Doug your dissertation here is exactly why I started this List.... along
with Chuck we both have a number of questions and the opportunity to
interact with folks Like you doing the same thing...
as for the Rules... You obviously have riddled out your own answer... Now
the question is did you notice the requirement to have a forward facing Air
vent for the driver? ( don't have a Rule Book handy or I would quote it
because it is in an obscure section)
One of the things I truly love about this sport is the way different folks
interpret rules... and the outcome of those efforts.... We have beat up
Rules many times on this list and Personally don't mind going back there
again.... as each time someone does I learn something New...
One of the things that kept me out of SCCA was the complexity of the rule
book.... and the same goes for running a car in a bracket class Drag
racing... hell if we can't run heads up.... why RUN...
Now you and I get to pick the kind of car and cubic inches .. and Just how
we go about it is up to us... Meeting on the Salt to decide who is
fastest... well hell that is what Racing is all about in my book....
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land Speed
Racer)
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> From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
> To: V4GR@aol.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Altered cars & cooling
> Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 11:31 AM
>
> hi rich, and all other land speed aficionados, i agree that this is how
> this naca duct subject will probably be addressed in real life trackside
> per some officials interperetation, BUT, it boils down to wether it is
> legal or not, and not that it is a legal modification until the vehicle
is
> fast for its class or is about to break a record , or indeed does claim a
> record, or if you do it a little its ok , but if you do it a little more
> its not. first of all it has come to my attention after 2 years worth of
> reading the scta rulebooks over and over and over and over and over and
> over that there are so many ways to innocently interperet these rules
that
> one cannot figure out how to build a class legal competitive vehicle on
the
> first attempt. one "fault" of the scta rules is that sometimes
> modifications are specifically stated as not allowed, while in other
areas
> there is no mention to wether modifications are allowed or not, there
> should be for every class a list of what is allowed and what is not
> allowed, because making no mention of some issues leaves the door wide
open
> to interpretation ( i do realize though that writing the rules is not an
> easy task), but the way that the rules have been developed it appears
that
> the builder must interperet these vague areas to the best of his / her
> ability and then be ready to justify and defend why it is legal by these
> same rules. if these rules are interpreted as a lawyer would, then
suddenly
> many modifications become legal, for example , on the subject of
utilizing
> naca ducts on the hood or fenders for cooling
>
>
> in 99 scta rules, if one goes to the index at the back of the book and
you
> will find on page 148
> air dams......................1v-26a
> air ducts........................1v-1
> air intakes....................1v-26b
> air vents........................1v-26c
>
> section 1v-26 is streamlining definitions, but notice that 'air ducts' is
> not in the streamlining section, it is just in the general definitions
> (used by the scta contest board) section as follows: "1v-1 air duct :
> aerodynamic pressure relief systems in which air is ducted from one point
> to another." now, nowhere in the general modified requirements does it
> mention "air ducts", or in the altered requirements, or in comp coupe
> requirements, or even in gas coupe requirements. so, upon further review
of
> this subject, if we claim that the naca ducts are air "ducts" and not air
> "vents" (which appear to be not legal, because they are a part of
> streamling which is not listed as an allowed exception in altered), we
> could legally riddle the entire vehicle with naca ducts. in our case,if
we
> claim we are "ducting" hot air from the engine compartment, not "venting"
> hot air from the engine compartment, then these naca ducts are legal ,
> period, irregardless of the cars performance, or the amount of naca ducts
> utilized. now i realize that things can be taken to rediculous extremes,
> but where does one draw the line-there is no line. i'm not trying to come
> across as some jerk trying to cheat the rules, so please dont take my
> approach that way, i'm just trying to justify how i see things required
for
> race car fabrication- if i call them a duct, they are legal, if i call
them
> a vent, then they appear not to be legal. other opinions are gladly
> welcomed.
>
> regards,
> doug ferguson
> black radon engineering
>
>
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