Request for Comp. Adj.: Austin Healey / MG / BLMI LP1275 12:1 CR
#33652 from Eric Vickerman · Not recommended · Minutes (2023-02 Fastrack)
Thank you for your letter. The need for a positive performance adjustment for the L2 AH/MG/BLMI 1275cc engines has been
reviewed, and it is not recommended at this time, as these classifications continue to be competitive at a variety of tracks. It is
well understood that the wide variety of different classifications that exist within a Production class will achieve their lap times
in different ways, especially across a variety of track styles.
If the desire is to just change how these classifications "race" against their competition, and not necessarily their performance
potential, then it would be reasonable to assume that any additional horsepower and straight-line ability would come at the
expense of an off-setting weight increase. This has not been done before for a LP classification, as the net result is forcing its
racers to build new engines with higher compression and lower reliability, and carry around more weight that will further wear
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on consumables, in order to net the same performance potential. The Committee simply does not feel that this is an
appropriate measure to ask racers to endure, for the sake of hoping to change how their car produces a lap time.