Road Racing Turboed 240s

[thenillaz]

This may be a little premature, but I'd figure I'd just ask anyways. I've been reading the SCCA rules, well sort of scimming them, looking to see what classes allow you to run a stock N/A car to be turboed or even fitted with a foriegn engine. Is there such a class for road racing, not AutoX? What if I wanted to run a 240sx with an RB or SR? Or is like a time attack the only type of class SCCA or NASA would allow such modifications?

[Nikolas@Redline]

Time Attack will definitely be more friendly to such mods. You should see if we are going to have any events relatively close to where you live.

http://www.RedlineTimeAttack.com

[Slappy]

Time Attack will definitely be more friendly to such mods. You should see if we are going to have any events relatively close to where you live.

http://www.RedlineTimeAttack.com

Do you guys have any plans to bring your Time Attack to my area? I live in Elkton MD. And Red Line TV is the best , and only tv show that portrays our scene in the correct manner. Nopi and all those other shows before it failed miserably.

[sr20goofus]

slappy, usually redline goes to summit point Shendoah track every year in the summer.

you would have more fun doing a HPDE weekend then a timeattack though, more track time overall.

[thenillaz]

Well, what if I imported like a 180sx from 97-98 or w/e. SR20 stock, what do the rules say about that?

[sr20goofus]

the rules for each racing series are different. A imported JDM S13 and a swapped S13 w/ JDm engine will be classed exactly the same, because they are the same chassis with the same engine, being imported doesnt matter, just how its offered here in the US.

ANY 240 with a turbo, or swapped engine of any kind will be bumped to a higher class than its cheaply able to actually compete in, in terms of roadracing.

[91rs13]

I am taking a wild guess here--but I think the only SCCA Clubracing class would be a regional class called SPO --Super production. Possibly ITE - Improved touring everything. Since there is not National class available, the rules will probably vary by Division or Region.

For NASA it would be PT Performance Touring.

As for the JDM spec vehicle, that is up to the organizing body--many stipulate the car must be produced for US sales--blah blah blah. ( but then allow mods) I think the RHD would be a tough sell as a USDM car.

PS--SCCA Turbo rules Sucked for a long time --only in recent years have they relented on Turbos in Club racing

[thenillaz]

Yeah, SCCA doesn't look turbo friendly. But I just read NASAs rules and it seems I could do anything I want to a car, plus they seem more regional friendly, at least for me. The thing is I have an extra 240 sitting on the side of my house with no engine. I do mostly karting, but I'd like to get into road racing as well, and with an engineless car sitting in my backyard it would be cool to put something with some power in there rather than a ka24e...

NASA looks like a win.

[sr20goofus]

for NASA you can run in either ST1 or ST2 if you have alot of power and a bunch of mods, of you can limit yourself and keep teh competition close with PTA, limited tire size, power mods, suspension setups, cage design, its a points system.

SCCA ITE is an unlimited class as far as i have been told, but its still hard to get new cars elidgable, the current racers argue to not let anyone new join or have legal cars, they make it a HUGE hassle.

I dont think the RHD will change anything besides you wasting alo of money importing a car that you can swap a stock engien over to here and have hte same identical thing, if your going to change alot of parts and modify anyways, might as well start with the cheaper chassis. Everyone will see it as a 240sx anyways.

[thenillaz]

I dont think the RHD will change anything besides you wasting alo of money importing a car that you can swap a stock engien over to here and have hte same identical thing, if your going to change alot of parts and modify anyways, might as well start with the cheaper chassis. Everyone will see it as a 240sx anyways.

Right, I was just wondering what the technicallities were with that situation. Wasn't even considering it really.

[nismofly]

nasa wheel to wheel and time trial and redline time attack are your best bets

nasa's pt and st classes run by the same points system that their time trial runs by, so you can build one car that runs both w2w and tt and not have to make any changes

redline the classes are limited by stuff besides engine, which makes for kind of an interesting time if youre looking to compete....with no power limitations people can and have run 700+ rwhp cars in street class just because theyve got full interior and are running street tires

imo the classes should have power to weight limits as well, similar to nasa's system, even if they allowed fairly high limits like 7.5:1 for street and 5.0:1 for modified, with unlimited still being unlimited

i dont write the rules though...