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Originally Posted by WHITTLER555
The ZXR I have looks more like my ZX I had back in the 80's, in fact the only thing it has got is a ZXR body!  Apart from that it just looks like a long wheel base MID. ERM with a full graphite saddle pack chassis.
I think it has ball diffs??
I will put it in front of the Vintage scrutineers and see what they say!??  |
Well if I was scrutineering I would ban it
The Lazer ZX was introduced in December 1989, which makes it VERY borderline, and is a very different beast to the ZX-R. To classify as a ZX it must have gear diffs, a split two piece top deck (so the chassis is really flexible without the centre plastic spine), the centre ball diff (no slipper!), alloy plate shock mounts and short front shocks and with 2 inch Optima Mid wheels. All the chassis plates were grp, not carbon. You could try saying it's a ZX with hop ups but as none of the hop ups (or the one piece top deck) were available until well into the 90s I would say none of them should be allowed.
BTW the Procat was also released late 1989, September I think, so again is marginal but more likely to be allowed as all the ZXS's had the Cougar rear suspension (as used on the Procat) grafted onto them long before then. It was also an evolution of an 80's chassis, rather than the Lazer ZX being the first release of a 90's chassis.
Another alternative is the Yokomo Super Dogfighter, released in 1988 it won the 1989 nationals and dominated the 89 Worlds. You would really need to know what you are looking at to make sure it's a Super Dogfighter and not a Works '91 though.