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I think limiting the engine to stock injectors and exhaust manifold will take care of any ECU issues. You can only get so much fuel through the stock injectors. Maybe require stock fuel pumps and FPRs. But, I'm not an engine guy so maybe smarter folks then me have a workaround.

Why limit it?

Sponsorship would be good.

Maybe 8.5" wide so the stock 350Z rear wheels can be used all around on the car. Keep a limit on tire size so we don't get the wacky stuff the BS autocrossers do. Its one thing to run a 285 on a 8" wide wheel when your speeds don't exceed 70 mph. Its quite another at 140mph in turn 8 at WSIR.

 

I doesn't exactly take care of it completely, but I hear you on what you're saying. The entire fuel system and engine would have to be stock. Fuel pumps, etc. as well.

Why limit which LSD?...Because we want to be dumb *** control freaks who just give "becasue we said so" as a reason. Seriously, it was just a thought so there are no variations and limit what you can change/use. No other real reason. That one was weak to begin with, but I hear you on the question.

Spec wheel and tire is a must. Especially the tire size. And yes, some of those set ups would be if'y at best going through 8 & 9 at WSIR.

 

I just want to clarify what I meant about having a "minimum cage" and keeping the car street legal. I've been involved in motorsports for a long time and in no way am I suggesting that safety be compromised in the interest of saving money, but I want to make sure that we don't do anything overkill. I'm pretty sure that most spec series have already done that so it will probably end up being right in line with them.

As far as keeping it street legal I'm well aware that any kind of a roll cage doesn't meet DOT specs, but a lot of engine modifications don't meet CARB regulations either. I should have worded this differently as being streetable, not necessarily street "legal".

The majority of SM, S94, and SBoxster cars are trailered to the track as I would recommend when involved in any kind of wheel to wheel racing for obvious reasons but in my personal experience I've known a couple of lower budget SM and SBoxster guys to drive their cars to the track. That didn't end so well for my friend with the Boxster when he blew his tranny though...

 

I think this would be very cool. I'm a new member to NASA and I'm still a ways off from racing and time trials. However, to the events I've been to there is usually only 2 other Z's that show to the weekends events. Is it like that across the country (I'm in Great Lakes region)? I'm guessing its not like that if there is some chance of a Z class.

 

If its a SPEC series, the engine would need to be controlled also. Meaning the engine would either be the DE or the HR. I'd suggest the 07 or newer HR to avoid the oil consumption issues of previous years.
Tires would need to be a spec tire, Toyo, Hoosier, Kumho...anything. Would it be a DOT 'legal' R compound, a true slick or actual street tire?
Would adjustable front camber be allowed? I've seen you guys talkign about changing shocks and springs, but I would LOVE to be able to adjust front camber and get the car to turn in a bit.
If you have 'over weight' drivers and drivers 'under weight' where does the ballast go...if any?
Brakes would need to be regulated....rotors, pads, calipers
Why would Nismo models not be allowed?

I would love a spec z series. If I had the money I'd be the first to jump in.

 

Anything that gets more Z's to the track sounds like a great idea to me. The cars are getting cheaper, the motor is very reliable (at least so far it has for me), and the car has enough power to still be fun to drive (I think I would have been bored in a SM).
For me personally, the problem would be if I had to de-mod my car to comply with the spec rules. I wouldn't mind swapping back to some stock parts but now way I'll cut the cage out if it doesn't comply due to how I have it tied into the chassis.

 

believe it or not, we get between 8-12 Z's per event now. But it may have to do to the following we have grown over the years.

 

There are maybe 2-3 350Zs who intermittantly run NASA events in Phoenix, so not much interest in racing them in AZ. Cool idea for somewhere with a lot of Z track junkies though. People here who want to run spec gravitate to the BMW and 944 camps where there is ample competition. For how much they cost to maintain, I'd rather put a Spec Miata into a wall than a Spec 350Z.