Now that is the news I wanted to hear:D

Just a thought, but do you guys that are complaining alot actualy read the rules before complaining???
As it has just been said by Jim that 3700's are ok to use, now I didn't know this, I don't read the rules, but i try not to complain, well too much, lol.
So this should help out a fair few of ya!!!!!!! If you have 3700's that is, and if you do have 3700's and complained....well..... shame on you!!!:lol:

2.6 In addition to batteries included on the homologation list, sports/starter level packs of cells that do not have OEM heatshrink, will be allowed at BRCA sanctioned events. These packs must have the original suppliers label intact, stating that they are NiCd or NiMH and the pack capacity. Maximum capacity is 3700mah. These batteries will be allowed at sanctioned events from 1st. Jan. 2008.


So are taking it that the above means black and white that GP3700's are legal ?


As the way i read it yesterday our cells do have the OEM heatshrink so are not legal. And i would class the original suppliers label being some one like Losi / Fastrac etc not the oem ie GP.


It would be nice if PW would confirm if GP3700 are legal to be use at Nationals or not :thumbsup:

David, some of us do read the rules, but they are not always clear lol.

jim are you sure this doesnt mean the like's of stick packs etc as it states sports/starter level packs. i doubt matched gp3700's would be deemed sports pack's?

Nope, to my understanding the full stop in the middle of the rule differentiates it to mean..
You can have branded cells (joe bloggs racing etc etc) up to 3.7's and OEM marked ones too..
Perhaps not the clearest wording in the world though - will ask for it to be edited.

Though please bear in mind this has only come out today we're bound to find the odd typo..

Lets just have it done with and use duracells :P

True Johnathon, got me there, but I would just say cut the plastic heatshrink off????

up to 3700s are ok .... DAMN!!!!

I was hoping the cell rules would mean less people would apply for nationals so I'd have a better chance of getting in!!!!! :)

sorry to sound thick:woot:but never heared the term (oem heat shrink)is this the heatshrink on an individual cell,or the heatshrink which covers the whole pack,which is on preasembled stick packs:confused:would just like to know as im considering sanyo's 3600 competion spec loose cells:woot:reason being,i think the high capacity's 4200 etc... are part of the problem with cell failures.to much for the cells to acomodate:confused:

this is the macufacturer heatshrink already on the cells i believe:confused: correct me if im wrong

OEM = original equipment manufacturer

Do you think running these cells without the heatshrink helps them run cooler? Is this why they say without heatshrink????
But all is making much more sense now, haha:)

why wait till 2010? TC have em now!
good on you ash


ask Chris Doughty, Neil Cragg, Tom Cockerill. Chris long all ran em at worksop and made the A, Neil won too and added no weight to the car!!

See above in bold

that's jim's interpretation of the rule. not the actual wording! i don't think it means that, i would say gp3700's etc matched are not legal just sports/clubman packs ie stick packs however i would wait for confirmation from the BRCA

OMG I just had to get a pack back out of the fire, they made good firecrackers!

LOL

Removed as I was wrong (put it in your diarries).

not if his interpretation is wrong!

But how can it be wrong, if he wrote the rules? Surely he isn't just the typist, so he likely thought about them too.

I thought Paul Worsley was the BRCA Electric Board Homologation Officer, i would guess he wrote the rules but i could be wrong :)