New NASA Class for 2012: Spec Z
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The only track we go to is Mid Ohio. To get the SCCA T2 and T3 cars the rules should have allowed the shocks and springs to make things a lot easier. The stock suspension, which is required, only allows you to legally get about 1.5 front camber. The 9" fronts and 10" rears are what SCCA specs for the T2 cars and 8.5 front and rear is T3 specs. If anyone wants to order some light weight wheels for this series let me know.
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The only track we go to is Mid Ohio. To get the SCCA T2 and T3 cars the rules should have allowed the shocks and springs to make things a lot easier. The stock suspension, which is required, only allows you to legally get about 1.5 front camber. The 9" fronts and 10" rears are what SCCA specs for the T2 cars and 8.5 front and rear is T3 specs. If anyone wants to order some light weight wheels for this series let me know.
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I wonder what that 18.50# really means. Does that include weights? Valve stem? Scale inaccuracies? I ask b/c the 18x9 RPF1 is stated to weigh 18.4#. Following fair math and sig figs, that would mean they are 18.3-18.5#. I assume that wheel is ok, yet - to be fair - the published weight is 18.4#. The 10" wheel, of course, is not a problem. I'd like to see a 9.5 or 10" wheel allowed up there anyway, but it doesn't really matter - I suppose - since we all will be under the same restrictions.
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LMFAO...
I emailed my buddy a similar thing yesterday.
Me: I think I am out already. I would have to put way too many OEM interior pieces back in. They want the heater core in place, yet you're allowed to remove all hoses going to it. I don't feel like spending 1000 bucks on OEM useless parts that I removed this winter and threw away.
Plus I would have to sell all my wheels and buy new. They limit front wheel to 9". I think it's stupid because the spec tire is 275/35/18. It's 10.9"
wide and they want that on a 9" wheel. DUMB!
Oh well. I got a boner for nothing.
Him: Yep.....that's a boner killer!
I emailed my buddy a similar thing yesterday.
Me: I think I am out already. I would have to put way too many OEM interior pieces back in. They want the heater core in place, yet you're allowed to remove all hoses going to it. I don't feel like spending 1000 bucks on OEM useless parts that I removed this winter and threw away.
Plus I would have to sell all my wheels and buy new. They limit front wheel to 9". I think it's stupid because the spec tire is 275/35/18. It's 10.9"
wide and they want that on a 9" wheel. DUMB!
Oh well. I got a boner for nothing.
Him: Yep.....that's a boner killer!
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You guys are fussing about the cost of a 9" wheel which is peanuts compared to what the real costs are to race. For us the cost and especially the effort to change over from T2 - T3 specs is a lot more concern.
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When Nissan was putting together the parts to submit to SCCA for approval for the T2 car they came up with a specific spring for the front, one for the rear, a sway bar of a specific size and the car handled best with the 9" wheels up front and 10" at the rear. SCCA wasn't going to approve a wheel larger than 10" on the car. The 9" wheels are not a disadvantage.
You guys are fussing about the cost of a 9" wheel which is peanuts compared to what the real costs are to race. For us the cost and especially the effort to change over from T2 - T3 specs is a lot more concern.
You guys are fussing about the cost of a 9" wheel which is peanuts compared to what the real costs are to race. For us the cost and especially the effort to change over from T2 - T3 specs is a lot more concern.
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When Nissan was putting together the parts to submit to SCCA for approval for the T2 car they came up with a specific spring for the front, one for the rear, a sway bar of a specific size and the car handled best with the 9" wheels up front and 10" at the rear. SCCA wasn't going to approve a wheel larger than 10" on the car. The 9" wheels are not a disadvantage.
You guys are fussing about the cost of a 9" wheel which is peanuts compared to what the real costs are to race. For us the cost and especially the effort to change over from T2 - T3 specs is a lot more concern.
You guys are fussing about the cost of a 9" wheel which is peanuts compared to what the real costs are to race. For us the cost and especially the effort to change over from T2 - T3 specs is a lot more concern.
Although, I have a lot of things I could sell and use that money to buy all the parts.
I am going to watch how everything transpires over the season and make my final decision at the end of this season if I am going to run it next year.
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Man, called out.....
Ok here it is...pretty lame actually but I've never been interviewed before lol.
Don't know how to get it off their facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/vid...v=545354877816
Ok here it is...pretty lame actually but I've never been interviewed before lol.
Don't know how to get it off their facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/vid...v=545354877816
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This is quite interesting, but I wonder what the real demand for a spec 350Z series is, especially given how many other spec classes already exist. I don't think I've seen a single 350Z racing in NASA W2W here in SoCal, but then again I can't claim to notice every car on track on a given weekend. And each time a new class is added, it has the possibility of merely diluting competition in existing classes.
That said, if the addition of this class brings in a bunch of new drivers from HPDE and/or TT, or even SCCA, then good for NASA.
That said, if the addition of this class brings in a bunch of new drivers from HPDE and/or TT, or even SCCA, then good for NASA.