OK, I'll just pop down to my Honda dealer and buy one just like it, shall I?Originally Posted by 90LAN
Your argument was that the Jazz is a PERFECT race chassis. Just because someone actually races it proves nothing, and doesn't make it perfect. People will race anything. They will take something that isn't perfect and MODIFY it - just like this guy has done.
This guy has spent $$$ to turn a Jazz into a race car. IT has a completely different engine. It has braces everywhere to stiffen it up. It has been lowered to about 3" off the bitumen, probably using coilovers. You can turn anything into a race car by spending enough $.
The Jazz is a very fine small car, but it isn't designed with racing in mind.
THIS is designed with racing in mind(click for a bigger picture):
Note the almost complete lack of luggage space, the mid mounted engine, the low profile.
Now show me a purpose buit race car (not a modified road car) that uses a strut front end and a twist beam rear end.
You won't find one because such a system does not constitute a "perfect racing chassis". It can be made to work for racing, but it is a compromise. Perfection does not allow compromise.
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