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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:56 am
ok guys, i have just read through all 3 pages of this, and i believe i have gotten the idea of what all the discussions are about, the rules that want to be changed, regulations that shoudl be implimented and such along all those lines of discussed topics.
I have been doing HPDE's for about a year and a half now in my SR S13 and i have been working towards getting my competition license so i can run in SRX eventually.
From what i gather here is that there will be 3 classes to the SE-R Cup (NC1-NC3). But from what i have read form all the old rules (2005 SE-R Cup rules) is that SRX is almost unlimited in ever part of the cars setup and long as it meets all safety requirments and has wheels no wider than 10". I know peopel on here are talking abotu this being a budget race, deepest pockets wins type thing. It seems there would be way too many ways around running an almost stock SR on the track, lil things can be changed and tweaked, boost cant be regulated, weight can be enforced and dyno runs can be made before a race in an attempt to enfore power:weight ratios. But if you think about people runnign RB's have a power advantage over peopel with SR's, SR's have reliability over a turbo KA, but RB's have more weight on the front end of 240 over both SR and KA-T. You setup your car a certian way to handle alot of power and still stick to the track.
I know personally i plan to run 275 series tires, 360rwhp, 8pnt cage and a stitch welded chasis. I know what i need to get to that point, and no its not cheap, and i can deff be competative before i do all that. As long as all safety requirments are met, anyone should be allowed to race. Just because there will eb heavier cars and more powerful cars out there, doesnt mean thay willall last for 20+ min of strait track time.
The drift guys i talk to back home, all stay away from track racing becasue they know the cars wont last the amoutn of time a single HPDE session lasts. All thsoe guys are good drivers, and i have tried to egt a few of them to switch over, but they need to go through the whole competition licenes thing just like the rest of us, D1 has no regulations on a licenes.
I have been setting my car up slowly over the years to be reliabel on track and to be competative as it is now. I know i plan to change alot for hte bigger power stup, for more speed, and for more traction as time goes on. If you can affor dot setup a car and do events throughout the year you can afford to do mroe power options, or more traction opritons.
All racing is spending lots of money, everyone should realize that by now. Without sponors its all out of your pocket. The guys that spend $50 ona cars setup with 500hp, you haev to realize the engiens wont last all season, and thay are spending alot of money on replacement parts. Thje deepest pockets dont always single out the best drivers.
The new clases sound good to group everytogeather better, good idea Mike. I think that areo body imporvemetns (side skirts, front lip, splitters, wings) should be allowed to help the faster moving cars (turbo cars) have a better airflow over the body, to help traction at those higher speeds.
This is all just my 2cents, i have been reading into SRX for along time, i dont mind other more powerful cars being allowed, they have their disavantages and advantages on and off the track, im not worried. SRX was created originally to allowed cars to have alot fo power and other options over the very regulated SE-R Cup cars, it was unlimited before for a reason, so far i dont see a real need to regulate anything at all.
