Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bell
"Just in case" of what?? I must be missing something subtle here. :?:
put your black helicopter w/ the missing N numbers back on the ground!
this is a "just in case". like @ Nationals, a guy left his dyno sheet @ home and was not able to get on the dyno due to it being booked. turns out, his regional director had collected up copies of these from his drivers and had it there w/ him. saved the guy a DQ.
or, in case your stuff gets rained on while your out on track. instead of re-dyno'ing to get back in compliance, you can just ask me for a copy.
now, if you loose your copy, and that lost copy was a newer version than the one i have and those 2 dont match, you could be in trouble. a perfect example is:
Morgan D certs his car pre-season w/ a 31mm restrictor plate. i get a copy of this from him to put on file. later in the year, he re-certs his car for whatever reason and moves to a 32mm cause the 31mm made less power than before, or he wanted to push the limits more. he then looses the dyno cert w/ the 32mm certification. we tech his car and notice his 32mm does not match the 31mm i have on record for him. i ask him to present a re-cert for the 32mm and he cannot, he's DQ'ed. so along w/ filing a copy w/ me for whatever reason, you must also file a copy of a new cert you are using.
the list goes on and can be applied to both GM and Ford. say a driver goes from a 40 series flowmaster to a 12" bullet style muffler. w/ a dyno cert saying he has a flowmaster and the car having a bullet, he needs to have a new cert, or be faced w/ a DQ. these are the steps we are taking to ensure the tech inspection process tries to prevent and catch "issues". we want to try our best to ensure a level playing field. this will be one of the tools to do so.
feel better Mike? :P