I'm starting this thread for the purpose of feedback from participants in this year's Formula 1000 Championship Series. This thread does not pertain to club racing.
As you know, there are a couple new engines that are potentially coming into the series that have claimed stock HP significantly higher than that of what is currently running in the class. The last thing anyone wants is for these new engines to run away from the competition rendering current equipment obsolete. However, at the same time we don't want to discourage development of new engines and make them uncompetitive either.
IIR's have been discussed, but our firm position is that we will not go that route.
We have examined the possibility of placing a weight assessment on such new equipment. However, to this date, none of the engines in question have run a race distance in a car and therefore are questionable as to their effectiveness or reliability.
I would like feedback from participants as to whether we should leave the weight for cars with these new engines the same as everyone else until such time they are proven to be significantly faster or should there be an increased base weight from the get go and adjusted over time.
I'm interested in hearing what everyone thinks.