What autox class would a Lancer with intake, racing tires, front strut bar, and rear sway bar be in? Sorry if this has already been asked.

 

Probably F Street Prepared with most other 4 cylinder sedans, although I actually can't find an official source which puts the Lancer in FSP.

The racing tires and front strut bar would be legal in H Stock. The only intake modification allowed in Stock is replacement or removal of the stock filter panel -- the airbox must remain stock. No changes to (or addition of) a rear sway bar are permitted in Stock.

Get rid of the racing tires and you could race in Street Touring S -- Street Touring S allows street legal tires up to 225 width and with at least 140 treadwear rating.

Hope that helps...

 

Hoping you were really thinking front sway bar and not front strut bar when you said that. Strut bar I believe would bump him up into street prepared or ST. Front sway bar is free in stock. Of course my rule book is '98 vintage, so I could be wrong...

JW

 

I got the '03 and it's still free........

 

You are right... For some reason when I read the rules, I saw sway bar but I thought strut bar.

Now reading it again, SP rules explicitly provide for a strut bar in 14.2(C), while stating in 14.1(A) that all Stock-legal items are legal in SP. If a strut bar change were legal in Stock, they wouldn't need 14.2(C), would they?

 

Although I think a street prepared Lancer would fit better in FSP, it's probably in CSP today...

CSP includes "All sedans over 1.7L and under 3.0L not otherwise classified" which would include the Lancer.

I can't see a Lancer being competitive in CSP against other street prepared cars like the Integra Type R, BMW E30 M3, 4 cyl Z3, Honda CRX, Miata, non-turbo RX-7, or non-turbo MR2.

If I were planning on running a Lancer in SP, I'd definitely petition the Solo II rules people to class the Lancer in FSP. The Mazda Protege is a very similar 2.0L 4cyl sedan, and it's in FSP.

 

This month's Fastrack in Sportscar updates the Lancer to FSP.

http://www.scca.org/news/tech/fastra...8-fastrack.pdf

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Jason

 

finally! I've been emailing them to put that into effect. Of course, now I am thinking of just staying in STS since the car is more street worthy that way. This Fastrack was full of good news for me, though. "Multiple catalytic converters may be replaced by a single unit..." That means I can use a header!!!

One thing to add to the actual point of this thread. When you said "racing tires" do you mean actual racing slicks or DOT approved racing tires? Stock and Street prepared categories allow racing tires as long as they are DOT approved, just to make sure you don't run out and buy some 15x10 formula tires or something.

Also, the fastrack Jason linked to mentioned the idea of making a stock "street tire" class (which is what I think they should have had for a long time now), so unless you want to switch between 2 sets of rims and tires, you might want to think about running in this or STS. Come to think of it, I run in STS and I still switch wheels before and after races

 

You are correct -- when I saw the original poster ask about racing tires, I was thinking DOT-approved tires like Hoosiers.