That was the point of confusio with me . If it had a
WING then you could use one . If not then no. You can
fabricate a SPOILER according to the rulebook. Now I
understand .
Read that rule book cover to cover like three times
last night .
MS does have a lot of "room" that many other classes
dont .
George in Sunny DC
--- Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com> wrote:
> George,
>
> In MS class any frame is allowed. There is no need
> to maintain a portion of
> the stock frame for use in the vehicle. The factory
> pan does not have to
> remain. Just gut the body and drop it on your
> chassis. Beverly's response to
> your spoiler question is the one I would have given.
> Remember that any wing
> used in MS must be OEM.
>
> Dan W
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George Mitchell <americanpartner@yahoo.com>
> To: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
> Cc: LAND-SPEED <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 2:27 PM
> Subject: Was Wing vs Spoiler -- now chassis
>
>
> > Thanks , that helps a great deal.
> >
> > New quesition.
> > I am used to building drag cars where you cut the
> > floor, build a chassis and then lay the body over
> it .
> > The Porsche -- because it was a torque tube
> > configuration has what you could call a built in
> belly
> > pan. Kind of looks like a VW Bug from underneath.
> > Now , can I build the frame inside the car --cover
> it
> > with a sub floor and ,besides limiting my headroom
> > even more , would that be within the rules?
> > That way the factory pan would stay in place and I
> > would be building inside to car.
> > I am kind of confused with the definition of
> "frame
> > outside vs frame inside " and "frame no lower than
> the
> > body" etc.
> > George in DC
> >
> > --- DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net> wrote:
> > > George, A spoiler only has one surface. You can
> > > build it to the rule
> > > book picture and be OK. A wing has air flow over
> and
> > > under it. My car
> > > and the Alfa of Rich's have spoilers. They never
> > > came with one from the
> > > factory. Hope that helps.
> > > one of the other dougs
> > >
> > > George Mitchell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > List,
> > > > I got the rule book this morning-- thanks
> Wendy.
> > > > Now I have a couple of questions.
> > > > In MS ,the rule says that spoilers have to be
> > > factory
> > > > with documentation. I was trying to find in
> the
> > > > rulebook the definition difference between a
> > > spoiler
> > > > and a wing .
> > > > Most of the pictures that I have of MS cars
> have
> > > a
> > > > fabricated wing on the tail end. The Porsche
> has a
> > > > spoiler in the rear but I will throw it in the
> > > trash
> > > > in favor of a fabricated one.
> > > > The thing that is confusing me is a spoiler to
> me
> > > is
> > > > something that has its flat portion attatched
> to
> > > the
> > > > car as describe in the drawings in the
> rulebook.
> > > > A wing would be attatched to the body by posts
> --
> > > > raised off of the body( think a top fuel wing
> )
> > > > Am I just thinking about this too much ?
> > > > Should I just put an "item" that looks like
> the
> > > > picture in the rulebook on my car and forget
> about
> > > it
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > George in 65 and sunny DC
> > > >
> > > > Do You Yahoo!?
> > >
> > >
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> >
>
>
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