> One response about my crack about brake pads - interpreting the rule
> about "factory specifications" completely and entirely literally, I
> suspect that balsa wood pads would NOT meet Ford's specifications. :-)
> But if the rule says "any" pads, what the heck....hobby shop, here I
> come! Let's find out if those fire extinguishers really work.
Actually you usually need more rearward bias - so tuning with more
aggressive pads in the rear and stock pads in the front can be effective.
> Someone else made the point that I was looking for, I suppose, so here's
> my restatement: "Reasonable" people (IMO) would look at a car whose
> driver beat them, and would choose not to protest the car based on a
> breakdown or wearing out of a component, where that breakdown did not
> give the driver an advantage.
Totally true. Note that the thread started with the scenario of a driver
deliberately causing ABS failure to create a perceived advantage. The two
scenarios may be treated differently by fellow competitors; they are
exactly equivalent under the rules.
KeS
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