18LikesTouring Car ROAR event minimum weight
04-22-2018 | 05:05 PM
#6
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,741
1350
as well as reading the rule book you have to be on top of all the announcements as well.....
ROAR Racing
as well as reading the rule book you have to be on top of all the announcements as well.....
ROAR Racing
04-22-2018 | 05:08 PM
#7
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,741
History behind this;
ETS dropped to 1350 for 2015
AARCMCC (australia) dropped to 1350 as did BRCA
was then proposed to IFMAR Prior to 2016 worlds to drop to 1350 (and they did)
EFRA followed IFMAR
ROAR followed after the worlds.
and now ETS has changed to 1320g for this season, so reasonable chance of IFMAR changing before the worlds also - which will drive another change.
ETS dropped to 1350 for 2015
AARCMCC (australia) dropped to 1350 as did BRCA
was then proposed to IFMAR Prior to 2016 worlds to drop to 1350 (and they did)
EFRA followed IFMAR
ROAR followed after the worlds.
and now ETS has changed to 1320g for this season, so reasonable chance of IFMAR changing before the worlds also - which will drive another change.
04-23-2018 | 06:43 AM
#8
Tech Master
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,538
From: Lynnwood, Washington
Are there any advantages, for the racers, to lowering car weight again? Other than awesomatix are there any cars that are signifcantly under weight when not using LCG batteries, ultra light weight bodies and titanium / aluminum hardware? It’s diminishing returns at this point and starts to get very expensive.
Last edited by malkiy; 04-23-2018 at 06:55 AM.
04-23-2018 | 07:23 AM
#9
Are there any advantages, for the racers, to lowering car weight again? Other than awesomatix are there any cars that are signifcantly under weight when not using LCG batteries, ultra light weight bodies and titanium / aluminum hardware? It’s diminishing returns at this point and starts to get very expensive.
04-23-2018 | 07:37 AM
#10
Tech Elite
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,057
From: Chatham Ontario Canada
Are there any advantages, for the racers, to lowering car weight again? Other than awesomatix are there any cars that are signifcantly under weight when not using LCG batteries, ultra light weight bodies and titanium / aluminum hardware? It’s diminishing returns at this point and starts to get very expensive.
04-23-2018 | 01:42 PM
#11
I have to agree, adding weight to my touring cars has become an annoying obsession lately, even with an 8400mah battery and a boat anchor speedo i had to put 10g on my T4'18 to make 1350
04-23-2018 | 02:25 PM
#14
trying to think if i have anything else on the car to lighten it, standard flex alum chassis, it does have lightened hinge pins, but that's like .8g each, hardly anything.....
04-23-2018 | 04:18 PM
#15
The Solaris tires on Schumacher lightweight wheels weigh 40g less than any other wheel/tire combo out there. That’s a huge advantage/disadvantag depending on perspective. Yes it’s 40g less rotating mass, but now you have to find space for it on you chassis