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Originally Posted by zzdudaka
I stumbled across this post and have spent the last week reading it. Wow! Thanks for sharing this was incredible!
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Appreciate you reading it all!
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Originally Posted by zzdudaka
Question. In your search for power to weight ratio what is the hesitation to forced induction. For me I see a big price tag, but with what you probably have in this I am curious as to your reasoning?
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To sum it up, one of my main goals with this car is to have a reliable racer that I can use to learn on, and have a shot at being competitive, and to progress with the car at a steady pace / with my own skills. I'm nearly there at the amateur levels of time trial... forced induction is sexy and would allow me flexibility to move up into higher classes, but has drawbacks... first is reliability - my racing mentors tell me that I would need to keep a spare motor and plan to use it within a season if running a TT setup. I'm not interested in spending $10K per year on motors. second, maturity... the TT and SC setups will continue to be refined and some folks are already blazing the trail of testing them at the track... there are kinks being worked out in the tuning software, fuel systems, etc... third, respecting my limits... I think a lot of amateur drivers jump too quickly into high HP cars b/c they want to go faster... but the reality is higher HP doesn't make you a better driver... bottom line, I'm not ready for a 500 whp and <3,000lb racecar! it's fine on GT5, not yet in real life
One final note, I'm usually running with NASA... my car just barely fits into the "TTA" class... it's a good spot to be in and I plan to tweak the living --- out of the car until it can win there... eventually, will move into "TTS" which has no limitations on aero or other mods (basically) except a power/weight cap that should allow me to run ~325whp and ~3,100 lbs with driver, on race slicks. I'm at 300whp now - I believe I can get to 325whp without FI.
My mind is not entirely made up, but you can see where my head is at right now
Happy holidays all!