Denny, there are A LOT of ways to lower the CG. Like, I don't know, lowering the entire car? So what was your lowest CG height?
You never provide any numbers, which the rest of us would need to compare our cars to yours.
For example, I couldn't lower my engine another 3/4" because my headers would hit the ground before I ran out of suspension travel. So, since most of your customers are still running TTI's, Doug's, etc I don't see how having their entire car higher with a lower engine is CLEARLY going to lower their CG vs me having my entire car down at the same height as their engine. Lowest engine relative to bodywork does not necessarily win lowest CG.
I'd need custom headers to lower my engine much further. Since most of your customers aren't running custom headers from what I understand, it would mean their engines aren't lower than mine. So their cars are higher.
C'mon man. Seriously. I know you're not a road race or autoX guy, but even drag racers know that horsepower is meaningless unless you have the suspension to put it to the ground.
Yeah, I'm sure you can find a different track where the Beemer's would have an advantage over the large, heavy Hotchkis Taxi. But the fact that the guy that drives Beemer's on that same track every day can just hop in a big old heavy muscle car, like nothing he's ever driven before, and run a second a lap quicker should tell you it's not just horsepower. Yeah, he's a good driver to be able to adapt that fast. And yeah, the fact that a big block 4-door B body is on any track with corners and going faster than a Beemer should tell you the bar is pretty high for handling on that car.
Same driver, same tires, same track. And with a driver that has far more seat time in the Beemers.
Why, not even one page ago you were claiming that 30lbs off the nose and a lower CG could be considered a "handling advantage".
Of course you didn't prove you actually have a lower CG. The 30lbs off the nose in just suspension is true, but, yeah, if the Hotchkis Taxi is faster I think we have to agree that 30 lbs lighter doesn't necessarily mean a handling advantage.