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Re: GT engine swap question #4

To: "Benn" <karhu@california.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: GT engine swap question #4
From: Jason Elias <jasone@willowroot.ca>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:10:44 -0500
At 11:49 PM 19/04/2005, Benn wrote:

>Does the engine swap allowance for GT cars (5.E.3) negate the requirement to
>use heads with the original number of valves and port configuration (5.E.)?
>Example:  a Zis Zil Zim GT originally equipped with a 500cc 2-cylinder
>2-valve-per-cylinder flathead could have a V-12 5-valve-per-cylinder DOHC 10
>liter engine stuffed into it as long as the said V-12 was manufactured by the
>venerable Zis Zil Zim works?
>Benn

The Fairhill Millenium Falcon Toyota MR2 that holds the H/BGT and I/BGT 
records used a 20-valve four instead of the stock 16-valve, so that would 
imply to me "yes".

J






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