Thanks guys that weight was scaring me a little, thought i might have to get the old roofing lead out again, i used to be such a skinny kid that in sprint karts we had so much lead on my kart seat we could hardly pick the thing up

I think you will find that any rules in the CAMS manual from #17 onwards relate only to Late Model cars.

Thanks Mark...yeah i freaked myself a bit there too. It said no where in the Cams manual in regards to the age of the car.....must be an addemdum???????

Ok Guys..you can stop freaking out now......

The minimum weight rule is for "Late Model" class only...cars built after 1986.

For Early model cars there is no minimum weight requirement. I would imagine that you should be running around the 850kg zone. It is rumoured that the lap record at Mallala - Adam Allen in a SR20DET 1200 Coupe, weighs in at 850kg including driver!

So get the car as light as you possibly can....it will be well worth the extra effort.

Does a driver who weighs a bit more now than they used too, count as balast............LOL

Andrew, 1175-880= 295 extra ballast you will need to incorporate into your car.
You will be close to V8 supercar weight!!! They are 1250kgs.......
I will be running a 1400cc at 875kgs....I will need ballast as well to get to that. probably 150kgs...!!!!!!!

Ok I have the 2002 Cams racing manual and here are the weights.....

17.6 Minimum Racing weights for naturally aspirated front wheel drive vehicles, based on the swept volume of the engine: Up to 1400 cc 875kg
1401 to 1600 cc 965kg
1601 to 2000 cc 1045kg
2001 to 3000 cc 1175kg
3001 to 4000 cc 1285kg
4001 to 6000 cc 1405kg
For rear-wheel drive, add 50 kg; for four-wheel drive 90 kg. In consideration of minimum Racing Weights, all supercharged vehicles of or above 1200cc swept volume, of actual swept volume shall be treated as having a swept capacity of 2001 to 3000cc, those below 1200cc shall be treated as 1601 to 2000cc vehicles.

with under 1600cc classes can i have a L16 with bore 1mm oversize making it 1635cc??
and does anyone know that class weight??
Cheers

Hopefully the 1200's secret weapon (lightweight chassis) won't get out into the racing community at large ... there could be a rash of complaints.

I wonder why more people aren't aware how important this is? General public at large thinks "heavy" = "safe".

They've been talking about bringing in this class weight system for a while now, but from what I understand I think it is only applied to the 'late model' cars from '86 onwards at this stage. Haven't seen the 2003 CAMS manual yet though...

Besides, as a couple of the guys have said, the only place this will ever really be enforced is for circuit racing. Hillclimbs and sprints will be fine. At least I hope so.. otherwise, I'll take the same route as Andrew. Get some slicks and race as a sport sedan - there's no way I'm adding over 200kg of ballast to my car.

What's the min weight for <1600cc?