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So Jake, you admit that the E36 got special treatment, that no other car in IT got? And I'm sorry, but I hardly consider a radical departure from the way things are done for other cars, to accomodate one car, so as to hopefully minimize the agida (sp?) of the drivers of said car, "very reasonable". As far as your contention that the SIR for the E36 was in keeping w/ its guidelines for implementation, how do you justify that when the spec weight was not set, per the process outlined in the ITCS? The way I read that rule, a restrictor is to be applied only when the original process weight is deemed incorrect, and the other PCA options (weight or reclassification) are either not an option (no class to move up to), or for some reason, set aside.
I know you stronly believe that the tire response goes non-linear for cars weighing near what the process weight for the E36 is, and I can accept that belief. Where that justification for an SIR instead of weight fails, is when we're told that the Supra, at 230# North of the process weight for the E36, was looked at and felt to be ok at its weight. The fact that one car was given a weight break and an SIR, and another similar one wasn't, only confirms Kirk's position that the SIR for the E36 was a politically-motivated choice.
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