anything that is on a production car available to the general public as far as
suspension and control systems is legal on any racing car.. either mechanical or
electronic.. End of problem.
Lets go racing and shorten the rule book to pertinent things such as engine
size fuel and cage construction.. It is basically un police able anyway, and if
it could be it is so vague as to be silly. It is a po taaa toes --- po ta toes
kind of thing. all in the pronunciation and interpretation.. What about drive by
wire.. what do you do with the toe strap. If it were so unsafe do you really
think the DOT would allow it on the road? The seat belts we mandate are not even
DOT approved.. These are racing cars they are supposed to be innovative not
retro cars. Every one I know that races cars is always very proud how
developments from racing make road cars better.. I think we have a problem when
my mom has a more sophisticated car both mechanically and electronically than a
streamliner going 400 mph..
Active suspension, Drive by wire, traction control, ABS just to name a few..
Dave
Bryan Savage wrote:
>
> Good points Dave. How would you word it?
>
> Bryan
>
> Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>
> >Then all those things short of ballast are illegal..
> >Rev limiter measures rpm
> >Boost limiter measures manifold pressure
> >Driver measures slip and adjusts clutch
> >Wing diffuser and spoiler all work by air speed
> >Ignition advance uses rpm at least..
> >Throttle ..driver
> >Gearshift auto trans measures both rpm and throttle position..
> >
> >so far have not used a computer and these are all traction control........
> >
> >
> >Problem is it is not written down as every car would be illegal under the
> >current definition.. So you can not go by your intent at all. it is all
>subject
> >to inspector determination of something not written down clearly.. It is a
>very
> >sad note when yo can not use the technology that is available in normal
> >passenger cars to make a race car go faster.. It is anti innovation and anti
>hot
> >rodding.. It is museum racing.. all the cars are vintage like it or not..
>All I
> >want to know is who are these low buck little gus everyone talks about..
>Most of
> >this stuff is useless until you have enough power to spin the tires in the
>first
> >place in high gear. when you have that much power the whole concept of low
>buck
> >is long gone.
> >
> >Dave
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