I'm likely to step on my own <insert bodypart here> with this comment, but far be it for me to resist a chance to step on my...
These are race cars... not SS cars, not T2 cars, but Improved Touring Race cars...
We don't go get groceries in them, and they aren't required to be driven to the track...
We are already allowing EVERY other pulley to be changed, except the ONE pulley that would eliminate the need for the others to be changed. For many, it would be simpler, cheaper, and more readily available to change the one pulley as opposed to all the others...
Every kid over the age of 16 has already done this to their cars... They spend this money on the pulleys before they bother to spend the money to paint over the crappy bondo jobs that they did trying to attach the body-kit that their buddy took off of the tuner they stole the other night...
This reminds me of the coil-over shock rules... "you can do this, just as long as you do it in the most round-about way possible..."
If the idea is to allow people to slow their accessories down, then let's give them the option to do it in the most STRAIGHT-Forward manner possible... This is a pretty straight-forward, bolt-on solution... I believe that any "unintended consequences" will be minor, and will be far outweighed by the intended ones...
Just my opinion, of course...
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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Renton, WA
ITS '97 240SX