75 hp for a Kaw?????? Ask Chuck what he's getting out of his Kaw. It
ain't 75 hp. In addition we all race with the same tire patch so lighter
cars definately have a corning advantage.
Jan Schmidt wrote:
This info is mainly for autocrossers, so bear with me.
Here are some figures I have been playing with, since I am an
autocrosser with a Kawi car.
750 lbs/ 75hp (Kawi)= 10 lbs/hp
1000 lbs/115hp (solo vee)= 8.7 lbs/hp
800 lbs/95 hp (rotax) = 8.4 lbs/hp
1000 lbs/ 123 hp (local guys solo vee)=8.1 lbs/hp
So now, for a rotax car to have my lb/hp ratio, it would have to weigh
950lbs?
Scca allows the Kawi powered cars to weigh 50lbs less than a Rotax car.
To have parity, My car with driver would need to weigh 637 lbs. Since I
weigh 200, that would be a 437 lb red devil.
Am I missing something here folks? If this is all true and accurate,
then I feel good about getting my ass kicked constantly by Rotaxes and
solo vees.
Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi
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