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Re: Coilovers in SP

To: "Burns, James B." <James.Burns@jhuapl.edu>, "autox" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Coilovers in SP
From: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:42:13 -0500
Burns, James B. wrote:

>The rule seems pretty silly since you end up with
> pretty much the same thing whether you have a slip-on threaded
collar or a
> threaded shock body, but I think some folks are afraid that
costs could
> escalate if the threaded body shocks were allowed (even though
some IT cars
> already have triple-adjustable custom-valved remote-reservoir
shocks that
> cost more than a front-running SRX7).
>
> I don't know if the SP rules are the same, but I just thought
I'd give the
> IT perspective.

The wording "any shock absorbers... (that) attach to the original
mounting points" is pretty unambiguous. Combined with the
specific allowance for making the position of a shock-mounted
spring perch adjustable, there's no doubt that SP allows the use
of shocks with threaded bodies.

Jay



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