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Originally Posted by chunder
Seems interesting that BTRDA can get a far better modified class going.
Would this be the right place to ask why these two series are not combined?
And even if not, could someone tell people who dont know why?
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The regs in BTRDA Supermods are slightly more open.
Basically MSA regs say the engine has to have the same amount of cylinders as engines originally fitted in that model, but BTRDA regs were changed a few years ago to allow different configurations as long as they were from the same maufacturer.
To put it simply ......
Ford Fiesta mk3 - MSA any four clylinder engine from any manufacturer
Ford Fiesta mk3 - BTRDA any four cylinder engine fron any manufacturer or any ford engine
The reasoning behing this change was when a competitor wanted to fit a 6 pot Vauxhall engine into an Astra but wasn't allowed, yet I can run a Mitsi engine in a Fiesta.
So the rules were opened up a little to make things a little more sensible and fair.
As for running both series together ...... this would be impossible at Lydden.
The MSA meeting in August has 82 entries spread over 6 catagories, and the BTRDA one 12 days later is looking like having 85+ over 5 catagories, and there are only a handful of people doing both meetings.
If the meetings were combined there would be more than 130 competitors, so there would be not enough time.
At the present time Pembrey is the only place where a combined meeting would be possible even then time would be tight, unless you ran BTRDA one day and MSA the other.