Interesting results from the 2 polls I put up. Not what I expected. The results are over 3 to 1 in favor of restricting power to the current levels and over 3 to 1 who think the FB class will be better with engine power restriction to current levels.
I guess that it must be time to start a discussion on how to control FB engine HP to approximately the current level.
I personally am not in favor of the proposal to homologate engines as this will be difficult to implement and very expensive. Perhaps the best solution is to run some form of inlet restriction. My personal race and dyno experience is with IIRs. These are sharp edged orifices that fit between the manifold and the head or between the throttle body and the intake manifold.
On our F600 development with Suzuki and Honda engines we had great results with making these 2 very different engines produce within about 1 to 2 hp on a chassis dyno on the same day, operator, tires etc.
We have also raced cars with no adjustments other than fuel pressure. The Honda and the Suzuki both picked up a whole 1 hp with many hours of testing and programming with a Power Commander on the dyno.
So my suggestionn is that we try restrictors on the dyno to see what happens.
I volunteer to make restrictors for anyone who wants to do dyno work. I would do it myself except we will not be dynoing for some time.
Anyone with other thoughts on the subject?
Thanks ... Jay Novak