Luke, that's very observant of you. Interesting. Of course Peter's was a Fly and this one's a Racer.
Steve, it wouldn't be good for our MP class in sidewinder configuration or perhaps in any configuration using a Slot.It-type motor pod, all because of the MP magnet location stipulation of being ahead of the rear tyres.
Would be nice to see someone bring out an IMSA-type RX7 (Tanko Baboolal ? ) to match this Capri (although I'm not sure whether an RX7 would be eligible for Mod-Prod.).
I believe that Racer is bringing out a BRE Datsun 240Z or 260Z which would be another stunner.
Hi Arden,
I think that the 'box' flares, lowered suspension and so on are fine for the MP class. Remember that this class is for modified cars, not standard saloons, as in our HS class. Even some of the HS class cars are replicas of saloons that were very heavily modified to race ( eg. Scaley Holden Torana which had a small block GM V8 in a Viva-sized car, Scaley Escorts with their 270 horsepower BDA engines, SCX Fiat 131 which had a highly developed 2 litre engine just for the then equivalent of WRC-which it won twice, SRC Capri which had a 2600 cc V6). If these flares and such were not allowed, we'd end up with the MP cars looking just like the HS cars.
This car can technically run as either an Historic Saloon or a Mod Prod car, as both classes are based on production cars. The main difference between these two classes from the type of car point-of-view (the body, not what is or isn't allowed in each FRC class) is that Historic Saloon cars are supposed to be cars from the '60s and '70s, maybe even the '80s, whereas Mod Prod allows any car based on a production car right up to current models. I would exclude DTM cars from either class as this is a rather more specialised class of racing, just as NASCAR cars are specialised.
