Well said, Dave. I totally agree with your three controls, steering,
throttle and brakes, left to the driver.
Tom
Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>
> With all respect Jim I would love to see the dyno sheet for that one. How big
>is
> it in cubic inches and at what RPM? I must be out of touch with what can be
>done
> with a pushrod inline 6. Great job!
>
> The whole myth is what I propose will cost more than a new set of legal tires
> and wheels to go 300 mph. The first one might but the 50'th one won't. It is
>the
> same with every new technology first article is pricey and then they get
> cheaper.As an inspector have you ever had to ask or were even curious if the
>car
> had a rev limiter? If you did ask did you ask are there any special reasons
>you
> might want this to limit the engine speed. Are there any rules telling me
>that I
> can't limit the engine speed or change the boost or ignition timing by a
>method
> other than the driver. I never read them and I have read the rule book cover
>to
> cover, maybe I missed that part. I don't want to mess with the brakes and I
> don't want to mess with the throttle linkage.
>
> There are 3 controls that ought to be sacred to keep this a drivers race.
> 1. steering
> 2. throttle
> 3. brakes
> As long as the driver is in control of these 3 things they are driving the car
> and not along for the ride.
>
> everything other than that has already been legal to have operated by
>something
> other than the driver.
> 1. automatic transmission
> 2. ignition advance
> 3. fuel delivery
> 4. boost control
> 5. rev limiter
> 6. data acquisition
> 7. nitrous application
>
> Big guys and little guys have used all seven of these( and i am sure there
>are a
> few i missed) for there own reasons in the past. All I am proposing is to add
> another reason to use them and i honestly did not think that the reasons i
>could
> use them was even listed in the rules. I want to have safe cars! I even more
> want to have safe faster cars or at least the ability to explore things that
> might make the cars faster and still not make them dangerous by using devices
> that are not tested such as applying the brakes on one wheel.
> Dave Dahlgren
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