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Originally Posted by vinny20
If people would convert Touring cars and race them against 1/12 scales it would cause an upset to some my view on this would be im sure we would like to see no class getting messed about just have a nice time racing
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Nice idea, but... A TC would be way over width and over length and terminally over weight for the 12th class. What you may mean is if someone came up with a 4WD, fully independent suspension 12th car that did fit teh box and the weight? It's been tried a number of times over the years, and a 12th car is waaayyyyy faster.
There isn't really another class with which you can draw comparison.
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Originally Posted by Steve.T
Can't see Losi, Schumacher, Yokomo, X ray, Associated and the rest allowing this. Its a whole seperate market for them
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I can see them loving it! A new car that has 80% the same parts and differs only by a few components taken out and a couple of (suspension geometry related) bits thrown in? If I was making cars I would be all for it as it would save me a fortune in tooling, manufacturing, shipping, inventory and packaging costs! Bring it on...!
I've written and amended rules for over 25 years including the original TC rules and the revised off-road rules. I cannot see any way that you can restrict the design of a car to be either a traditional 2WD or a traditional 4WD with today's designs.
The horse bolted when you allowed mid-motor 2WD cars. If you'd stepped in as a Section at that point and said that a 2WD car must have the longitudinal axis of the motor behind, and parallel with, the longitudinal axis of the rear axle, this would not now be a problem.
There is nothing you can write in a rule book now that would stop a 4WD chassis design being sold as a 2WD car. However much you might want to preserve 2WD as a class on its own, you've lost the chance now that mid-mounted 2WD cars are there.
Personally, I always liked the simplicity and challenge of 2WD Off-Road and grew to prefer it to the 4WD alternative. It would be a shame to see it go in my view. The reality is that the best rule you can put in place to keep it like that would outlaw the mid-mounted cars and put a lot of your drivers to additional expense. Since one of the advantages of this current trend is the potential to reduce expense, that doesn't seem a logical move!
I didn't vote - it's not 'my' class - but I would prefer to see a rear-mounted 2WD car be the design standard for that class. I am not sure if that is an opinion, or nostalgia talking!
