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Re: (insert location) Shock Access for (insert car)

To: Otto Crosser <ottocrosser@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (insert location) Shock Access for (insert car)
From: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:35:03 -0400
Otto Crosser wrote:
> So can somebody please explain in great detail why these holes are
> such a performance advantage?  Is it the 2 oz. of weight savings?

It's almost never about weight savings.

The rulebook clearly states that you're not authorized to make an
illegal modification to facilitate a legal one.  You are allowed to
adjust your shocks.  You are not allowed to drill holes in your
interior to facilitate that.  It's that simple.

Is it a performance advantage?  Yes, it can be. Some cars just have
some weaknesses, and access to the top of the shock towers might just
be one of those weaknesses.  If that means that you can't make
adjustments between runs on that car, that's part of the design of that
car.  There's nothing in the rulebook that says that you're allowed to
change that.

> Hasn't anyone heard of sportsmanship these days?

Sure.  Hasn't anyone heard of following the rules?

Mark

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