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Originally posted by zotman72
Mike is right and he has been at for awhile. I have an H car (2.7S CIS) and it can embarrass quite a few G cars and some F cars but the limitation is tires. With a 7:31 915 and 3.0SC (US spec presumably) you would be classed an F car that does not have enough rubber to be competitive. On certain tracks that are not HP dependent, you might be a force or perhaps in the rain, otherwise you will be consistently spanked by good F Euro SC drivers (and some waterpumpers) and racing against inept G & F drivers. Ask me how I know.

LOL, i'm beginning to feel like you brought x-mas to me a few months early. when the other side of the coin is dealing w/ factory cup cars, getting spanked by F drivers doesn't sound so bad, even if i will lack the rubber!

i've been told that it's not just the mechanicals (meaning brakes etc.) that would be keeping me out of that class but rather lacking the complete sc 'look'. if that's not really required, or maybe just not adhered to, then i'm definitely game. guess i have to look into it some more now.

(now where did i put my ex-subaru "pray for rain" racing bumper sticker

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jaydubya · 10-19-2006, 05:37 AM

You can get the final word on this stuff from Donna Amico at PCA.

http://www.pca.org/clubrace/contacts.htm

Save any emails that she sends to you and bring them to tech in case there are questions.

Jeff

Jim Richards · 10-19-2006, 05:41 AM

Yeah, Donna can separate the fact from the fiction. And she's local (Potomac).

I gotta see this "pray for rain" bumper sticker, Dave.

304065 · 10-19-2006, 07:04 AM

Mike is definitely on to something, but I would be double-secret-certain that the local scruitineers will approve that combination.

For example, Dick Strahota from CVR, a true gentleman racer, runs a 73 911 with a 74 911 (not S) 2,7 engine, at the weight of a '74 911, which is ordinarily classed in I-stock, and then has RS-type flares and a host of prepared goodies to run in H. He's an ouststanding driver and has many podiums to his credit with that car.

But before you go down that road, be absolutely certain the local scrutineers are OK with the combo. Many older cars are "grandfathered" into the class and PCA has been cracking down on the "exact duplicate in all regards" because they don't want people building a car for a particular class.

But what do I know? I have 1971 Karmann-bodied T with an E engine built on a T case. . .

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yep... it's definitely something to think about and look into some more. thanks for the suggestions guys. help, actually

i understand that it would be a nightmare to enforce peoples' gear ratios, displ., compression and a bunch of other wild stuff. esp if a lot of people started doing it. what i want is to actually give up some performance, such as flares/rubber to an SC, but otherwise "be" like an SC. i'll have to figure out a decent "persuasive presentation package" and see how it's received.

running in F would be ideal.