[EVOlutionary]

Just reading through the 2009 Solo2 rule book and realized they changed the minimum weights for the class. The new calculation for turbo AWD cars is:

((liters of displacement + 1.4)x300) + 1800#

For a 2.0L EVO that works out to be 2820#.
For a 2.3L EVO that works out to be 2910#.
For a 2.5L STI that works out to be 2970#.

To put that into perspective with what some of our competition will get to run:

Civic w/ N/A B16 - 1550# after tire allowance
Civic w/ turbo K20A - 1775# after tire allowance
(The Janusz/Kugler civic weighed 1982# @ 2007 Nats.)

E36 M3 w/ M46 M3 motor - 2440#
E36 M3 w/ supercharged M46 M3 motor - 2720#
(Vic Sias' bimmer weighted 2623# @ 2007 Nats with a NA motor. He's talked about adding a supercharger this year so he'll probably have to add 100#)

OK, so they are trying to keep the AWD cars from getting any faster. That's OK. But, then they add the clause that if you run 275 width tires or lower that you get to drop another 200# from your minimum weight. That would allow an EVO on 275/40/17 tires to weigh in at 2620#.

I can tell you, without ALOT of $$$ and some custom ultralite parts that sub-2700# is not attainable for the EVO in SM trim. 2820# IS fairly easy to attain, though. Without all my aero crap on my car it would come in right around 2800# with an empty gas tank.

Unless you are going to exploit every possible allowance to take weight off the car and think you can get down close to 2700#, I say stick with the 285's and the 2820# minimum weight limit. . .

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