yeah but it is not a production car it is a GT..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Odom [mailto:dlodom@charter.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 5:04 PM
> To: Dave Dahlgren
> Cc: Corvette Salt Racer; James Tone; BWANA343@aol.com;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: First car?
>
>
> Dave, You made me get the rule book out and look it up. LOL Page 62
> says A different displacement size of the same design engine may be
> used provided it does not constitute an " engine swap " as definied in
> section 4.n. Doug
>
> Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>
> >on page 66 of the 2004 rule book it says engine swaps are allowed in GT..
> >Ford into a Ford, Porsche into a Porsche.. it does not make a
> single mention
> >if the engine was ever available in the chassis or if it is of the same
> >family of engines that came stock with the car. That would
> suggest I could
> >put a Ford 460 in a Capri or a Porsche inline 4 into a 996..
> Nowhere is the
> >suggestion made that it has to be the same engine family or the
> same number
> >of cylinders for that matter. If the engine was of identical construction
> >but a different displacement it would not be an engine swap which is
> >explicitly allowed. Why would the production rules apply in a GT
> class car
> >they are different aren't they? A production car can seat six a
> GT can not.
> >This guy wants to SWAP a 3 cylinder OHC engine with a 4 cylinder
> OHC engine
> >how much of a stretch of engine swap is that? If the rule for
> engine swap is
> >that vague it needs to be cleared up before too many people
> spend too much
> >money doing what seems very clear. To me putting a 327 in the
> place of a 283
> >is not an engine swap it is a change in displacement. Putting a 460 Ford
> >where a v-6 used to be is an engine swap.. Sort of the
> definition of engine
> >swap..
> >Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Doug Odom [mailto:dlodom@charter.net]
> >>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:58 PM
> >>To: Dave Dahlgren
> >>Cc: Corvette Salt Racer; James Tone; BWANA343@aol.com;
> >>land-speed@autox.team.net
> >>Subject: Re: Subject: Re: First car?
> >>
> >>
> >>Dave, My understanding of the rules in the production classes is the
> >>engine has to be the same design. So a C5 corvette can not use a big
> >>block because it never had one installed stock. Might be wrong but it
> >>will not be the first time. Doug Odom in big ditch
> >>
> >>Dave Dahlgren wrote:
|