Richard, it's obvious you've got something personal against me but get the fuck over it already. When I got my hands on Misty's camaro, it was essentially a CMC car with 400rwhp. It had soft CMC spring rates and factory suspension under it with average aero bits and a cammed LS6 with shocks that I wouldn't put on a street car. I also don't ONLY deal with just our two cars. I have worked with NUMEROUS mustangs, camaros, Vettes, BMW's, miatas and just about everything under the sun over the years at the track, So quit speaking of things you know nothing about, including my "ego". If there is anyone fragile around here it's you. Grow the fuck up and act like a man and end all the personal bitchy bullshit which is where you ALWAYS seem to take this shit. I'm here offering 10+ years of chassis development experience from 10 times more track experience than ANYONE here on BOTH chassis and you are still taking personal shots from the past from when a rookie stepped in and nearly whipped your ass in AI 10 years ago. I have no delusions of my abilities but you seem to have some of your own superiority.Originally Posted by RichardP
I will stand by my statement that even your two cars are NOT at the full extent of the CMC rules. As much as you speak about all the springs and swaybars you have tested, what shocks are you running? What have you done with valving for both compression and rebound? Have you played with the nitrogen charge or can you due to your shock selection? What have you done with live tire temps? What do your wheels weigh? How consistent is your driver? Is your driver even hitting an apex? What are the corner weights within what you can do in CMC? Have the changes you have made actually made a difference in the car? Is the chassis flexing so much that changes aren't having an effect? How often are you changing out the heim joints? How much flex is there in the pan hard bar? Are you still running an LT1 instead of an LS1?
Just because it's a "same for same" series and the rules are meant to level the playing field doesn't mean that someone isn't going to out engineer or out spend you OR OUT DRIVE YOU. Those that bitch about the rules the most tend to be either one of two types. Bad drivers or bad engineers. Which one are you? Or both?
As for not running in this class...well, I've considered coming back and building a CMC car. I constantly meet others that have considered joining the series as well and I push them toward ya'll often because of the "budget" nature of the series and the camaraderie as well as large fields and close racing. I'd like to build a 3rd gen camaro but since Misty's tub is about to come available or just get cut up, it's nearly free to build a car and join. However, I keep seeing racers in the series constantly asking for rules changes to level the playing field when they themselves don't put forth the effort in testing and development within the rules to be more competitive which could eventually cost me money to reconfigure my build. Thankfully (I can't believe I'm saying this), the directors have done a good job to not listen to most of the complaining and have kept the rules fairly stable except for the track width thing on the 4th gen camaros and admittedly, that could have been damn expensive for some to buy 8 to 12 new wheels.
Basic premise, finish playing within the rules before you ask for a rules change...or better yet, develop the driver without spending money on the car. You might be amazed of the outcome because you certainly don't want a developed driver showing up with the concessions being made to make a particular chassis faster because a group of drivers currently in that chassis aren't fast. You sort of have that situation with Tyler, Craig and McSpaddin now where in the past you had that with Burch, Proctor and the other 3rd gen driver (forget his name) who aren't around any more. Develop the drivers, then develop the cars within the existing rules, then MAYBE look at some leveling....MAYBE.
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