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Fw: Carbon Fiber hood.

To: ".Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: Carbon Fiber hood.
From: "Steve Hoelscher" <stevehh@hiwaay.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:06:15 -0600
> Sethracer@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Except for the weight savings, the hood could be considered an
> "appearance,
> > comfort and convenience item". The weight saved would, unless
compensated
> for,
> > via an appropriate added weight, would make the car illegal. If you
bolted
> an
> > equivilent weight on top of the motor - for competition only - I think a
> case
> > could be made for the car being legal, since there is no attempt to
> > "Materially reduce the weight of the car" which causes the illegality. -
>
> This would not make it through protest.  The hood is not stock (or
> available) for the year, make and model, therefore the car is illegal.  In
> fact, adding the additional weight is illegal too.
>
> Steve Hoelscher
> #27 DSP






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