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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN
Dosent matter....If it wont run with an automatic then put a stick in it. Most dont use the clutch anyway. The engine is just an air pump. In time with cam changes and tunning the ones that wont work well with an automatic will work. If its a small engine then allow a wt. break for the lower classes. How else ar ya going to get these new combos hit by the AHFS before we all die of old age? One lb breaks would help and being allowed to run the natural class only would go a long way in helping to bring back some sposors. The status que isnt working. So what is the answer?
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One pound weight breaks is entirely different from saying engines work the same regardless of the transmission. One pound weight breaks are fine, they're a good idea. Arbitrarily deciding to factor engines the same, regardless of the transmission is another thing entirely.
Cam changes will not change rod/stroke ratio, bore/stroke ratio, or other factors, and make them equal. It just simply won't work. You cannot, for example, make a 302 Ford work as well in front of a C4 as you can in front of a 4 speed. You cannot make that happen with a cam change.
And you cannot just go sticking additional weight breaks in for various combinations everywhere. Exactly how complex and convoluted do you want to make this? I thought the idea was to make fewer classes, fewer weight breaks, and more heads up races. Add 100 pounds for one engine, in one car, with a manual transmission, or take 100 pounds off of a different engine in a different car, with an automatic, just to try to make engines that don't work well with an automatic somewhat competitive? You cannot possibly be serious.
If it won't run with an automatic, put a stick in it? So, now it's okay to just pencil a guys combination dead? Excuse me, isn't that what we're trying to prevent?
And you're NEVER going to make the AHFS get all the new stuff in line. NEVER. They'll make however many new combinations every year they feel they need to. They never even have to build the cars or the engines, just sell the parts. If you think the new AHFS and changing weight breaks will stop that, well, you're going to be really disappointed.