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Originally Posted by tahdizzle
Rules are not in question.
Classing is. You're essentially making a FR-S a release series minus the aero by changing the suspension components to that of a Release Series (which is a b street car).
B Street has the same rules as C Street, just different cars in that classification. So the question is in classing and not in ruling.
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I think we're talking past each other.
Here's the thing: you can move the base model FRS up to BS but that only fixes the base model FRS. What if Mazda pulls this trick next year with the MX-5? And yes, Mazda would do this on purpose, they've done it before in the past. Toyota has accidentally done this.
If you change the rules you can prevent this from happening again. I'm thinking really big picture here: how do you prevent revelations about port-installed options from blowing up your existing classing? You do that with rules.
The RS 1.0 was classed (buried) in BS due to limited numbers, the assumption being that the base model had no legal access to the juicy suspension bits. That assumption is blown wide open now, so classing is now strictly a question of performance potential. If the performance differential to the rest of CS is there, we're off to BS next year. That doesn't fix your root cause though, which is a liberal standard parts rule. See what I'm driving at?