Originally Posted by
lateapex911
Spin, while a plate change rule SEEMS innocent, it is much more complex. Allow anything, and you will get EVERYthing. As Steve points out, seam welding will become legal. That's fine you say? I disagree, it will mess with the competitive balance. You might have a light car thats easy to make weight with. So you go nuts, your firewall gets stiffened where some suspension subframe attaches, stiffening an Achilles heel issue with your car: lower A arm geometry movement under load. Another guy with the same model car but a bigger engine has to run at a lower weight. Guess what, he cannot make the same mods you can, because hes over his minimum with all the tweaks he can come up with as it is.
And that kind of thing will happen all over the 300 plus model ITCS.
The current plate rule is FINE, and leaves PLENTY of room for proper structure and creativity.