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Originally posted by grjones1:
AB,
I'm not asking for a "car-specific" ruling, I'm asking for a safety ruling that states, where stock hubs are proving not to be up to the rigors of competition (frequent and repeated, failure) alternative heavy duty hubs which do not provide any other mechanical advantage (i.e., larger rotors different attachment points, etc.) may be used.
The issue is simple: who decides which models hubs are sub-par? How many hours? How many races? This would be a rule that had to go into effect for the entire category, not just selected cars. It's a classic example of rules creep. Every car has it's wear items, replace as neccessary.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">And you make my point: after I have spent in the neighborhood of $10,000, setting up and racing my car, I am supposed to simply build another car, because the ITAC and CRB do not want to make the effort to rule on what has proven to be on a number of different makes and classes a serious safety issue.</font>
See above. Some cars make good racecars, some don't. I don't think rules for an entire category should be changed to accomodate a single make. Should we allow power steering-fluid coolers because the SE-R's and NX2000's cook thier fluid? You could argue that is a safety issue as well but it is just a pimple on the ass of that car - and you choose to live with that pimple when you choose that weapon.
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I know you think that I am simply trying to relieve myself of normal wear and tear maintenance: the fact is even after close attention to maintenace on some hubs, they still fail habitually, and we really are throwing the hub failure dice everytime we go out. Yes I've been ignored on this for years, and I still race the car, but it would be nice if for once, the powers that be could take the time to look at a serious safety issue. Lord knows, you've spent enough time looking at and changing racing harnesses that fail, what, once in 100,000 uses.
GRJ
The belt issue has been and still being address at the CRB/BoD level. The ITAC has nothing to do with that unless we are specifically asked to make a recommendation - and haven't been yet.
I understand where you are coming from but I think that when you look at things from a 10,000 foot level, somethings may not make the same sense that they do when you are looking atthings from under your OWN CAR.
AB
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Andy Bettencourt
ITS RX-7 & Spec Miata 1.6 (ITA project)
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