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Originally Posted by MINIz guy  Good luck making the ti competitive!
I was talking to a SCCA member with a S52 swapped ti and M-roadster rear end. He was only able to run 245's under the stock fenders and says the rear suspension design isn't good enough compared to other SM cars. It may be a long and expensive road to get a ti to be competitive in SM. |
It's a long and expensive road to get
any car competitive in SM.
I have the blueprint for my old car, so if it's not working out, I can always just replicate it. But it wouldn't be as fun as trying something new. I've always been a fan of the ti's hot hatch style, and I think it can have a real good shot with the right approach.
Three things that I think are noteworthy:
1) The rules have polarized the potential builds into add power (and tire) versus add lightness
2) The ti is at a sweet spot weight and component wise where I think it could do very well with the later approach
3) The SM rules only state they you have to use the stock suspension-to-chassis attachment points and leaves the entire rest of the suspension wide open. I've yet to see this fully exploited.