Just by the way, Chris told me his car weighs 1300 lb. That leaves me
only 500 to go. Well, 520 if you count the effects of a strict junk
food diet....
-S.
TVR Vixen S-2
Mike Bultemeier wrote:
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> I think the thing about D-Mod is starting with the right car. It has to be a
>car as close to the minimum weight as possible. The other is that it must make
>as much
> power as possible from a power plant under 2000cc. Some of the cars mentioned
> earlier (Sprite,Porsche 914, FiatX19,850 Minis, TVR,Elva Courier) that
> get close to the minimum weight give up lots of displacement to do it. In my
> opinion there is only one car that can be competitive that's the Lotus. Look
> at the Nationals results of the top 10 the first 9 were Lotus(type) cars.
>The highest
> non Lotus placed 10th Steve Pattersons 914 Porsche. The way I see it if you
>want to run DM buy a Lotus, end of story.
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> Mike B. TLS#1
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> Jan Schmidt wrote:
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> > I AGREE! Way too heavy . The solo 2 rules should be changed. A good weight
>minimum for D mod would be 1500 lbs and E mod should be 1800 or 1900 lbs. d&e
>mods ought to be able to be built using any 2-seater sportscar. If the lotuses
>are too light , let them use ballast weights! You would play hell ever getting
>an rx7 to 1500 lbs for E mod let alone 1000 lbs for D mod.
> >
> > Bill Schmidt
> > 84 rx7 cs KC region
> > >>> Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net> 02/01 2:15 PM >>>
> > I have to disagree here. Has'nt a Sprite with a turbo been tried? I think
> > that
> > was the first year I went and watched the Nationals. A couple of the cars
> > you
> > mention won't even get close. The TVR,Porsche 914 and the Elva could never
> > get even reasonably close to 1000lbs. The others might get close but won't
> > make it.
> > I'm not being closed minded, just realistic
> >
> > What does everyone else think?
> >
> > Mike Bultemeier
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> > Gemery@aol.com wrote:
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> > > Mike Bultemeier asks:
> > > > Yeah but isn't everything to heavy for D-Mod? Everything but a Lotus?
> > >
> > > Don't be so close-minded :-) Just because we've never seen it done,
> > > doesn't mean it's impossible!
> > >
> > > Austin-Healy Sprite/MG Midget, Fiat 600/800, Fiat 850, Austin/Morris
> > > Mini, Honda S800, Elva Courier, Turner, TVR, and the Lotus clones
> > > (Caterham, Westfield, & Rotus) can all make the weight. With a
> > > _lot_ of reframing work, I suspect Porsche 914, Fiat X-1/9, and
> > > other more popular cars could also make weight.
> > >
> > > Additionally, I've never seen/heard of a really hot turboed DM car...
> > > methinks there's plenty of room for a 30 psi turboed 1.4 liter motor.
> > >
> > > George Emery
> > > gemery@aol.com
> > > http://members.aol.com/gemery/scorpion.html
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