote:I wasn't paying attention. What changed to make the E36 THE Car for STX? Shouldn't the WRX be given wider tires to level the playing field?
I don't think the E36 is really the car to have, seems to me like more competent drivers are just running them this year plus they are cheap to get.
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
The WRX should get the wheel allowance so they can at least effectively use the 245 tires they are limited to. If they take back the exhaust allowances, then WRX should get the same tire as the rest of the class.Theo Osifeso wrote:No. The WRX shouldn't be given wider tires, it's still ahead in power to weight ratio plus it's all wheel drive. The RX8 is probably the car to have.Mako Koiwai wrote:I wasn't paying attention. What changed to make the E36 THE Car for STX? Shouldn't the WRX be given wider tires to level the playing field?
I don't think the E36 is really the car to have, seems to me like more competent drivers are just running them this year plus they are cheap to get.
Or, give the WRX an allowance to swap the jello rear diff with a real diff...That would level things out nicely, maybe nicely enough that I would be tempted to bring my bugeye back out. ;)
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
The fast RX-8 was not there.Theo Osifeso wrote:No. The WRX shouldn't be given wider tires, it's still ahead in power to weight ratio plus it's all wheel drive. The RX8 is probably the car to have.Mako Koiwai wrote:I wasn't paying attention. What changed to make the E36 THE Car for STX? Shouldn't the WRX be given wider tires to level the playing field?
I don't think the E36 is really the car to have, seems to me like more competent drivers are just running them this year plus they are cheap to get.
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
For transmission rebuild #3? :mrt:Sebastian Rios wrote:Or, give the WRX an allowance to swap the jello rear diff with a real diff...That would level things out nicely, maybe nicely enough that I would be tempted to bring my bugeye back out. ;)
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
I think #3 already passedGreg Peng wrote:For transmission rebuild #3? :mrt:Sebastian Rios wrote:Or, give the WRX an allowance to swap the jello rear diff with a real diff...That would level things out nicely, maybe nicely enough that I would be tempted to bring my bugeye back out. ;)

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Darn you guys for bringing me back to reality...So if all three of us go in on it, we could make the WRX into a badass ESP car (sorry Jon, you have to run it in SM
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In SM he can school you, dumping the entire back seat, all the rear seatbelts, bolting a wing onto the car (and we all know how much *that* intimidates the wingless...), bolting on that nice, light blingy hood, dumping all that weight off the front, etc.Sebastian Rios wrote:Darn you guys for bringing me back to reality...So if all three of us go in on it, we could make the WRX into a badass ESP car (sorry Jon, you have to run it in SM)
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Re: SCCA - Blytheville National Tour Results
That little weight savings won't make a difference, it's not like it's 10% of the entire car or anything...