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**Ted7rns** · 08-03-2007, 11:13 AM

Raise the minimum weights by 50 or 100 lbs is good, but we can also lower the maximum ballast weight and achieve the same thing. This is something we’re looking into.

Keep in mind if you start taking weight out of the car like windows, ribbing, dash and etc there’s a chance you can be underweight because you can only add a maximum of 150lbs ballast, but if we lower that to 100 or 75 lbs, it will be really tough to take out all this weight. So be careful how much weight you take out.

The safety issue is more a personal driver issue where some drivers don’t want to drive with glass. Plus remember California, Arizona, Utah and Texas has a lot of tracks that have a lot of sand and small pebbles that will easily break glass. I have gone trough 4 windshields myself in 3 years of racing. That does start to add up. So, for some of us Lexan is cheaper.

08-03-2007, 11:13 AM	#11
Ted7rns Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, California Posts: 4,014	Re: focus diet Raise the minimum weights by 50 or 100 lbs is good, but we can also lower the maximum ballast weight and achieve the same thing. This is something we’re looking into. Keep in mind if you start taking weight out of the car like windows, ribbing, dash and etc there’s a chance you can be underweight because you can only add a maximum of 150lbs ballast, but if we lower that to 100 or 75 lbs, it will be really tough to take out all this weight. So be careful how much weight you take out. The safety issue is more a personal driver issue where some drivers don’t want to drive with glass. Plus remember California, Arizona, Utah and Texas has a lot of tracks that have a lot of sand and small pebbles that will easily break glass. I have gone trough 4 windshields myself in 3 years of racing. That does start to add up. So, for some of us Lexan is cheaper. __________________ NASA Spec Focus Series Director \| NASA HPDE Instructor 2002 Ford Focus ZX3 Malibu Blue <23> NASA is dedicated to aspiring or accomplished Focus racers and track enthusiast.