New and need help: How to classify my factory five 818r

[altitude7200]

Hi all! New to NASA (not new to W2W) but hoping to do a lot of track time, W2W and TT with you guys next year. I have recently acquired a factory five 818r, which is a tube framed kit car with WRX running gear. Subaru 2.5 turbo 6speed rwd drivetrain.  I currently have two tunes which are 275 and 300hp (at the crank). I know I'll need to get them dyno confirmed and guessing they will be a lot lower at the wheels.

I'm banging my head against a wall bouncing between all the rulebooks and car classification form to figure out how to class this thing. Depending on a number of factors I could race in ST1, ST2, or ST3... I think. I'm open to adding weight, reducing tire size and type, de-tuning, aero, etc. There seems to be the most competition for it in ST2 or ST3 in what lap times I think it could do. I'd rather avoid ST1 because the car would be bottom of the barrel there, (and so would my driving!) 

Big questions are these two areas"

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  Chassis (ST2/TT2)*

  Sports racers, “Prototypes”, monocoque race cars -3.4Other Non-Production Vehicle -0.4Not Applicable

   

  Is it a "non-production vehicle" being that it is a manufactured, numbered kit or Not applicable? 

   

  and if I go for ST3: It comes designed and built with the rear wing pictured below, is that a BTM aero mod then?

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  Production Vehicle Body Modifications (ST3/TT3)*

  Modification of the OEM roof line/shape and/or windshield/frame removal -0.3Modification of the floor pan for exhaust clearance only and/or the rocker panel for side exit exhaust only -0.2BTM Aero (see 6.3) +0.4Not Applicable

   

  I'll also have to look about aero and other factors, but I'd like an idea where I should aim, and on these big starter questions. Or am I off base and need an entirely different class?

  Thanks in advance, I look forward to meeting you all soon. Car is below.

   

   

[altitude7200]

Any opinions at all? 

[Brett B.]

 

I am not an expert on ST rules, but I'll give it a shot. Super Touring is where you belong in this car, although this strikes me as one of the thorniest cars for which to interpret ST rules.  

 

“Non-Production” vehicles (ST1, ST2, and ST3 only), include all other ST series eligible vehicles including “kit” cars, purpose-built track/race cars, tube-frame and partial tube-frame conversion vehicles, and “Production” vehicles that have modifications not in compliance with Section 6.2, and will be assessed the “Non-Production Vehicle” Modification Factor listed in 6.5.2 unless the vehicle model is listed in Section 6.5.3 of these rules and has been approved to compete under “Production” vehicle status. A competitor with a vehicle originally qualified as a “Production” model may use the Modification Factor assessment for “Non-Production Vehicle” to avoid all “Production vehicle only” limitations/restrictions in Section 6.2. For ST4, all vehicles must originate as Production street vehicles unless listed otherwise in Section 6.5.3. Tube frame chassis conversions are not permitted. The Non-Production Vehicle Modification Factor may not be utilized in ST4, but additional specific Modification Factor assessments for certain approved non-production modifications are listed in 6.5.2."

 

Other Non-Production Vehicle (ST1, ST2, ST3 only): = -0.4 <--- This is what you have. The car is nonproduction, so the windshield frame is a not applicable. The car comes with a wing, so that should be fine in ST3.