GT class configuration...

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Does anyone see a button for GT Classes? I don't. I have emailed Dwight.

Okay I see it now. You have to click on the specific p/w factor for the body style and engine to be used, the negotiate from there.

I see , for instance a 66 Chevy II, 2 dr sedan with a 283 , can run three classes in SS, but five classes in GT. Then if the hp rating is lower in GT, you can get back to the weight break where you were in SS , at a lighter weight than when you left, with the same index.
Does this make any sense to anybody?
Also , seeing GT class was formed to allow a different year engine than the body you are using, would you have to claim the 283 as a 65 engine, or don't they care about that either?

[Dwight Southerland]

Mark -
Current rules do not require that the engine be a different year, so the guys with the Chevy IIs that run GT/K and L are just using the option to run a softer index with the same weight.

[Sean Marconette]

Mark,
Where you need to pay attention is the min and max combo weight calculations in GT, as you are only allowed to be 250lbs above and below the natual class, at least that what I have found. It's a very helpful tool to play with what combo's could work, and what not to build! Dwight has really made looking at combos very easy.

Thanks Dwight!


Sean