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Just a heads up on an issue we had this weekend at Sebring. The ITA weight for the 94-97 car is 2380 vs the SM weight of 2350. 1st and 2nd DQ for under weight! Also we realized you have to remove your RP as it is not an allowed modification.
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Weight Issue And Plate Issue In ITA
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, 02-13-2012 07:53 PM
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Posted 02-13-2012 10:33 PM
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I thought if you ran in full SM trim the car was legal in ITA?
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not true... The only time that is true is if it is in he supps.
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Posted 02-14-2012 06:21 AM
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The IT rules do allow any final drive ratio that fits in an unmodified differential housing. I don't *think* the housing needs to be modified to fit a 4.30 into a 4.10. (Yup. Been researching this stuff lately....)
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I thought if you ran in full SM trim the car was legal in ITA?
It was true until STL was added last year with "full SM trim" being legal but then ITA had to follow that ruleset. In our region, almost every ITA car became an STL car. There was one SM I saw out there still running ITA which technically wasn't legal but you don't often see protests in a one car class.
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No depowered racks in IT, no torsen swaps in early miatas..
STL is much better fit for double dipping at this point
Jim
STL is much better fit for double dipping at this point
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Posted 02-14-2012 10:08 AM
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Yes and it keeps all you crazy sobs out of IT as well 
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Posted 02-14-2012 10:37 AM
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I didn't think that when I posted.. Sorry! Let me rephrase... 
A fully built ITA car should be faster than any legal SM
A fully built ITA car should be faster than any legal SM
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Posted 02-14-2012 11:14 AM
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It's all good Jim.I'm just having fun. You're correct a full built ITA car should be faster than an SM.
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Just a heads up on an issue we had this weekend at Sebring. The ITA weight for the 94-97 car is 2380 vs the SM weight of 2350. 1st and 2nd DQ for under weight! Also we realized you have to remove your RP as it is not an allowed modification.
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Unless it was specificly listed by your region, SM's were never legal for ITA if they had all the updates. We tried to get this done in the GCR a few years ago, but the IT guys hit the fan. If not listed in the supps, you had to run under ITA specs.
The retsrictor plate is legal, if you call it a gasket!
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