The former.
You can't go drilling holes and manufacturing bits to tweak your car in
Stock class. I'm sorry, it's wrong. Can you drill holes in your firewall
to make your front swaybar adjustable between runs? It's sure more
convenient that way. Can you drill holes in your hood to make it easier to
spray down the radiator between runs? Why not?
It doesn't make any difference if you stuff the holes with speakers, fuzzy
dice, or red herring. You're modifying the car to give yourself a
competitive advantage during autocross competition. What happened to the
"modifications may serve no other purpose" clause?
If you want to mount speakers on top of your shock towers, go right ahead.
If you use those holes to adjust your shocks during an event, they aren't
speaker holes, they're shock adjustment access ports and you're cheating.
KeS
>From: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com
>To: "Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com>
>CC: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Shock access - am I stupid?
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:20:44 -0700
>
>
>
>What is the majority opinion: is the drilling as a fundimental act the
>problem
>or the "weight removal" of holes and the like. Here is my perspective:
>
>If I could drill some sort of beveled hole in which I could securely fasten
>my
>interior trim (cap, panel, whatever) back on in it's original spot, would
>anyone
>consider that illegal? No illegal holes were drilled to facilitate
>installation, just to get to the adjustment.
>
>My RX-7 has two trim pieces that snap off to allow full access to the top
>of the
>rear shocks. I submit that you could 'engineer' the same thing on any car.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>AB
>
>
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>
>"Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com> on 08/18/2000 01:07:00 PM
>
>Please respond to "Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com>
>
>To: ottocrosser@hotmail.com, autox@autox.team.net
>cc: (bcc: Andrew Bettencourt/FIELD SALES/Kingston)
>
>Subject: Why shock access is an issue.
>
>
>
>
>Ok...
>
>How about not wanting to cut holes in a new car that you intend to sell (or
>have leased)?
>
>More importantly, take the case of Driver A who is shopping for shocks.
>The
>most wonderfullest shocks for the car cost only $10, but the adjustment
>can't be reached with the shocks on the car. Since there's no provision
>for
>cutting holes in the car in the rulebook, Driver A buys the next most
>wonderful shocks, which don't work quite as well and cost $5000, but have
>the adjustment knob where it can be reached.
>
>Driver B comes along, says "to hell with this", buys the $10 shocks, and
>cuts a "speaker hole" in the car to access them.
>
>Now either Driver A is out $5000 and needs to cut up his car, or Driver B
>has to buy a new panel and get a new mortgage.
>
>**The preparation choices we make depend on the rulings of the SEB.**
>THAT's why these discussions are important and relevant.
>
>KeS
>
>My position on this particular matter remains the same - just because you
>can cut a hole for speakers shouldn't imply that hole can be used for other
>purposes i.e. shock adjustment access port.
>
> >From: "Otto Crosser" <ottocrosser@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: "Otto Crosser" <ottocrosser@hotmail.com>
> >To: autox@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: (insert location) Shock Access for (insert car)
> >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:44:09 EDT
> >
> >So can somebody please explain in great detail why these holes are such a
> >performance advantage? Is it the 2 oz. of weight savings? The
>structural
> >weakening of the car? I'm sick of hearing about all these protests over
> >microscopic technicalities. Hasn't anyone heard of sportsmanship these
> >days?
> >
> > Otto
> >
> >
> > >From: Scott Meyers <solo2@uswest.net>
> > >Reply-To: Scott Meyers <solo2@uswest.net>
> > >To: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
> > >CC: Smokerbros@aol.com, autox@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: Rear Shock Access for Lotii
> > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:39:19 -0700
> > >
> > >Mark Sirota wrote:
> > >
> > > > Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Can you spell "inconsistent?"
> > > >
> > > > No, it's not. It's not the same thing at all. The ASP issue was
>that
> > > > the shocks poked the hole itself, due to being placed close to the
> > > > fiberglass, and lots of Lotus flex. It's standard wear and tear,
>much
> > > > unlike the holes drilled in interior panels.
> > >
> > >So, if MH had drilled some holes for access *before* the shocks poked
>the
> > >holes it would be OK?
> > >
> > >Say, I think I saw him do just that :-)
> > >
> > >Scott Meyers
> > >
> > >
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