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What's up with the tire width spec? Penalizing lighter cars


JCraven

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That's not too bad. If you add 15 more points worth of mods you will really be smokin. The TTA times should be a little slower now that the Audi and Zo6's have been restrained.

 

I think everything will still be pretty fun and as fair as it can be......When you realize that 2 of the lower classes were eliminated and another upper class was added it makes a little more sense why we are all shuffled up.

 

Take care and have a nice Holiday,

Matt C.

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OK, now I don't feel so bad. As I read, I see a bunch of guys got bumped from TTC to TTA. I guess '06 TTC is the new TTA.

One big improvement is the 8.7 weight/WHP limit. With the 560WHP limit last year before they put you in TTR, you could possibley have 550 HP cars in TTD, TTC or TTB.

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It looks like one of the few to whom the new tire rule is an advantage. I am running 205s all around in a base classs of TTD. With other mods I was in TTC anyway and now with this tire rule i get some points back (and from other places ) and have more points to play with with in TTC.

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It looks like one of the few to whom the new tire rule is an advantage. I am running 205s all around in a base classs of TTD. With other mods I was in TTC anyway and now with this tire rule i get some points back (and from other places ) and have more points to play with with in TTC.

 

What kind of super lightweight car allows you to run 205's?

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I have the record, 30 points for tires. I dare anyone to beat that!

 

I only have 26 pts added to my TTB car (with an additional 7 new base pts this year) with the setup I ran in 2006.

 

The rules really do shaft the C5s in TTB - I know only the C5 drivers care. I am trying to figure out a safe and affordable way to stay TTB or even TTA

 

My 99 Fixed Roof Coupe (TTB*) compared to my 02 ZO6 (TTA*) - same tires are +10 on the TTB car, the Z51 bars (stock on FRCs) +2, weight is close to my ZO6 (128 lb wt classification since TTB is based on coupe), my headers and exhaust are +4, my zip tie intake mod is +1. That puts my "modded" FRC within 1 pt of my "stock" ZO6 and both run in TTA now. Guess what, the FRC is going to lose and there is not enough pts to close the gap between the two. I put sticky tires on both and I am maxed out in both cars for TTA.

 

So yes the tire sizes do hurt some cars more than others.

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