I think a lot of the salient points of this discussion were already held in the Jeff Teuton thread about HP on Monday.
This thread began as a rehetorical question. Now it has become a specifc question about whether the new Fords and Mopars are "fair".
Now that have a specific question, "Are we being fair by running a car that has been erroneously rated?"
When the Mopars hit the track, it was all about "it isn't fair". Now the CJs are hitting the track and it is all about "it isn't fair". Each turn of technolgy wheel will yield another that for a time seems also unfair. And we will have a few new ones coming up as direct injection and variable cam timing are coming.
The unfortunate thing about fair, is that it is subjective. I don't think some of the past Hp ratings were fair, but their unfairness and this situation are simply temporary conditions.
If the question is; should these new technology vehicles have their own classes, the answer probably is yes. Will it happen soon...if ever, who knows what evil lurks in the hearts and minds of men? (Ok Lamar Cranston snuck in for a second..)
Either the old iron needs it's own classes, or the new iron needs it's own classes.
So are we responsible for correcting these temporary imbalance, or will time, do as it has done so many other times, render this argument moot? I vote for time....
As has been pointed out in that other thread, "the tide comes, and the tide goes" To which I simply add, long live the movement of the tide, both ways. It will keep the sport clean by washing in both ways.
David
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