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Originally posted by ITSRX7:
EXCEPT where I have stated time and time again the real problem lies, in ITS. When an overdog rises to the surface due to a mistake, there needs to be a mechanism for a fix. None now.
I agree completely...
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<font face=\"Verdana, Arial\" size=\"2\">When you reclass AND adjust weight, it is a comp adjustment - not allowed in the current ruleset...</font>
Actually... not really accurate if you consider the following part of the current ruleset:
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GCR 17.1.11. Change of Specifications -
"Specifications on cars classified for the first time, or reclassified, may be changed on thirty (30) day's notice during the first year of competition if the advanced estimates of performance are grossly inaccurate."
The rules have been in place to make adjustments to weights of "reclassfied" cars within a year of the reclass taking place...
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<font face=\"Verdana, Arial\" size=\"2\">Again, the transparancy of the process has nothing to do with its effectivness. Perceived, maybe but in reality, no. We need PCA's to fix mistakes and bolster classes.</font>
I'm with Andy on this one... effectiveness has nothing to do with the ability to "see" the process... I mean hell... we can "see" the processes within the court system, and they don't work worth a DAMN! http://Forums.ImprovedTouring.com/it/wink.gif
PCAs add a good component to the rules we currently have in place to correct issues within IT...
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<font face=\"Verdana, Arial\" size=\"2\">There can be no formula IMHO.</font>
I think it would be tough to come up with an all inclusive classification formula, but I do think it would be possible to come up with a simpler, more basic approach to at least getting the car in the correct class... Even if that's a basic Wt/HP ratio based on some simple factors, the subjectivity could then be applied to reach the final weight...
From what I've seen calculated with just about every method presented... (Wt/HP, IT2 calculator, etc...) there are numbers that result that make little sense and need to be "manually" adjusted anyhow (unrealisticly low or high weights, etc...), so subjectivity is going to have to be applied to almost any case... in my opinion, anyhow...
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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Auburn, WA
ITS '97 240SX
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