11-03-2014, 06:18 PM
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:Factory Five/Spec Iron..awesome, but nothing local, and "barely" national. Spec E30 still has my interest as well, so does Spec Miata. The idea of being in the middle of 40-odd cars in the same class gets me all tingly inside. The "price" of Spec Miata scares me on top of the "cheating/bendy rules interpretation", and the "tin-can" and slow disappearance of Spec E30 has me worried.I wouldnt worry too much about the SM rules 'issues', thats goign to happen with any class as popular/competitive as it is (without seals, anyway) and if its anybody's fault its SCCA for not writing better rules. And the good news is that all that money being poured into the cars doesnt result in nearly as much of a performance delta as a more open class, so you have more of a chance of outdriving the money cars with skill.
Is the Spec MX5 class based on the 06+ cars taken off at all? Seems like it would be fun, more power than regular SMs and a slightly bigger chassis that would be easier to fit in.
Quote:Talked at length with a guy about F2000 but its a bit pricey for me. I have also thought about SRF, but I don't like SCCA. I just don't. I race for the weekend experience, I couldn't be one of those guys that shows up to race, races, and goes home. I want to drink/hang out/shoot the shit. I also don't like having to travel so far unless I want to. SCCA/BMWCCA have a lot of "out of region stuff" which is a pain. Convince me though, details?yeah any of the engine-build open wheel classes like F2000 are kind of dumb IMO. I would never wnat to spend that much time with an engine builder.....
FE is a neat class, sealed stock mazda3 engine and a swappable sports racer body. Local car counts probably arent what you are looking for though. Talked to a guy who sold his, bought a C6 to do track days, and was bored with how slow the vette was comparitavely.....
SRF is supposed to be pretty awesome with the new engine. Chan and I talked last year about going in on one together.
Kind of slow though (but still faster than sm)