Might as well get my $.02 in. I also have three new suggestions.
1 Wheels: Prefer no new changes. Cookies out west are still plentiful and cheap. For our friends back east we need to find good ones for them at cheap prices. Going rate is $50 -$75 per wheel. Shipping will make them more, but not the price of new wheels. I do understand the late offset cars are restricted to Phones (
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), but they are still cheap, just less common. Prefer to work out a help system than to change rules. Keep OFF Fleabay!
2 Bumper shocks: Yes! Keeps it cheap!
3 Dyno Test: Local has ruled wherever I have been. I think that IS the rule.
I do have an issue - at the end of this reply.
4 Crank Scraper: No. Not needed. Would create big differences in cars and add expense.
5 Short Shift: No. Only944 one works fantastic and is cheaper than stock. (early ones did not work as well but can be fixed with a slightly longer bolt and nylock nut and lock tight).
6 Spare Tire Well: Prefer no change. Rules currently allow eliminating it. Others use it for Cool suit, etc. Rule changes of this type cause problems.
Proposals:
7 Allow 3 piece cross member. Reason: Many of us have to pay for alignments. Every time we change an oil pan gasket or rod bearing (all too often!) it requires a new alignment, which is expensive. Allowing these would NOT have any performance advantages (slight extra weight would be a disadvantage) and would lower long term cost of racing these cars.
8 Revisit the Dyno Rule: We have seen too many DQ's for over the limit on stock and sometimes very worn motors. I think we are experiencing "Dyno Creep". The operators have learned that they can make more money if everybody has to have a dyno pull at almost every event. Calibration is somewhat arbitrary on dynos. Even if you not believe the dyno operators are the fault, we can attribute it potentially to the near 100% dyno tuning of our cars. If a 100% stock rebuild (with a good dyno tune) can exceed our cap, we need to address that. I agree with the concept, but not want to have to constantly pay to see if I will DQ at every event once I rebuild my motor. (I do have evidence of the problem, but do not want to put it in writing. I will gladly talk with directors in person or on phone). I want to keep this cheap, but this process has resulted in a huge cost increase for many.
9 Transmission cooler: This was shot down last year, but transmissions are the weak point of our cars. I have broken too many. I want to add reliability and a cooler seems to be the way to go. I can't with the current rules.
Thanks,
Chuck