Snoozing?

[Suck fumes]

i'm in agreement with you not arguing. Just saying what I have witnessed over the last 15yrs.

[marshall_mosty]

Eddie,
Let me see what we can do. I honestly didn't think you were already below 2900.

[BryanL]

The 3rd gen AI guy in the last nasa speed news was in the 2,700's, too. I say in Texas let Rock run at the lightweight as long as he is in line with the power to weight ratio-but then he might want to race in the Nats race at Cota. I know AI has catered to the newer mustangs for awhile but feel bad for you Rock.

Well CMC gets another nod for not having a ruleset that changes much and doesn't have the issue of new cars entering the class anymore.

Good info. on SM to keep me in CMC. Too bad Spec E46 doesn't limit the amount people can spend to keep it well under $15 to $20k for a new build like CMC.

[RichardP]

I've crossed the scales at less than 2900 in my car a couple of times. It's trivial for me to ballast up to be legal. It's not realistic for me to "tweak" my engine to get to the power needed to be competitive at 2900. I would need to spend some serious money to make my car appreciably lighter or have enough power.

Marshall didn't say it, but I would guess AJ Hartman going all carbon fiber on his turbo 6 car was starting to scare some people on a direction the class could go.

I get the idea that a lighter car will be cheaper to run because of less tire wear. Realistically, with the current tires heat cycling out so bad, I think that ship has sailed.

Rule changes often hurt/help different groups of people. I don't really see how this weight change will add any racers but I see how it could drop a few.

If a non-Ford replacement engine was legal, I would have done that a while ago and raced a bit more. Tire costs scare me more these days. I've chosen to have fun running my car in non-racing events. I finished up my car last night and put it on the trailer for this weekend. The weather should be great...


Richard P.

[Pranav]

Well CMC gets another nod for not having a ruleset that changes much and doesn't have the issue of new cars entering the class anymore.

Good info. on SM to keep me in CMC. Too bad Spec E46 doesn't limit the amount people can spend to keep it well under $15 to $20k for a new build like CMC.

Not sure why you keep wanting to leave us Bryan. Just throw a 5.3 in that thing and call it a day.

[ShadowBolt]

Not sure why you keep wanting to leave us Bryan. Just throw a 5.3 in that thing and call it a day.

You don't understand Pranav, Bryan lives in Plano and slumming in a Chevy is kinda of low rent in that part of the world. Saying I race a BMW sounds better.

Just kidding BL. I have no idea why you like the E46 idea so much? Maybe reliability.

JJ

[marshall_mosty]

I’m 100% okay with gentlemen agreements for power/weight on a regional level with a semi-blind eye to our true class minimum.

[edrock96GT]

I’m 100% okay with gentlemen agreements for power/weight on a regional level with a semi-blind eye to our true class minimum.

I would be okay with this, I have no desire to attend nationals anyway. As long as everybody else is in agreement.

[BryanL]

You don't understand Pranav, Bryan lives in Plano and slumming in a Chevy is kinda of low rent in that part of the world. Saying I race a BMW sounds better.

Just kidding BL. I have no idea why you like the E46 idea so much? Maybe reliability.

JJ

Don't need to swap a 5.3 for my 5.7.

I like the looks of the E46 better than an F-body but I like the lightweight, decent power, better handling, with spec parts potential. Just think they got it wrong allowing the max build cost to be so high. So I'll look for a clean daily driver E46 that is a candidate as a backup plan. Yes Jerry is a little right since I can jog to the local Bimmer dealership but that isn't any reason. However it's ability to run competitively with SCCA, BMW club, WRL, etc. is attractive. I have no clue about reliability but I don't think anything will be as reliable as what I have experienced with my two LS camaro's.

[mach1]

Good info. on SM to keep me in CMC. Too bad Spec E46 doesn't limit the amount people can spend to keep it well under $15 to $20k for a new build like CMC.

I'm going to have 20k in the SM, I had over 30k in the CMC Mustang.
The shocks for SM are $100 each, no MM parts required for the car, etc.
Pro built SM trans is $1200, I had 2700 in my Tremec on the mustang.
No BBK for SM, good calipers are $500 for the set of 4.

Motor is pricy on SM but everything else is very reasonable.