Autocross FAQ/Newbie Guide

[Devanmc]

He's probably worried about getting bumped into a higher class because of a modification he wont openly admit. I used to run in GS with guys that would have painted springs and slap dealer part stickers on their extra bracing to make it look more stock.

that would be like the intake manifold mod, that the focus guys do. Just not admit to it later or a Ported TB

[Dyoel182]

that or might be worried about not passing inspection due to certain parts not falling into spec, I know last season my battery was a tad loose, luckily the inspectors let me zip tie it up so it didn't move.

I highly doubt its something as trivial as that he's worried about.

[ronssvt]

I dunno, just sayin, if you really wanna race but are worried that you might not pass tech.

[Dyoel182]

For anyone else that might be true. For Kaos who always talked about cheap performance this and that I'm betting it was a modification that would have put him in a higher class.

[ronssvt]

lol ok I didn't know he was like that, probably explaines why he's banned...

[Devanmc]

For anyone else that might be true. For Kaos who always talked about cheap performance this and that I'm betting it was a modification that would have put him in a higher class.

nitrous... wouldn't that be obvious...

[jaged]

all of the motor things that you listed would take you out of a stock class. it depends on how much your tech inspector knows about cars, and how truthful you want to be. technically a svt UIM on a mystique takes you out of a stock class, but putting one on a non svt tour is legal since it was an option for the tour.

harnesses are legal for all classes if i remember right, but the seats bump you in class even if they are the same weight as stock

[Dyoel182]

but putting one on a non svt tour is legal since it was an option for the tour.

That would be up to the inspector I think since technically that wasnt an "option" for the regular v6. But then again he wont have a book there in his hand with what the car should have so it will be a judgment call on the spot.

[ctmystique]

And if it didn't have an SVT sticker on it I doubt he would be able to tell the difference.

[jaged]

That would be up to the inspector I think since technically that wasnt an "option" for the regular v6. But then again he wont have a book there in his hand with what the car should have so it will be a judgment call on the spot.

yes it wasnt technically an "option" but you could buy a svt version of the contour. there was never a svt msytique

and even if it didnt have the sticker on it, that little bit of power that you are going to get out of the mod isnt enough to beat a lot of the other cars in that class

we really try to discourage things like this. In the SCCA you dont win any money so we expect everyone to be honest about things. There are people that do stuff like this and they dont think anything about it, but everyone else knows that they are breaking the rules and they are looked down on