On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Jim Hill wrote:
> > If you want to race, then choice five is obvious, because with the DCOE's,
> > you get almost infinite adjustability. In fact, you'll loose sleep over
> > all the possible combinations.
>
> There are, of course, "eligibility" rules to consider. Before you invest a
> big chunk of cash into carburetion (or any other major modification), you
> should find out what impact this will have on the race or autocross class
> you'll end up in. Not much point in having the fastest TR6 if that bumps you
> into a higher class where you're not competitive.
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
Jim is, of course, completely correct about this. You need to know where
you're going to play before you do a lot of this stuff. Otherwise, you're
just wasting your money.
Example - you load on a set-o-webahs (the correct pronunciation, I might
add), and you decide that they work best with 30mm venturis - some folks
call 'em choke tubes. Anyway, if the car runs in SCCA road racing, the
car would not be legal for the old E Prod class... I haven't seen the new
Production rules, so I don't know if that is still the case, but I
suspect is is. Anyway, that one simple change tosses you into GT3, and
I'll bet you have to a lot more stuff to your TR6 to make it fast in GT3
than just increasing the choke tubes!
Now, if anyone out there really likes to waste money, I have this project
that needs "just a little more funding..."
;-)
later,
rml
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