I see that point of view completely Brian,and can agree with it to a degree,but for many they have no other choice but to do things that others would advise against.
For them it's either do it the way they HAVE the ability to,or not do it at all!
Now which way would anyone here choose,sit on the sidelines for two or three years saving up the money to buy a IA2/MRI block to start with,and then wait even longer to be able to afford to actually build it the "right" way.
Or build or buy something they can afford to get to the track with NOW,and worry about "stepping up" later as further funds allow.
I know what I'm going to do,it's what I have to do if I wanna race anytime soon!
Most anybody expected to wait to race that long will probably jump camps and go over to the other marques,where the bottom feeding is better often.
And agian,what about the folks with plenty of money already invested in what they currently are running,they dont deserve a product like this,or dont deserve any consideration.
Should I just throw out my race cars 400 to build an IA2/MR1 combo that will take me years to get together?
The attitude I'm seeing develop by some lately is a "build an IA2/MR1 or your just a chump" kinda deal,and I just dont see thats the case for all situations,many would add something like this girdle in the course of a regular refresh of a currently built combo,as opposed to just tossing that aside and starting from scratch.
My car would be a good example,its a roll bar only car,so it has never been considered for going any faster than 10 ohs,now would I NEED an IA2/MR1 to do that in a well set-up 3000 lb car?
I dont think so.
Sure it would be nice,but if that meant waiting the YEARS it would take for me to be able to afford to build something like that,I'd just blow it off completely.
I'd much rather invest that capital in building another car entirely,one that CAN take advantage of the kind of combination a foundation like that will support, while racing my current combination to get as much seat time as possible to get the reflexs and tuning skills honed so that when I do get to "that level" I hopefully wont end up having any major suprises.
Does any of this make sense to anyone out there?
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