mayf; If it's not to late have you considered a 289 crank? This allows a
nice bore and still makes class. RF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
To: "land speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 09:08 AM
Subject: Running without all cylinders
> But, in my case, I am over the "D" engine size by a tiny amount. I have
> thought about sleeving the first and fifth cylinders (two front ones) to
> reduce the bore back to stock 4.000. This would let me run in the correct
> class. If one is above board with this and tell the inspectors what has
been
> done, would it be legal?
> ************************************************
>
> Mayf,
>
> Because the cid of your engine is too close to pump within the parameters
as
> outlined in the rulebook you will have to pull a head. If the sleeved
> cylinders are too difficult to reach for direct measurement it could
happen
> that you may be measured out of class. Please make sure that if you do
> sleeve the engine you make a point to the inspecting official that this is
> the case. We may have to measure all 8 to come up with the accurate
> displacement.
>
> Dan Warner
>
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