Labor Day In Sonoma....

[Z3_GoCar]

Part of the reason I'm asking because putting my motor togeather, I'm aware of the cost of dissassembly. Pulling the head, $30 for a new set of head bolts and $180 for a top end gasket set. Pull the pistions and I need a new set of rod bolts, pull the crank and it's flywheel bolts and main bearing bolts, plus the cost of a bottom end gasket set. Pull the head requires pulling the cams that involves a $1400 special tool made by an 80 year old machinist in Bavaria. Otherwise the loads on the hollow cams will break them. So you can see a rather large bond may be required to see some of these parts.

[Marcus Miller]

Sounds like a good deterent to protesting

[Z3_GoCar]

Sounds like a good deterent to protesting

That and the driver runs at the front of the ITA field in an 'R car

Seriously, though the only protest I've been witness to involved a "factory" Mazda spoiler on the rear of a first gen Rx-7. No tear down bond required for something out in the open like that. All the impounds I've been witness too just involve the drivers talking to each other, we didn't even have weights taken.

[lateapex911]

. All the impounds I've been witness too just involve the drivers talking to each other, we didn't even have weights taken.

That's not good. I'd want some ride height measurements, some airdam measurements and some weighing. And a mandatory open hood. Simple easy and cheap.

[Z3_GoCar]

That's not good. I'd want some ride height measurements, some airdam measurements and some weighing. And a mandatory open hood. Simple easy and cheap.

That's what I got when I ran with the ground pounders. ITE's only "rule" was run DOT rubber, no minimum weight, height, or limit to mods. Still there were other classes that did have some rules, and I don't remember any of them even being weighed either....

[lateapex911]

I'd make a request of the drivers rep, if you have one, and have him/her talk to the Tech chair and request that stuff. It's all easy to do, and requires not a ton of work. Dick Patullo who posts here as Dickita15 works with tech all the time, and can advise better than I no doubt.

(It's surprising to see how cars sometimes disappear for mysterious reasons when they find out that scrutineering might actually look at their car)

[racer_tim]

With Doug's situation, I guess we'll all read it in FasTrack when it comes out. It is my understanding that Doug didn't want to "seal" up the car, and demanded that he also be present for the tear down.

All in all, an unfortunate set of circumstances, and I hope that Doug agree's that he might have made a "snap decision" that he might now regret.

Apparently this was a brand new engine that Doug had built, and was going through some teething problems with it that weekend.