I was wondering how things are auto crossing EVO in the current BS. I can't see any entries for the last years Solo2 Nationals and I am wondering if anyone tried to run against those cars (S2000s and C4s in particular). From those results it looks like BS was almost 2 sec behind the ESP where DSMs are close or at the top. That would mean that Stock EVO would need to be within a second on the 60 sec course of the nicely prepared ESP DSM and that doesn't sounds impossible!

Here is my reasoning:
Pros

• DSMs could have up to 275 HP, so there should be 50 - 70 HP more power for the EVO
• Better brakes for the EVOs - well SP allows brake upgrades, so hardware could be the same, but ABS on DSMs is not even close to the EVOs
• AWD system is way better for the EVOs - especially EVO X

Cons:

• Weight - I am guessing that race weight for the X has to stay in 3500 once you take out everything you don't need. DSMs are in 2900s, so 600 lb of extra weight to carry around!

Equal things:

• Both cars could have the same size tires. DSMs use 285s and the same tire can be used on X, which will even give EVO a bit more torque on the wheels due to lower OID then stock. That would drop top speed in the 2nd, but with SST, it doesn't matter at all! DSM do have much wider rims though so more thread will be used over there!

So, from the above things it looks like that X should be able to run close to the times ESP DSMs could do, which would make them top dogs in the BS. At the same time, there were no entries at the Nationals...

I would love to hear your comments!

Thanks!

Fedja