DELTA_Rotary

This is an email response I got from IDRC about the V6 Focus. Looks like there is going to be some rules changes. Bad news is looks like there are going to be quite a few new domestics comming.


Drew,
>
> First, let me personally apologize for the long
> delay in the response. Our
> company was affected by the fall of Rythms
> Communications, our DSL provider.
> We are back to rubbing two sticks and dialing up to
> retrieve email.
>
> Second, I completely understand your viewpoint. At
> the beginning of the year
> the rules were written to get more cars in
> competition for the class. As you
> may know, the Pro Class has had major issues in
> having full fields at the
> majority of events. This car fit the rules and took
> advantage to do very
> well. It's major reason for success was the number
> of events that it
> appeared at. In all, it went to 7 races when the
> nearest competitor went to
> three. Although it was arguably the most powerful,
> it was beaten a number of
> times this year.
>
> Third, as for Ford buying its way in to the sport.
> It's definitely true.
> Ford bought its way into the market as a whole.
> Focus project vehicles were
> given to many companies and magazines to build
> aftermarket parts. Ford
> financed almost a dozen race teams in the sport
> compact market. Ford
> advertised in the magazines that import buyers read.
> Ford sponsored a number
> of X-game, car show and race events (NIRA & IDRC).
> Many other cars have
> significantly smaller engines in this class. NOW THE
> GOOD NEWS...for 2002,
> this class has weight breaks for different engine
> compbinations. No domestic
> pushrod motors will be allowed. Domestics must be
> OHC. All V8 engines,
> import or domestic, may only have a single power
> adder (turbo, s-charger or
> nitrous oxide). This should make for a more even
> playing field while not
> throwing anyone out of the game.
>
> Forth, as for the Summit Deal...if I remeber
> correctly it's only available
> to four-cylinders. I may be mistaken.
>
> Last, other domestics may show up next year. If
> enough Pro Car start
> building V8 platforms, it will eventually evolve
> into its own class.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Ferrara
> National Director
>
> IDRC, Inc.
> 21405 Brookhurst Street
> Huntington Beach, CA 92646
> (714) 593-0280
> www.importdrag.com

crispeed

After speaking to alot of pro racers most of them are going to be running at the NHRA Import racing next year!

crispeed

DELTA_Rotary

Looks like the IDRC might not have any Pro racers other than the domestics then.....

Doug Thomas

I copied this from Urbanracer.com

Response from Nelson Hoyos -

Dear Reader:

Thank you for your interest in my Focus. I built this car within the rules and guidelines set fourth by various sanctioning bodies (IDRC, NIRA, NHRA,) I don't make the rules just follow them. The word IMPORT has everybody confused about what these new series are all about. It should be changed to SPORTCOMPACT as this encompasses every brand of small car competing for a "World" market. I bet you did not know that the FOCUS was conceived in Germany and the engines were designed and built by Cosworth in (England). The USA based FOCUS is built in Mexico and imported into the USA. Could this mean that the FOCUS is really an IMPORT? In the Japanese market the HONDA is not considered an IMPORT, but you are aware that AMERICAN HONDA has an assembly plant in the USA, is the HONDA really an IMPORT? Well, by now you know that I consider the word SPORT-COMPACT RACING more appropriate for the description of today's tuner market. I believe it will be very healthy for the growth of the sport for CHEVY, FORD, DODGE to get involved with their SPORT-COMPACT CARS. I will agree with you that the sanctioning bodies should separate the 4-cyl class from the V6 & V8 class, just to keep it fair!

As far as my FOCUS it does not have a billet block, it has a factory cast iron block available thru Ford Motorsports, this engine never ran sixes in another car because no one has used it in this application before.

To address the issue of a production V6: this motor is based off of the Thunderbird 3.8 liter supercharged V6. The rules allowed this combination so I built it.

Next season I will have two cars, one with a four cylinder and one with a V8 overhead cam to compete against the V8 Celica, V8 Tundra Truck, V8 Lexus and the 3 Rotor Mazda's. While all the fast cars this year in IMPORT Racing have been running light on weight (1800-2000 Lb.) I ran all year @ 2315 Lb. which was 8 lb. per cubic inch. If you take the weight break and do the math on Darrell Alderman's Neon It's 500 cubic inch would have to weigh 4000 lb. Bet He can't run 6's on that weight. I have only 287 cubic inches and weigh 35 lb. less than the Neon.

Well, I hope to have the opportunity to meet you someday at the Track to discuss these issues further, thank you for your interest in my project and hope you continue to follow my progress.

Kind Regards,

Nelson Hoyos Owner of the WORLD'S FASTEST FOCUS

crispeed

THAT'S ALL BS!!!!!!!!!

That car is not legal anywhere eccept where FORD bought their rights to race at >>>>>IDRC!
He's comparing his car to the pro stock Neon based on weight. What about horsepower? Let's see what the pro-stock cars would run with a couple of turbos on them. All of the imports he mention that are running with V-8's and 3-rotors are running with a production commercially availabe import motor not some hopped up motor out of a domestic Ford Mini van.
The domestic crowd just can't accept facts and run by the rules. If this trend continues soon there will be a bunch of import cars running around with domestic power plants calling themselves imports.

Greg

This just means that siguel and friends will have to stop bullshitting and pull out all the cards.

crispeed

To hell with a 3-rotor and bust out the 4-rotor!
I'll bet you they would find some way to outlaw or put restrictions on them!
1400 to 1500RWHP + would not be a problem with a 4-rotor!

crispeed

Amir

Is it true that Abel is gonna be running a 3-rotor next season? I would love to see a race between Siguel and Abel with a 3-rotor.

Greg

noone knows, he seems to be doing just fine with the 13b

DELTA_Rotary

I cant wait to see what Ari and the Rx7.com crew pull out for next year. I've heard some cool stories but I dont know how much truth there is to them.

RecKleSs

There are way too many cars out here racing. It's get really hard to pull all your practice runs, because there are too many cars at the track and now there are going to be more domestics out there too. I guess now I can spank some domestics at the track. Now I can't wait to install my single turbo.

AJC13B

GO ON!! I DARE YA!!

SPOautos

I think they should change the rule to say that if you do a motor swap from another vehicle (like a Thunderbird to a Focus) the donor vehicle should also be a compact (which the Thunderbird is not)

just my .02

Later,