Competition Eliminator FWD indexes (and SP/C question)

Competition Eliminator FWD indexes (and SP/C question)

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Benni

Original Poster:

3,509 posts

210 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Hello DragHeads,

I have read on eurodragster.com recently that the MSA is "testing" allowance of FWD cars in CE.

Who has more info on that, where can I find the indexes ?

I guess the safety regs apply to the ET and speed the car in question has entered or run,

the faster the index, the more safety stuff you need ?

The flywheel shield is one of the big issues, depending on model, type & mods

it may be very difficult to go 360° around the bellhousing.

In Germany, a driver got his scrutineering process complete by adding a "80% around" shield

and then reinforcing the front bulkhead in the "20%" area where a flywheel (or it´s shrapnel)

could cause personal damage.

Driveshaft loops are a bit more difficult than with RWD but doable.

What do PHers think of including FWD in CE, could that bring more from the "tuning" scene

into the race pits ?

Does the UK also have a "Sport Compact" class where everything but V8s are permitted,

IE 4cyl, 5cyl, 6cyl, rotaries and divided into FWD, RWD and AWD ?

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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I don't think there's been anything preventing FWD cars from entering Comp Eliminator up until now anyway. It's just that not they will have the option of racing to a FWD/A index rather than whatever other class they might have fallen into, in the same way that the SuMo cars could. I'm guessing this is to try and attract the Jap Series and FWD Series racers and the like into proper competition. What will the indices be? No idea, but I assume they'll look at the average performace levels of the cars they expect to be running and pick a suitably representative number.

The FWD Series runs under MSA rules, and they have class specific rules to which they need to adhere, plus the General Safety Regulations that affects all vehicles.

"Sports Compact" is a ridiculous class that makes no sense, and only really exists because of how backwards the American motor industry is. There was a version run in the UK a few years back, but I haven't heard anything about it recently, so I'm guessing it folded.

ribaric

262 posts

174 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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I'm not sure that's much appetite among the FWD groups to slug it out with, for want of a better epithet, 'mainstream' racers. Bracket/index classes would be a difficult place for FWD cars due to the need to 'hook' and get consistent launches/RTs etc. I suspect CE is the only realistic place for RWD, 4WD and FWD fans to mix it up.

MajorLucky

177 posts

163 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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At the end of the day it is to bring more cars into comp elim, previously there was no index for a fwd car so they were at a disadvantage choosing an index that was closest to what they had
The majority of fwd cars that will look to enter will probably come from the FWD drag series, so they already have 8.5 tagged cages and a scattershield is already required.

They will have a good go but will still be no match for a 6 second car BUT racing is racing, it's an exciting prospect for the best FWD cars to race on the best surfaces available.

Benni

Original Poster:

3,509 posts

210 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Hello Luke,

thanks for the info, do you know where I can find these FWD indexes

or do the FWD cars have to enter in the same weight break C/E categories as RWDs?

I am thinking -or better hoping- that there might be a similar interest in the german FWD Scene

but some of the really fast cars are driven by tuners that want fast ETs and are not really interested in quali & rounds.