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Originally Posted by MikeB  So after what happened to the Acura, does this rule need to be looked at? Did they have an unfair advantage because of the leak? |
No, the rule is fine. It is, unfortunately, a bad break (no pun intended) that the airbox failed on the Fernandez Acura. The dq is a high price to pay to discover a design flaw but I am sure it will be addressed even if only to build a Sebring specific box for next year to battle the pounding that the track metes out.
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Nick Koske; They could've had a advantage...as they would get more air, therefore more power.
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Can this be proven? The air going through the restrictor body becomes charged by the velocity created when the car is moving at speed by the shape of the restrictor orifice and size of the airbox which is designed to maintain said charge to be utilized by the engine mapping at the specific pressure. This scenario could of hurt the performance of the engine just as well as enhance it by allowing the charge pressure to drop by pushing out through the crack or have been wholly neutral in nature and only affected the idle of the engine as there is no charge in the box at 0 mph! (?)
But it is a rule and a good one in my view to keep people from cheating. That said, I in no way what so ever think that Fernandez or Acura planned this to occur and did not cheat!!!!