Lucky6, yes you are correct in being careful what you wish for. My vision is to help the division increase, no doubt. I think it’s great that we generate ideas from others and come up with a game plan. And as Boneman mentioned with changes…you have to work things out. The concept of a cheaper engine to level the playing field is just one idea.
Changing the engine rule to a V6 brings alot a variables to the table (ie additional weight, possibly larger tires, changes in hubs, carbs, etc…). In theory, an engine change to V6’s may be a cheaper engine, but it may also impact numerous things and actually counter the idea and actually increase costs. So I’m with you. I started looking at the V6’s when the Goody’s DASH series ran them.
The 2.3’s are reliable, and plentiful, so I’m not worried about them going away or being available for racing. I would like to see changes to help the racers field their cars more consistently by decreasing engine costs.
Currently, it’s no different than the late models and owm’s, the guys with the most money run up front…lol. As a fan, there is nothing worse than a boring race watching one car smoke the field. It maybe be fun for the driver who’s winning, but it makes for a horrible show for the fans and discourages drivers from wanting to continue week after week because they know they can’t compete, and the result is they park the car or sell it and the field decreases.
Leveling the playing field and having cars run an across-the-board engine set-up puts everything back on the driver and chassis set-up. In example, why do we need to spend 900.00 on a flywheel-clutch assembly? Why 2,000 to have the heads and block done at a machine shop, that doesn’t include assembly? Why 600.00 for 4 pistons w/rings. Why 450.00 for 5.7 rods, why 400.00 for a camshaft? Why 400.00 for pulleys? ITS ALL DONE FOR ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION…And once those components blow your in the hole again, minus the pulleys.
The class NEEDS to be affordable in order to increase car count, because the payouts certainly do not even help you breakeven by the time you pay for fuel, tires, pit help, etc…you know the deal. But what can we do to create a win-win situation.
80-90% of the racing show are hard working people just trying to get their car to the track and do not have thousands to drop on a motor if something detonates. My vision is to tune these motor rules back towards stock components with rules to permit reinforcement of the drivetrain for stability and a little bit of camshaft play with maximum lift rules to help maintain a hydraulic lifter in lieu of the need to convert to solid, just as examples.
Why not transition to larger tires. This will permit drivers to maintain speed throughout the corners and into the straight-away. This will create a great show and affordability.
Again, my goal is to (1) “decrease” costs for drivers engines, (2) “increase” car counts which in-turn increases payouts, put on a great show for fans and promoters so they WANT to have the division back (that puts fans in the seats), (3) have a “respectable division regional tour”, and (4) make racing “fun and competitive” again for everyone involved and (5) discard the same old-same old weekend shows and turn-it up a notch.
Thanks for the feedback!!!
