In a message dated 12/5/00 8:19:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, TeamZ3@aol.com
writes:
> A rev limit indicator is not benign; it provides the driver with information
> for the SPECIFIC INTENT of avoiding an over-rev time penalty during
> competition, which is clearly a *potential* performance enhancement.
>
> Having served on the PC at Nat's myself (OK, first time this year :-), the
> primary consideration is whether or not it meets the wording of the rules.
> Sect. 13.2.A very specifically states: "which have no effect on
> performance". Past rulings have clarified that "performance" relates to
> driving just as equally as the vehicle (remember the infamous seat cushion
> with the side bolsters built in?).
>
> If you want to keep barking up the "it's just a benign accessory" tree,
> then
> be my guest, but in my view, as we say in the south, "that dog won't hunt",
> though it could boil down to how it is presented to the PC.
If you're right, the SEB had better write exactly what lights are allowed to
be added. There is a line between a rev limiter and a shift light. What
about a great big tach? Gives you the same info, just presented differently.
So, if a great big tach right in front of the driver tells you when you're
at redline it affects the performance of the car? I don't think so.
The Jean Kinser seat cushion was declared legal at the time, only because it
was a cushion and not a part of the seat, and a clarification had to be
written to specifically ban it in the future, while allowing short people to
have access to the controls. I know because I wrote the clarification.
CHD
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