SCCA STR 370z Progress Thread.... It can be done!

[synolimit]

I don't stand a chance. Looked last night and I think I'm in street modified?? I'll be destroyed.

[03threefiftyz]

Worse...370z isn't legal for SM. You would be in SSM. Welcome to land of 2500lb, fire spitting, 500whp 2/3 rotor turbo RX7's.

[sixpax]

Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz

Worse...370z isn't legal for SM. You would be in SSM. Welcome to land of 2500lb, fire spitting, 500whp 2/3 rotor turbo RX7's.

I have reviewed a bunch of entry lists from years past and notice that at least around these parts, SSM seems pretty limited in number of cars. Not that it matters I guess, last place is last place whether you are a 3rd in class or 26th in class LOL

[Apollo8642]

Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz

Worse...370z isn't legal for SM. You would be in SSM. Welcome to land of 2500lb, fire spitting, 500whp 2/3 rotor turbo RX7's.

My scca solo group has one of those fire spitting FD RX-7's that runs a massive wing, and aero, and his only competition is turbo'd Honda S2000 that's about 500whp in SSM.
SSM isn't a class for the meek and mild that's for sure, but comparing time between SSM, and ASP, and looking at the resules for the last two events, it's pretty surprising. The ASP cars are very competitive in shorter tighter courses so far this year. We'll see how SSM and ASP match up on the bigger courses where the SSM cars can really stretch their legs.

[synolimit]

Awe what did I miss that throws me out?

[03threefiftyz]

Originally Posted by synolimit

Awe what did I miss that throws me out?

What parts are on your car? I was just saying that the 370 isn't legal for SM.

[synolimit]

Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz

What parts are on your car? I was just saying that the 370 isn't legal for SM.

I'll pm

[03threefiftyz]

The current (or anything close to it) NASA points system just does not work for autocross, unfortunately.

[Masterbeatty]

Last year when i ran with SCCA NER there was this 240sx s15 full built ssm car. the car was FTD by a few secs. I gues one of the co drivers won nationals in 2013. I will see if i can find a pic of the car but it was insanly fast and had lots of BOOST!

[03threefiftyz]

The Panda.....and it's an SM car (has rear seats). Dave White won twice in that car. It is retired for Panda V3 that is being built now.

[Masterbeatty]

I think its time to start a new thread on SCCA classing for discussion and gripes/ complaining. I emailed SCCA comp manager on my delema so hopefully i will get an in depth interpretation on the toe arm as i dont want to affend/discredit anyone or myself.

i will make one when i get home from work.

[03threefiftyz]

The SPL buckets and toe arms are absolutely not legal unitl you get to SSM in their OTS form.

[Masterbeatty]

Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz

The SPL buckets and toe arms are absolutely not legal unitl you get to SSM in their OTS form.

I finally got the answer on the reason why... Rrrrrrrr. It's because of the damn spherical bushings they use. So it's not just the toe arms that aren't asp legal in my case, it is the rear camber arms too! That is why I could never find why the toe arms were not asp legal. So if they were made with poly bushings then I would be fine. F it, I'm doing this for fun anyway so I am not that butt hurt about it.

Lesson learned, if you want to auto cross with SCCA and not be SSM then don't get spl get the less quality spc or kinetix camber and toe kits. Also I looked at stance and they are spherical as well. This took me a few hours of reading back and forth and back and forth.

I am now even more angry Those rules. There should be a limit on how many mods you can have before going up in a class like a max of two or three.

[sixpax]

Originally Posted by Masterbeatty

I finally got the answer on the reason why... Rrrrrrrr. It's because of the damn spherical bushings they use. So it's not just the toe arms that aren't asp legal in my case, it is the rear camber arms too! That is why I could never find why the toe arms were not asp legal. So if they were made with poly bushings then I would be fine. F it, I'm doing this for fun anyway so I am not that butt hurt about it.

Lesson learned, if you want to auto cross with SCCA and not be SSM then don't get spl get the less quality spc or kinetix camber and toe kits. Also I looked at stance and they are spherical as well. This took me a few hours of reading back and forth and back and forth.

I am now even more angry Those rules. There should be a limit on how many mods you can have before going up in a class like a max of two or three.

Exactly why I would be SSM ... and I am too lazy to remove the SPL stuff just to be in a different class. Doing it for fun anyway so don't care what class they stick me in.

[03threefiftyz]

I was only .031 off the top SSM time at the Wilmington National a couple of weeks ago. Some courses they can easily be 1+s faster than me.