As one who has been invited to sit on H & C Commission, and being at the last meeting where it was decided to front up on this forum, as we were having trouble getting our ideas and opinions published else where, it is very pleasing to see to dialogue that is springing forth ( or Fifth) I certainly welcome what is here so far, and nzeder has highlighted a lot of which has and is being discussed around the table, and if people took the same care attention to the detail that he is taking with his build, it would make the job of issuing a CoD easier, the line "not modified from its build specifications" is a good one, and creeping development is a concern to the Commission, and yes we are aware of vehicles out there that should not have a CoD, and should never have been issued with one in the first place, but its been done, lessons have been learned and the processes have evolved to try and stop it happening again. There have been some here that say development of race cars is a ongoing thing, but wait, we are racing cars of a period in time, and these cars are fixed in that period, and apart from safety equipment if its possible to fit, is where they shall remain, need big brakes, bullocks, race else where, what they had in the day did the job in the most part, so if it means you have to slow at 200 metres instead of the 50 metre board so be it, we are not racing for farms, or even a cow on a farm, so the mantra "As it was, so it shall be" should be adopted when doing a build do the research on what you intending to do, don't just rely on the word of someone else, the FIA web site has the Homologation papers for thousands of cars, even manufacturers catalogs can provide info.
These are some of my on opinions, but there would be some agreement at the table on some.
Roger