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Originally Posted by sperry
They can't ban shocks in stock classes.... they're wear items.
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Like Dean said, that's why you can just word it to say no adjustable shocks/remote reservoirs unless OE equipped.
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Originally Posted by sperry
The one thing that doesn't make sence to me about stock is the front swaybar rule. I guess the reasoning is that so many cars come setup to push for saftey purposes that it kinda makes sense to allow a front bar to dial that out...
And why just the front swaybar, why not the rear, or both?
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Personally I wouldn't want to soften a front bar on a factory car, they usually roll too damn much anyway. If anything I'd stiffen the rear bar.
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Originally Posted by sperry
...but doesn't that go against the idea of "stock"... shouldn't you have just purchased a car that doesn't understeer so bad?
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Come on, even your $25,000 WRX understeered like a plow when it was stock. I know my Mustang certainly did (and still does). How much money are we supposed to spend here? I think a couple of small allowances like swaybars are OK for stock, since 1) Aftermarket swaybars usually aren't all that expensive (relative to other parts like racing shocks, at least), and 2) It lets someone with a car that isn't as well balanced as the next guy's car from the factory have a shot at correcting the problem so he's more competitive. I know that's probably against the purist view on "Stock", but I'm over it. The next step up is Street Prepared, and that costs even more money to compete in. I'm all about controlling costs here...
Don't even get me started on how you can weld in an 8 point roll cage (which will run you $1500-2000 at least for a well built, custom cage) to a car in Street Prepared for chassis stiffness, but you can't weld on a couple of subframe connecting bars that cost $80. Idiotic. Anyone from SCCA have
that one on their agenda?