What would YOU do to change rallying?
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PhillipM said:
velocemitch said:
Might do from the inside of it though, it would bring a lot more competitors in.
Would it? You generally find the more regulations a sport has to keep things close to standard the more expensive it becomes as soon as there are proffesional teams involved, because they spend absolute fortunes on R+D for iterative design that the rest of the field can't hope to match.Take the Production class RS2000 in my profile pic. We had two sets of suspension tarmac and forest, both outwardly identical and parts off the shelf. Just that one set of parts were chosen to be at one end of the manufacturing tolerance band, and the others at the opposite end. Sort of best description I can give in a single line.
So on the first day of the RAC, where almost all the stages were spectator stages and tarmac with a couple of very smooth forest, then the tarmac suspension went on. Service halt before the overnight stop, everything changed to the "forest" setup. Still standard, but it made a measurable difference in ride height and performance.
davepoth said:
SystemParanoia said:
rallying should have free engine choice.
just use inlet restrictors to level the playing field
Don't even bother with that - restricted tyres to control the grip. More power, more sliding. A simple and winning equation.just use inlet restrictors to level the playing field
Twincam16 said:
davepoth said:
SystemParanoia said:
rallying should have free engine choice.
just use inlet restrictors to level the playing field
Don't even bother with that - restricted tyres to control the grip. More power, more sliding. A simple and winning equation.just use inlet restrictors to level the playing field
SystemParanoia said:
Twincam16 said:
davepoth said:
SystemParanoia said:
rallying should have free engine choice.
just use inlet restrictors to level the playing field
Don't even bother with that - restricted tyres to control the grip. More power, more sliding. A simple and winning equation.just use inlet restrictors to level the playing field
I think the FIA are trying to stop them turning into Group B mentalmobiles, but given that they have to be production-based and 2WD, it'll no doubt rein itself in, plus crowd-control should have a natural restraining effect too.
sounds like good stuff then 
if they can publish spring rates, shock rates, ride-hight and geometry settings for the cars after they finish for the year that would be awesome too, as us mere mortals will have a good starting point for our regular cars to turn them into true B road blasters!
...thats never going to happen is it?
if they can publish spring rates, shock rates, ride-hight and geometry settings for the cars after they finish for the year that would be awesome too, as us mere mortals will have a good starting point for our regular cars to turn them into true B road blasters!
...thats never going to happen is it?
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