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Originally posted by Bill Miller:
Greg and David,
I'll tell you, my thinking in regards to the brakes was exactly what yours is. However, when I was at the Pocono dbl National this past weekend (also know as the Pa. monsoon!), I was speaking w/ a competitor about his l-p HP car, and I was commenting about the rear disc brakes, w/ the Wilwood calipers. I asked the same 'factory spec' question. He gave me his logic, that there are many full prep cars in the PCS that have no alternate brakes listed, yet they're allowed to convert to rear discs. Also, there's nothing in the Restricted Suspension section (really, the meat of l-p), that says anything about the brakes being limited to stock configuration.
Now normally, I would have said, "that's a pretty creative interpreataion, but I'm not sure it would pass tech", to which he promptly responded that it made it through tech at the '03 Runoffs. That kind of sheds a whole new light on things.
Discuss
As far as the valve issue, I'd be real curious as to what the official position is, and would be willing to chip in to help pay for a clarification. I bet we could get 10 or 20 guys to go in on it. I'll also speak to a friend of mine who's on the PAC, and who drives an l-p car.
Making it "through tech" at the Runoffs really doesn't mean ANYTHING, since if your logbook is up to snuff, tech at the Runoffs consists of showing your driver gear and logbook.