I would be worried about that turning into some sort of effort to equalize the chassis. The Firman cars are already 50-70 pounds heavy with a small driver(Coello/Burkett), so only the Citations would actually be penalized. How is anyone going to decide how much weight it is actually worth? The fastest Firman out there is also the one without the shifter.
Are we going to equalize the people who are trying hardest to develop their cars to the people who just show up and run their cars?