I honestly feel like the NB people are just upset because they spent all this money switching from NA to NB only to have to switch back to NA. "No you dirty little NA driver you cant talk us NB guys hahahaha we always win." Ive heard a lot of NB guys around the paddock pretty much verbatim saying that NA guys dont deserve to win because their cars are all old worthless pieces of crap. I have both cars so I don't take sides but I really want the the top 10 guys to be half NA half NB. Its only fair.
Now some NB guys might argue that NA parts are harder to find and apparently they find this as a good reason to not buff the NA. Wait what???? how does that make any sense. How does having a car be slightly more expensive make it not worthy of being competitive. By that logic the most expensive cars in IMSA should be the slowest. So.....sorry Ligers and Lolas, we have to add 200 pounds cause youre the most expensive cars to run.....
I feel like ever since I went to my first SCCA event, the NB has always dominated. It was always faster than the NA (this is circa 2010). Even front runner drivers that took a seat in an NA were consistently half a second to a whole second slower. The NA buff is a tremendous Idea in my opinion. The problem with a 9.9 compression however is price. Its going to cost us a few thousand dollars to upgrade to all of the new rules. A well made custom header made with precious jewels for miatas ive seen run for 1,600 or more.
I believe the correct way to balance NA 1.6s is to allow us to:
-use a quarter inch smaller dia exhaust
-Allow SPEC 4-2-1 headers ( so you cant go off and have burns stainless hand craft a header)
-subtract 25lbs or allow subframe bracing in the rear
I was actually thinking something stupid like allowing a spec piggyback ECU but that would lead to tons of arguments and problems.
Please offer your opinions on what NA buffs should recieve and refrain from telling me that NAs dont deserve it because they need it. I sent my offerings of rule changes to SCCA already.
-Ken