joepaluch wrote:
Weston wrote:
I agree that monitoring fuel would have its difficulties, but I don't think that should be a reason to avoid making a fuel rule... DME compliance isn't easy either, but we still have the stock chip rule....
Yes when we started we had an open chip rule. Then that got abused by a select few and we had to go back and stay stock. Tough, but needed to be done.
It's not really abuse when the rules clearly allowed it, just as it wouldn't be abuse if someone is getting an advantage out of special race fuel today. It's just a rule that some people use to their benefit more than others. We can say that it's against "low cost equal racing" and all, but that really doesn't mean much when it's so clearly allowed, and not just some unforeseen loop hole.
I am not convice on the fuel thing especially when we are stuck with stock DME, stock AFM, stock injectors, stock FPR, stock timing, stock headers, etc.
I'm interested in hard numbers too, but in the meantime we already know that it's a significant enough problem in Spec Miata for NASA to require plain gasoline, and to get 233 drivers to pledge their support for "POG" here:
www.plainoldgas.com/sm.html
We don't necessarily need engine management changes to be able to get something out of a more potent fuel, and they aren't really out of the question with stock parts anyway.