Ken Waller wrote:
"a car engineered and equipped for a race track like Nelson Ledges"
So... off-road suspension, then? ;-)
Mark, the SCCA's showroom stock classes were supposed to be about
'showroom' stock production cars only modified with required safety
devices - roll bar and racing harnesses. It was a great way to get into
road racing for limited budgets and a great way to hone & show case
driver ability. It got very competitive & all aspects of the cars were
looked at to obtain that 'unfair advantage' - engines were blueprinted
to optimize power within factory specs etc.
It evolved into classes of racing where alot of the race winners were
determined in impound, after the race, determining what was stock and
what was illegal.
It's interesting that the limiting rules of SS are part of what made it
more expensive to compete. People looking for every advantage when they
weren't allowed to modify the motor would buy several motors and cherry
pick the best parts. Plus there are all sorts of ways to modify motors
within their specifications that are so much more expensive to do when
it has to look like you haven't done them.
One common problem was that on a particular model (I forget which one)
of car, people would buy a head gasket for their non-turbo version of
the car from the dealer. The dealer would only stock the turbo version
of the gasket since it would work on both versions of the motor, and
people would get busted in impound when they thought they were buying
the stock part.
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