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Old 1 Sep 2006, 09:21 (Ref:1699139)   #32
Al Weyman
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Al Weyman has a real shot at the podium!Al Weyman has a real shot at the podium!Al Weyman has a real shot at the podium!Al Weyman has a real shot at the podium!
It was good at the time Dennis (88/89) and very innotive. Maybe not so relevant now I agree now every car that leaves the factory is a multivalve but back then and lets be honest most cars prepared for racing in the late 80's would already be at least 10 years old, multi-valves were for the exotica like BDA's etc. Championships and regulations mature and move on but trust me you have to be very, very careful when you implement what on the face of it can be seen as an innoxious rule change (eg. allow freedom of wheel diameters but restrict widths, that inturn allows the massive must have and ruddy expensive brakes and hugely expenive rubber band tyres, ever seen a mk1 Escort with 18inch rims, it looks ridiculous) as it can have devestating effects down the line which is why I thiink any merger with ModProds and CT has to be looked at very carefully. Also other rule changes like allowing a Rose Joint on the end of a TCA or coil overs can be seen as expensive and put people off entering but in reality are far cheaper than having an unlimited testing budget, hidden rose joints and various different length TCA arms and length springs to achieve the same thing. Same goes for glass fibre panels and at the end of the day we want to drive a fast modified car that handles really well don't we?
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