Originally Posted by
Knestis
... If someone doesn't want that, wants what is good about IT, but then wants to shove the category closer to those more open categories WTF do they choose IT in the first place...?
They chose IT becase that is where the car they bought was built. And they stay because that is where the cars are at. Why would someone move from a 10 car class to a 0 car class just to replace plastic fenders with metal?
But you are also dumping all requests for changes into one "lets go prod racing" group.
1. Changes that don't make any difference and don't undermine the category, washer bottles, wiper switches, etc.
2. Changes for nla parts. Civic 4G hubs bolt right on, 3G hubs NLA. No performance difference, ok, maybe outside the philosphy of the class, but so what?
3. Actual allowances, bigger brakes because my car sucks, better hubs for "safety", etc. definitely outside the philosphy of the class. Bad idea.
4. Random changes like plastic windows, fender flairs, sequential gearbox, pistons, things that are clearly outside the philosphy of the class and have no business in the category.
The issue is that you jump all over people for asking why types 1 and 2 are not allowed anad you treat those potential changes like types 3 and 4. Oh my god, no washer bottle, that will lead to titanium pistons and custom cams. Cats and dogs living together.
And to some degree, same issue with NLA parts. Why force cars out of our class just because plastic fenders don't last 35 years? Ok, i get it, it's outside the class philosphy, but there's no way to extrapolate that to cars getting PERFORMANCE allowances, that argument sounds insane to most drivers. Trot out your SS example of some obscure car that got a bolt changed on rear calipers and then dominated the class and killed it. Or how some small allowance for deer whistles led to custom cranks. But that argument doesn't ring true to CRX guys who want to buy aftermarket metal fenders. You might be "right", but it still doesn't sound logical to most people.
(sorry, didn't mean to use the word 'You' so much and make it sound like a personal attack. That's the royal "You")
Last edited by jumbojimbo; 12-01-2011 at 07:40 AM.
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