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One additional thought, the likelihood of the rule change proposal happening is going to depend on how much extra work will be needed to reclass cars with these parts changes. A 6 piston Brembo upgrade isn't likely to be a significant enough performance advantage to reclass the car, but remember Ford is offering some pretty serious performance upgrades for the Mustangs through Ford Performance. A simple change to their ordering process would potentially allow them for use in SCCA Street classes under these proposed rule changes. Also I don't think the SCCA wants to create a situation where specific upgrades will be considered mandatory for competition in the situation where the upgrade is a performance advantage but not enough to cause a class bump. They want to avoid class dominance as much as possible but it still happens far too often, and I am sure they don't want to introduce another variable into the mix to further complicate the matter. I still think the rule change will come to pass eventually.
P.S. (I keep thinking of other things after posting) The SCCA rules as designed already have provisions for these types of modifications by providing a variety of different classes like Street Touring and CAM that the car can be moved to with those changes. They may just figure it's too much work to keep on top of 100 different alternative packages and stick with how things currently are.
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