At some point in my illustrious career at UMCP I learned a simple engineering
axiom, "Any difference which makes no difference, is no difference at all."
This came to mind as I read the SEB approved SCAC recommendation, which
becomes effective on 1/1/2001, which states:
BMW M3 (E30), from AS to GS
Well now, that's quite a jump! From .815 to .789...shue-weee. I realize that
only 11 of us in the country are even running this car, so most have stopped
reading, yet I press on. I'm running it competitively in CSP, yet haven't had
it long enough to complete the allowed mods for CSP, but I'm going to Nats and
intend to have it all sorted out by then, replete with welded on
reinforcements so the sway bar doesn't rip the tab off the trailing arm and
flared fenders for those beefy 245/45/16's.
Now, the problem...The car is going to kill everything in GS next year, so I'm
gonna have to move back to stock and remove all the goodies. Easy enough,
except for the welded on reinforcements (which provided no competitive
advantage--unless you count NOT having to spend money on a new trailing arm as
an advantage) and the flared fenders (again, no competitive advantage because
they will be housing the stock wheels, with 225/50/15 tires which easily fit
without the flare).
Question: Am I asking to be protest bait? Will the SEB see that the mods
provide no advantage, how about if I provide 16 8x10 color, glossy,
photographs with circles and arrows and a description on the back of each
one...<end of Arlo Guthrie tribute> :-)
Anybody had any experience with this sorta thing or perhaps care to suggest
that I shutup and forward this message on to the SEB.
Thanks for making it this far,
Travis
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