Gee, Scott, you got me there. I didn't consult the current
rules book to see where the Biturbo might be listed for current
SP modifications. That was not the point, however, and unless
excluded, it would be legal for SM as a 4 door sedan.
Before you question my "research", perhaps you should have done
some yourself to see whether Bernie's Biturbo really won a CENDIV
CSP championship at Sharonville in 1986? ;-) As you know, the
vehicle listings in those classes aren't carved in stone, and do change
around a bit. As this list has discussed ad nauseum, some cars have
gone from CSP to ESP......
Regarding another post about "exclusivity" of the marque.....
If you can find a PRIMO example of the species, I can't imagine it would
cost more than 15K or so... I know of one that changed hands for less
than 7k a few years ago, and it was a decent example. But the cars
were prone to electrical gremlins and quite expensive to repair, and the
secondary market generally shunned them.
Alan Sheidler
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Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 07:47:48 -0700
From: Scott Meyers <solo2@qwest.net>
Subject: Re: SM inclusion list & ESP
PbPied@aol.com wrote:
>
> And while I'm on a (very slow) roll....
>
> I know of one Maserati Biturbo that is nearly ready for SM right this
> very minute. It hasn't been autocrossed for somewhere around
> a decade, though... Won a CSP Divisional crown, I think picked
> up a trophy in Salina too. But the writing was on the wall that the
> car was way too heavy to compete with the Hondas unless illegal
> (for SP) power-making modifications were done to compensate
> for hauling around all that weight....
>
> Sounds perfect for SM to me!
Naw - do your research - these cars all go into ESP :-)
Scott Meyers
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