TT point
10-20-2008, 01:25 PM
#121
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Originally Posted by FormulaRedline,Oct 20 2008, 10:51 AM
Don't forget the passenger seat. It's heavy and obviously very easy to remove.
Any idea when the rules usually come out? I'm still up in the air for TT next year, but if I decide to do it and finally fully spec the car out, I don't want the rules to change on me post-build.
Any idea when the rules usually come out? I'm still up in the air for TT next year, but if I decide to do it and finally fully spec the car out, I don't want the rules to change on me post-build.
10-20-2008, 01:41 PM
#122
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Originally Posted by HvRRZ,Oct 20 2008, 05:25 PM
According to the 2008 rules removing the passenger seat would add +3 points, and that would bump me to TTB. I'll have to leave it in.
You do not take(you shouldn't) individual points for items removed. You need to use the "alternative" method. This takes into account the vehicle + you. In the case of an AP1, this weight allowance with no penalty assigned is 2810lbs. For an AP2, it's 2855lbs.In 2009, the "alternate" method may be the only method.
10-20-2008, 01:44 PM
#124
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Originally Posted by PrOsPeCt S,Oct 20 2008, 05:43 PM
Dam they told me that i had to leave it in for nationals....
10-20-2008, 01:55 PM
#125
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I did not know that either way could be used, but just checked again and saw that I originally missed the big "OR" in between them 
. In that case I prefer the alternate method.
. In that case I prefer the alternate method.
10-20-2008, 01:56 PM
#126
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Originally Posted by HvRRZ,Oct 20 2008, 05:55 PM
In that case I prefer the alternate method.
We are talking about weighing the car, right?!
10-20-2008, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by FF2Skip,Oct 20 2008, 01:44 PM
What was the reasoning behind that?
yes
10-20-2008, 02:09 PM
#129
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Originally Posted by PrOsPeCt S,Oct 20 2008, 04:43 PM
Dam they told me that i had to leave it in for nationals....
Given that you were maxed in points, you had to room to go below minimum weight. You could have taken it out and added ballast on the floor or something, but that would have been a whole lot of effort for minimal center of gravity reduction.
That's why it it's called the alternative minimum weight. Either you take point by point listed deductions from stock or, alternatively, you just weigh the car as a whole. The latter is the option pretty much everyone choses, as the listed minimum weights tend to be quite a bit below factory curb weights with a driver, effectively giving room for free weight reduction.
10-20-2008, 03:13 PM
#130
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Originally Posted by FormulaRedline,Oct 20 2008, 06:09 PM
Of course you had to leave it in, you were barely above minimum weight!