I was in EP but had to add about 300 pounds of lead ballast to get to the
2086 minimum weight without driver. I never had any competition in EP and
decided to move up to EM. EM has a 1500 pound minimum weight without the
driver. Next year EM will have a minimum weight of 1700 pounds with the
driver. Right now the car weighs about 1675 without the driver. It weighs
about 1925 with the driver. I need to take 225 pounds off the driver/car
combo. I think I can take a little off of me but as Eric said, I'm a
big-ol-boy and haven't been below 200 since High School. I'm going to try
to cut away everything that is not essential. I will probably swiss cheese
some parts and replace some of the sheet metal with aluminum. I may even
sell the KA24DE and put an SR20DET in. I've heard that the SR20DET is about
100 pounds lighter.
Andy
> What class you planning on running. If it's SCCA's autocrossing FP you
might
> check out the new rules they are planning for next year. All the weight
> factors are changing in the production classes. If you have not seen them
go to
> SCCA.com then look in the Garage section and I think it is in the April
issue of
> track facts.
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