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Old 09-29-2023, 12:11 AM   #7
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Specific combo, are all your prior passes, nobody but you has ever attempted to race that particular 84' Daytona, single point injection (non-Turbo), 2.2L/135 Ci combo, buy that should tell you something and we can't figure out why, as only 3 passes are close to being reasonably fast, still nowhere near fast enough for an HP factoring hit.

We cannot cure it today, but a letter requesting a review is in order, so lets go look at all the part numbers, so when you request it we have the data correct..

We did, the intake was a superceded mid year change, not on their sheet, a phone call cured that in 5 mins. And the Class Wally was mine that day.

December 1995 sent the letter in, Feb. 6th, 1996 the answer was congrats reduction to 99HP, and the intake number was added.

Sadly, I could no longer afford to do the diet and improves at that point in life anymore. (I spent it all racing carrying 25.00 lbs. X 11=275 lbs too heavy a car at 110HP factored).

Fast forward 25 yrs., I dieted that car down 275 lbs. Legally to 2,455 lbs (Guide says advertised shipping wt is 2,444 (within 10 lbs.), and lo and behold it has been hit again w/6 HP on June 6, 2003.

Best I can tell, though I have asked, not rec. an answer yet (as I know no other fool has still raced that exact combo but me so far), was the hit had to have been triggered by the combining of GF/S, GF/SA, and later FF/S, and FF/SA into EF/S. (I am assuming that, as it was about the time of the culling and FWD class combining decision). Or, it was some engine family decision based dead, but all speculation at this point.

Now classed orig. in DF/S (car cannot legally be lightened to top or lightest in that class, so EF/S it is, and 6HP hit, causes it to Min. Wt (Same 25.00 lbs/HP, 2,795 car and driver, same Index 17.45), I'll race it there for now, and let it gather some real data, then request another review I guess, as it has to be the heaviest EF/S car today I suspect.

Oh, that is 32 lbs. Heavier, than last raced in 1997. (Which is about how much weight I have personally lost just getting older). I have written proof (and a large parts pile, the car never weighed or was ever advertised to weigh less than 2,529 lbs., with a curb wt. of 2,590 (5 speed man. Or Auto- both from the Orig. Dealer Brochure/other sources). Even the TurboZ was 2,600 plus Advertised shipping wt.
So, the secret sauce seems to be, what mfg. provided the best un-truth on the plus wt, and what mfg. added the best to make their model the most efficient air pump?
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