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RE: Rear sway bars in stock

To: "'Mark J. Andy'" <marka@telerama.com>, autox list
Subject: RE: Rear sway bars in stock
From: Phil Osborne <posborne@minuteman-ups.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:10:50 -0500
Good excuse to move them all to DStock...
Phil O.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Mark J. Andy [SMTP:marka@telerama.com]
Sent:   Friday, October 22, 1999 9:07 AM
To:     autox list
Subject:        Re: Rear sway bars in stock

Howdy,

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Justin Hughes wrote:
> > And this wouldn't upset the current classing structure?  Probably the main
> > difference between a DS neon and an ES neon is the rear bar...
> 
> If you mean that it would give another car a decent chance to keep up with a
> Neon, then I say yes, it would upset it, and that's a good thing.  I don't
> hate Neons - I have a healthy respect for them, and seriously considered
> getting one.  As Josh said on another thread, "Know thine enemy." :)  But
> I'd love to see more than one car consistently at the top of a class, making
> it a race of machinery as well as pure driver skill.  When it's Neon vs.
> Neon vs. Neon etc. etc. it sometimes gets a little boring to watch.  But if
> it's Neon vs. Saturn vs. Civic vs. Escort GT...

My point was that it would make an ES neon (potentially) as fast as a DS
neon... thereby blowing the other ES cars outta the water.  Much as I like
neons and spec classes, I think having _two_ neon dominated classes might
be a bit much.

Mark


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