carb change and zetec min weight change
I think between a bolt on carb change and a change in the minimum weights, the zetec and the pinto can be even again. Since there are a lot of pinto guys on the weight limit already, I would suggest raising the zetec's min weight by 50lbs along with the carb change. It would be really nice to have an opportunity to race in the pro series and not have a change cars to be competitive.
Just my 2 cents,
Jon Updegrove
RF97 Van Diemen FC
Again, equalization is not easy
The problem I have with massaging the Pinto to make it equal to the Zetec is the same one that has annoyed most Pinto runners for ever:
As with the Kent in FF, there have always been a few Pintos that are over-performers. No amount of Pinto upgrading is going to solve the problem of making Pintos all equal within 1-2 HP. So which ones do you make equal to the Zetec? The average ones, leaving the super motors better than everyone else, including the Zetecs? Or the Pinto super motors, leaving the majority of Pintos still several HP short?
That, IMO, is an impossible task.
That is one of the main reasons I converted from Pinto to Zetec - no more trying to find the magic motor!