IROC Challenge Australia

[hmd]

sure the cost of a SC may be cheap. but doing it up to specs will be $$$ just the same.

[obrut]

My 2c worth: I fail to see the logic in creating yet another car single series spec (that can't be used/bought/sold anywhere else) when the FIA has an existing spec for 3.0RSR's. The FIA cars are used in several Euro series and, I think, some stateside too.

[Fishcop]

My 2c worth: I fail to see the logic in creating yet another car single series spec (that can't be used/bought/sold anywhere else) when the FIA has an existing spec for 3.0RSR's. The FIA cars are used in several Euro series and, I think, some stateside too.

Kill-joy

[obrut]

Fishie,

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of an IROC clone series per se - I just think it should be done without creating yet another spec (that suits nothing else).

If they went FIA people could buy compliant cars from o/seas (and sell them back when done). All the organisers would need to do is control the single colours. Controlling the camshafts and the gear ratios as per the draft regs (which are already controlled under FIA) won't do much to contain costs. A better cost measure would be limit tyres (e.g. one set for min'm 2 or 3 rounds).

Its the same problem that a lot of the Aussie tarmac rally cars have - they don't really suit anything else so they just sit in people's sheds.

[matt911]

Building and buying a 3.0 RSR FIA spec engine/car is $$$.

Here is an IROC bodied SC in Sydney with a 188hp 3.0 (stock) with exhaust, weight taken out and good gears, LSD etc. It has run 1.50 around Sydney Motor sport Park.
Something like this with 15's and slicks would be fun while keeping cost down..

[obrut]

I agree it would - but the draft spec's look more like the TCM cars. Coilovers, twin plug 3.6, big brakes.

[matt911]

In that case it will appeal to guys coming from GT3 Challenge and the like..

[CamBiscuit]

Thinking about Matts post above, and mulling it over for a few days I'd like to see the class pretty stock.

Stock 3.0 engine with overbore
Spec FG bumpers, bonnet, guards & tail.
Plastic windows
Interior free, FIA seats required.
Gearbox ratios free with LSD
Stock brakes with pads open
Spec cage
Spec torsions, shocks & sways

Poor mans Porsche racing. Don't make it a money race and you'll attract a bigger field.

Open to 2.7 to 3.0 vintage cars.

[Fishcop]

Thinking about Matts post above, and mulling it over for a few days I'd like to see the class pretty stock.

Stock 3.0 engine with overbore
Spec FG bumpers, bonnet, guards & tail.
Plastic windows
Interior free, FIA seats required.
Gearbox ratios free with LSD
Stock brakes with pads open
Spec cage
Spec torsions, shocks & sways

Poor mans Porsche racing. Don't make it a money race and you'll attract a bigger field.

Open to 2.7 to 3.0 vintage cars.

Agree. There's enough G series cars floating about to make this viable and no more expensive than running Group S. But in a way I also agree with Captain Kill Joy that there is a 'real' IROC spec available, so why not do it properly? Big differences in cost though!

Perhaps it'll be like HQ racing; a lot of fun for a while until the HQs run out

[obrut]

For the record, I agree with the povo-spec theory too - but that is not what is being considered at present.