RE: Restictor on GT car. Good or Bad
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>No, I don't run in PGT and I have no plans to but in talking
>with a couple of competitors in PGT they all have the same
>thing to say; "Restrictors SUCK!!! They turn a decent car
>that would be a blast on dirt roads into cars that you have
>to relearn to drive." If SCCA is really as big on GrpN as
>it appears that they are then they would encourage the
>manufacturers that they're sleeping wit, uh, I mean, are in
>business deals with to bring in true GrpN cars, make
>paperwork and GrpN parts readily available, and use their
>influence to make the prize purses a bit bigger.
If the
>SCCA doesn't want to have PGT as a class anymore then they
>need to pass a rule that says "effective xx/xx/xx PGT will
>be discontinued as a class." instead of making the cars so
>frustrating to drive that no one wants to compete in the
>class.
George!!! that has things turned around and is the very essence of the problem: the PrDood and the PRB misunderstands their role which is to craft rules afetr the desires, whatever they may be of the membership, and nothing else.
It is silly to say that thias was done to make the classes more competitive between each other, hooooy!! they're different classes.
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>PGT should be the class where cars compete on even footing
>based on the way the factory put them together, not after a
>committee agrees during a meeting that "effective xx/xx/xx
>all PGT cars shall run xx.xxmm restrictors on the inlet side
>of the turbocharger". LET THESE GUYS RUN TRUE PRODUCTION
>CARS!!! If it turns out that Subaru is faster than the
>Mitsubishi (or vice-versa), so be it, let them slug it out
>toe-to-toe!
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>Sorry for the rant...
No, that's OK.
The poor sods in the class should all just simply refuse to comply and then NOT PROTEST EACH OTHER.
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>George Thompson
>1982 Volvo 242 Performance Rally Toy (still under repair,
>anyone got any rust-free 242 shells kicking around?)
Yeah I got a real pearl just perfect for a rally car cause it's too ugly to make into a street car and somebody gave me a clean 88 Xratty.
West Coast non-rusty 2 door no sunroof. runs. Volvo 5 spoke alloys.
Perfect flames on the hood and fenders, red dash. You have the email and sorry i haven't written back been waaay busy.
John Vanlandingham
Seattle, WA. 98168
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