Help with STR aero rules.

[nicktcr]

Or, you could just run in XP and do pretty much anything you want and not worry about anything. Get that driver mod, and super FTD all over the place. Done.

[bimmertech]

I think I'll buy an oem bumper cover, run STR legally, and still run all over XP.

(I've always wanted to use that emoticon b/c I'm an internet badass.)

[nicktcr]

You'll be sad when I make a ton of money one day and have an actual XP car and decimate.

[e30Racer]

Can't see it John. "Spirit of the rules" means something different to each person. If it's not down in black & white, then it is not enforceable. Just ask a lawyer

You are wrong about the modification piece. 2010 rule 14.2.F specifically allows for "modified OE bumper covers". That's the language that led to at least a handful of folks making rear bumper covers look like a CSP car's brake rotors. It starts off by saying the allowances are for things that provide no advantage at Solo speeds, but the rule was so poorly written that that part has proved irrelevant. That statement is irrelevant regarding wings & splitters as well, because the same rule went on to describe exactly wing configurations are allowable.

BTW, I just realized this whole discussion is just a mental exercise. The rewrite of 14.2.F that I quoted in post #6 of this thread IS the 2011 rule, so it has been in effect all year. The quote in your last paragraph is no longer applicable.

Agreed, spirit of the rules is different to each person. But the person that matters is the person that deems you legal or not.

I didn't see the "modified OE bumper covers" section. But I did notice that they listed specific rules for wings and splitters. So basically SCCA just made a cluster-f of the whole thing and now they are having to rewrite rules. Oh wait...they always seem to make the rules a cluster-f.

But yes, all this is for not bc the 2011 has been rewritten. I had to go and find the 2010 rules to see how poorly they wrote them.

[bimmertech]

UPDATED QUESTION:

If I buy a stock bumper with fog light holes do I have to mount fog lights? Can I cover the holes with abs plastic? Can I just leave them open?

[rodhx]

No, you do not need the foglights. The changes to the Street Touring rules for 2011 specifically allow the removal of factory foglights. That's why mine are missing

BTW, the empty holes provide exactly the same amount of illumination as the pathetic fogs in the 99-00 Miatas

[bimmertech]

That's good to hear.