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sperry · 2004-10-05, 08:18 AM

At least the FIA will really be lowering costs by requiring most the teams to completely redesign their motors to work with a spec tranny.

Here's what's really stupid: Homoligation is supposed to save the teams money because it forces factories to use parts that are shared with their production vehicles. By requiring spec parts, like a transmission, they are now requiring the factories to redesign their production car line up! That's friggen RETARDED. If you're going to require spec parts, then make it a spec series, and ditch the homoligation rules.

If I were Subaru, I certainly wouldn't design a new car at the cost of hundres of millions of dollars, and start a completely new marketing campaign for an inline-4 motor, after all the recent success of their boxer motor ads. FIA is going to kill WRC... I know they say WRC is going to die anyway, but by basically screwing Subaru out of the series, WRC has no hope of becoming popular in the US. Subaru is the flagship manufacturer here, and w/o them FIA can kiss hope of expansion to America goodby.

2004-10-05, 08:18 AM	#20
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	At least the FIA will really be lowering costs by requiring most the teams to completely redesign their motors to work with a spec tranny. Here's what's really stupid: Homoligation is supposed to save the teams money because it forces factories to use parts that are shared with their production vehicles. By requiring spec parts, like a transmission, they are now requiring the factories to redesign their production car line up! That's friggen RETARDED. If you're going to require spec parts, then make it a spec series, and ditch the homoligation rules. If I were Subaru, I certainly wouldn't design a new car at the cost of hundres of millions of dollars, and start a completely new marketing campaign for an inline-4 motor, after all the recent success of their boxer motor ads. FIA is going to kill WRC... I know they say WRC is going to die anyway, but by basically screwing Subaru out of the series, WRC has no hope of becoming popular in the US. Subaru is the flagship manufacturer here, and w/o them FIA can kiss hope of expansion to America goodby. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?