Please don't avoid the issues.
...compile a list of track records across the country...
Is that your standard, the number of track records? So, as a car gets a track record it gets weight? What about when it eventually loses the track record; does it get the weight removed?
Sorry, wrong answer.
...if Kip raced his Porsche 944S? Results might have been different...
What does this have to do with the issue about the 325's power-to-weight versus the RX-7's?
And using results as a benchmark? Sorry, wrong answer.
...are you telling me were mid-range drivers?
You are far too sensitive.
I watched a very talented newly-licensed driver do IMPRESSIVELY well this year in a 325 that - as I understand it - is not fully developed. Was it the car? Was it the driver? Was it a combination of both? Could he have done as well in Nick's RX-7? What if those two swapped cars; whadya guess would happen? If we want to use this example as a benchmark, it doesn't bode well for the BMW camp's arguments of perceived parity.
Let's try something different. Let's try a benchmark based on technicals. Further, let's ignore "potential" and go straight-weight with manufacturer's new car number (interrupt me if you've heard this before, a jillion times):
1995 BMW 325. Manufacturer's rated horsepower, 189; torque 184. Current ITS weight = 2850; 15.08 lb/hp, 15.49 lb/ft-lb torque
1991 Mazda RX-7. Manufacturer's rated horsepower, 160; torque 140. Current ITS weight = 2680; 16.75 lb/hp, 19.14 lb/ft-lb torque
Again, let's ignore that fact that the 325 is getting
well over 200 ponies to the wheels in IT trim while the best RX-7 is getting 170. Let's even ignore the fact that the BMW I-6 has a bodacious torque curve while the Mazda rotary has none. Let's just make these cars even using OEM numbers, shall we? Let's even up:
- the power to weight on the cars by either making the Mazda 2415 pounds or the BMW 3156
- the torque-to-weight by either making the Mazda 2170 pounds or the BMW 3520 pounds
- the average between the two: make the RX-7 weigh 2300 pounds or the 325 weigh 3330 pounds.
And, let's have you choose which one you want. Go ahead, it's your choice, whichever one you want! Oh, wait, that's right: you think they're already evened up...
Do you
really expect this crowd to show empathy for your terrible situation?