Moving from IT to Prepared ?

[erlrich]

I may be missing something, but wouldn't any 1990+ IT car with a prod-legal cage and fuel cell be eligible for prepared (with a few other minor changes)? Obviously it would take a s*#tload more work to be even close to competitive, but if some IT guy just wanted to dip his toe into the national scene couldn't it be done?

[JoshS]

I may be missing something, but wouldn't any 1990+ IT car with a prod-legal cage and fuel cell be eligible for prepared (with a few other minor changes)? Obviously it would take a s*#tload more work to be even close to competitive, but if some IT guy just wanted to dip his toe into the national scene couldn't it be done?
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Provided that your cage meets the rules, yes (mine does). For example, it requires the forward bars to the firewall, which are optional in SS/IT.

I studied this, the only changes I would have to make to my ITR car to be Prepared-legal are:
Hood pins
Driveshaft loops
Windshield clips
17x8 wheels (narrower than ITR)
intake restrictor

As you point out though, it would take a LOT more to be competitive, especially since two of those mods will slow the car down! I don't know what the point of just showing up to a National race is though if your car is going to be 10+ seconds behind the class.