I agree Don. It was the 7mm vs 8mm valve and guide thing. I also don't think that the LP cars would be very competitive for a while, simply because the rest of the "status quo" who have been racing older british cars for years, and have spend THOUSAND's of $$$'s on them, wouldn't want to be blown away by a hot IT car (LP car).
I see both sides to this point. We need LP in order to keep participation at a decent rate, because not everybody can afford to buy and run a Huffaker Midget. But we don't want to piss the old guard that has been the backbone of SCCA for so many years.
The entire "stock box but internals are free" I see as the biggest PITA. We won't get any competitive adjustments until we spend $10k for a dog box with custom gears, ratio's.
This is EXACTLY why production got to where it is, and they are doing the same thing to LP.
I'd like to see other competitive adjustments instead of loosing weight. If LP was designed to keep the costs down, then why should we have to go with figerglass parts and Lexan in order to get the car down to min weight? I'd rather see other standard parts, like letting the "G" grind cam on the LP VW 1.8 motor. We would spend tons LESS development $$$'s with off the shelf cams.
Oh well, I'm only 1 voice in the wilderness, and sometimes I can't see the forest from the trees.
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Tim Linerud
San Francisco Region SCCA
#95 GP Wabbit
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[This message has been edited by racer_tim (edited August 31, 2004).]