Quote:
Originally Posted by Umai Naa
So the teams have to buy a $60K-$150K roadcar, strip it right back to a bare shell, acid dip it, seam weld it, put a cage in it, add in spefic-to-the car driveline components and suspension, and somehow you'll tell me that's more cost-effective as well as "better" than what we have now, and be able to acheive the parity that is cornerstone to the sport?
|
1. They buy a kit of pressings (floor pan, sill panel etc) and weld them together, not a complete car.
2. Yes, they did it this way before, they can do it
again.
It
works -- it actually
removes the parity shennigans because you will be racing three cars that are fundamentally similar (Mustang, Camaro, Infiniti Q60), all with say 5.0L engines with a simple 8000rpm rev limit (knock yourself out on engine development!
).
They will be using production panels, standard suspension pickup points & wheelbase of each vehicle, have a clearly defined box to design their aero in, a clearly defined maximum wheel track -- and
may the best team win. No "but he has that", "but, but, but I want to have that to". You are actually
allowed to build the best car and best engine you can.
Don't you see how well the WRC example works!?
It actually
fixes everything that is contrived, stifling and restrictive about the current rules. Rules like control wheels, control pedal boxes, control brakes and control camshafts have brought nothing positive to the sport. Costs are as high as ever -- the teams will always spend as much as they can find, so let's give them something useful to spend it on!