Power to weight advice

[TobyLaRohne]

Hi guys, we have power to weight ratios coming in next season and I was wondering if some of you guys with more experience could give me a running start on what angle I should try with regarding to getting the best setup from my car...

I race at only 1 circuit, Losail. Which is a pretty fast circuit with lots of high speed corners (average corner speed over 70mph) and it has a few pretty long straights.

At the moment the rules are not released but we're expecting a Power to Weight ratio of 6.0kg per bhp to be set.

For me that means either

1) Adding 106kg to the car and leaving the power as it is

2) Losing 18 bhp and no weight addition

3) Losing 10bhp and adding 50kg

I'll add that the car is very well setup and currently runs about 200bhp at the wheels and is 1100kg with driver and 40kg of ballast where the passenger seat is.

What would your natural inclination be to go with?

[TobyLaRohne]

Regs will allow ecu tuning if the power to weight is introduced, the engine is a k20a.

Thanks for the responses guys. I'm kind of reluctant to add alot of weight to the car because of concerns if I have a big shunt I dont want it breaking loose in a high-g accident and killing me...(remote possibility I know)...perhaps I'm being paranoid.