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Everybody sells their OE when they buy aftermarket?
You don't have the ~6 wrenches and sockets and jack and jack stands? Bet there's at least a few dozen sets on site that can do the job.
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I actually do still have all my OE stuff, but I'm of the impression that I'm more the exception than the rule. It's not like the STX drivers that carry around a spare axle remove it from their trunk in giddy anticipation.
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I made the caveat of big events, yeah it'd be totally unreasonable to have your dampers bought out at local events 1-12, but you run the big shows you have to be ready to tear your car down to prove it's legit. But I've got a different mentality from a different time, I will totally accept that claiming has no place in Solo.
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That's where the disconnect is for me on claimer rules. Protest me, forcing me to pull a corner off my car to measure things to prove legality? Absolutely. With a loser-pays bond. I can exercise lots of control over that by simply bringing a legal car. But in claimer rules, we're not assessing legality.
And if it was an effort to use a claim rule to ascertain legality, well then that's just a loser-pays protest. Otherwise, how can one claim "illegal" shocks to then install on their car?
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throwing out silly ideas sometimes fishes out the right ideas, I never would pitch this with the exception of a 'spec' item that's extremely hard to inspect that has a noticeable impact on performance
Spec Miata engines come to mind, all sealed, all supposedly legit, except that time a few years ago...
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Thankfully, solo has a much different view on compliance than club racing with regards to that "Tech Shed Legal" tomfoolery. We won't need to claim a cheater's parts. Protest them successfully, put them on blast to the club, and watch mob justice do its thing.
Sealed struts might work at least sort of. With warts that might be worth accepting.
Street class damper rules are easier to comply with and enforce though.
Whatever this ends up being, I would expect it to be designed to have only the barest minimum of administrative resources required. Things like "You shall use part number xr3478" and we accept whatever mfr variation that comes with it.
I would also expect it to be at the performance level of an all-dealer-accessories TRD twin. This might be overly cynical (thinking TRD/SPT will end up the primary commercial influence, not necessarily TR):
-TRD intake, catback (probably w/o header, unless TRD/SPT makes one)
-7.5" or 8" wheels
-Cam bolts instead of crash bolts
-Street class shock rules, including the rules on spring perches
-TRD/Series.whatevercolor springs and bars
-Defined tire size, not sure if mfr would/should be spec'd
-Either factory or canned tune
-Street category rules on everything else. Batteries, seats, etc.
All easily verifiable things, none of which are super-prohibitively-expensive to do and be considered a srsbzns entry. I don't think that car would suck to drive, and it could still be a DD.
Which probably deflates the idea for some.