Turbo and supercharges simple salution

[Fly'n Ryan]

I have put alot of thought myself into this and why turbos and superchargers are not allowed in desert racing. I think I could say I have an easy salution. So here are my thoughts. Why dont SCORE ,BITD and other racing organization, just limit the horse power of the class for example:


If you drive a trophy truck just set a horse power limit as a rule on the trophy truck class, say the limit is a 1000 hp limit if someone wants to race a non asperated engine let them but to make things fair lets some of the guys who cant go drop 40 grand on an engine. Let those guys go buy a turbo or SC slap it on and go race as long as its not exceeding 1000 hp. This could almost work for all classes. Limit class 1 at 900hp / class 8 850hp / class 10 at 400hp / class 7 450hp. I mean every off road racer know "you can only go as fast as your suspension will let you." I just dont think a 4,000hp trophy truck isnt really gonna be built in the near future.

whats your thought???????????

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[Michael Pee]

I think that Unlimited classes should be just that, Unlimited.

[Demp]

turbo in a off-road car would be scary .. getting rocks and sand into the turbine

[therail]

getting rocks and sand into the turbine

You don't think the turbine wheel would like that? However, turbos have been on dirt equipment for years, it just takes a better more reliable air cleaner I assume.

[partybarge_pilot]

turbo in a off-road car would be scary .. getting rocks and sand into the turbine

And how is that going to happen? IF your getting debris down your intake, your filter has failed. If your filter has failed, your motor will soon fallow regardless if it has a turbo or not.

[Demp]

And how is that going to happen? IF your getting debris down your intake, your filter has failed. If your filter has failed, your motor will soon fallow regardless if it has a turbo or not.

true ! but what about making room to mount the manifold, turbo, BOV and other goodies.. would you need to take into consideration on mounting the turbo??, all that bouncing around might warp or break that red hot manifold

[younggunracer]

true ! but what about making room to mount the manifold, turbo, BOV and other goodies.. would you need to take into consideration on mounting the turbo??, all that bouncing around might warp or break that red hot manifold

They have done it with success in Dakar and Down under for years Why wouldn't it work. Racers can get Turbos and Superchargers to work great if it was legal thats what racing is all about pushing the line. If engineers can get a F-1 motor to rev to 17k rpm somone can get a Forced Induction motor to work in the desert.

[usmcgunrock]

true ! but what about making room to mount the manifold, turbo, BOV and other goodies.. would you need to take into consideration on mounting the turbo??, all that bouncing around might warp or break that red hot manifold

That would be one of the pro and cons for the builder/racer to think about. Build the motor more or run force induction.

[Ramsey_ElWardani]

But why? And who is going to test the HP of each vehicle?

[Chris Tobin]

But why? And who is going to test the HP of each vehicle?

I agree, there would be no way to easily and safely test all the entries prior to a race...

What if the tester blows the race engine on the dyno before the race, what does the team do???

There should be no limitations on the UNLIMITED classes!!!!

If they want to run a turbo or supercharger it should be allowed! If they want to try and run the 1000 with a Top Fuel 5,000+ HP engine that should be allowed too! It is a risk verses reward decision that the teams should be allowed to choose for themselves, afterall it is an unlimited class!

My 2 cents...