All this update/backdate turbo talk has raised some questions in my mind as
to what the update/backdate allowance in SP really means. If there is a
rule that says that you can't modify "x", does that mean that you can't
update/backdate "x" either? Or is update/backdate always an exception to
the regular rules?
On a similar note, I saw a post a while back where DG mentioned that he had
deleted his rear window wiper from his hardtop car as a legal
update/backdate because the convertible version didn't have a rear wiper
and it saved weight to not have it. Does this mean that if I had a
convertible, that I could take out the top and the mechanicals for the top
as an update/backdate to the coupe model? Or, taken to an extreme, remove
the rear hatch from my t-top car because the convertible version (which is
on the same line) didn't have a heavy glass rear hatch?
What am I missing? I've never fully understood the limits of
update/backdate when the rules are otherwise silent on a particular part.
Thanks,
Rich Johnston
95 Z28 ESP
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