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Originally Posted by carbsmith
I feel like it's important to note that it's been announced multiple times in the last year that IMSA would use the same spec ECU as Gibson, including the announcement that Cosworth would supply the ECU for all 4 series.
But now they're turning their backs and it's the ACO's fault? Running non-spec ECUs adds basically nothing to a class as unsophisticated and BoP heavy as DPi. It won't make the cars faster, it's ostensibly anti-cost cutting, and nobody will even know they're different considering I have not a single clue who is providing the ECU for any car in IMSA right now. It's the IMSA manufacturers *coughhondacough* being provincial.
There's also indications that the IMSA and its manufacturers *coughhondacough* have decided to ignore the engine "box" to fit everything under the stock bodywork that was announced way back at the beginning as well, so once again if you can't meet the requirements what do you expect? Maybe this one was less realistic to start with, yet the rules also don't stop HPD from bringing back out their purpose built V8 or trying to use the more compact IndyCar V6 to make it happen.
You can hate the 2017 LMP2 regulations, but don't act as if the FIA or ACO has done anything worthy of fresh vitriol here by stating that IMSA has decided to ignore the common ground they had for Le Mans eligibility and they have to decide what to do about it.
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That in incorrect! This is from July 02, 2015.
"The use of anti-stall technology is mentioned as an item to remove from the regulations,
and the ECU solution will be the subject of further discussion as it's listed as either the spec ACO/FIA unit or open, per IMSA's defined regulations. The use of sonic air restrictors would continue in IMSA for its NA motors in 2017, but in a change from current practice, turbo engines would operate without restrictors, and boost levels would be RPM-based to balance some acceleration advantages turbos have compared to NA engines."
http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/11870...=1&limitstart=
L.P.
