89 nissan 240sx
front suspension - swapped from strut to LSA suspension
rear suspension - swapped from IRS to live axle, 3 link w/ mumford link
engine swap from “non family” manufacturer. 3.0L w/ boost
8 point cage
altered wheel base +4" via relocated front suspension
front and rear body flares
figured id just run it in w/e class and just figure out who else runs similar raw times, gauge myself off that, instead of what the other people in my class are running
either way it will be fun, im not all that worried about how i place, but it woulda been nice to fit into a class that’s actualy in my league
why not try stock class next race season and go from there. novice stock classes are commonly more friendly and create more beneficial competition, so that you get better and compete with equally setup vehicles.
the only way ill wind up driving in a stock or modified class is if i borrow a car… cause i only have one car … and its this one …
im building a 240 w/ a donor engine that doesnt fit in the stock chassis setup without notching the firewall 6 inches, or building a complicated oil pan
instead im relocating the front suspension 4 and notching the firewall 2, and since the struts will no longer fit under the hood, im going SLA w/ the front suspension, and designing it almost from scratch in the process
front frame is rusted and bent, so ill just build a new one and tie it in perfectly w/ subframe connectors and eventualy a cage
rear suspension is getting tossed in favor of the 8.8 ford w/ 3.73’s and posi , cause id just blow up the IRS w/ the power ill eventualy have
your right, EM is a very tough class, but im not going for points anyways … so oh well
i’m late chiming in here… but i’m pretty sure that it’ll either be XP or EM. definitely not SM. i haven’t really bothered to familiarize myself with the new XP class so i’m not too sure about that. from what i do know, i think the car will fit there. read through the rules for XP and figure it out. if it doesn’t fit there, definitely EM.