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T2 is now for the most part based on HP to weight. The Exige S220 has a lighter minimum weight than the S240. They only look at factory published HP numbers when classing the car. This gets messy with Turbo and SC cars. The mid range is much stronger than a NA motor. Now to make it even more confusing you are allowed to re-flash the OE ECU. So in the case of the Lotus S220 with a re-flash you for the most part have a S240 but with the weight advantage of the S220. The S240 does not gain that much with the re-flash.

This is another reason that the Pontiac solstice does so well. Turbo for one and the re-flash on that car makes much more power than OE.

There is still a lot of politics’ in T2. Some cars get more mods than others. If you talk to any driver they will tell you that their car is the slowest car in the field and needs help from SCCA to make it more competitive. Even if they have just won the race.

This year the runoffs are at Road America. Big long up hill straights. Not the strong suit for the Lotus. But the Lotus is almost 1000lbs lighter than any car out there. So it will turn and brake much better than the rest. Should make for some interesting racing.