Chuck
It's my understanding that in /PRO or /GT you need a dash...of some
sort...to go along with your door and side panels. However if you have to
cut it to fit around the roll bar...so be it. All the other car classes do
not require a factory dash.
Anybody else want to weigh in on this?
John Beckett
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Pro class interior
>John,
>
> I want to keep my options open and play games with Racing Beat and their
>E-GT record since they sounded worried that I was building a car similar to
>what they had run. (Without ANY of the budget the had.)
>
> The dash went to the scrap yard with the first load of scrap metal and
red
>crushed velvet, since it's a full width blob of vinyl with a uselessly tiny
>gage cluster. If I do sort the car in /GT before doing any sheet metal
work
>on the front end (another consideration, since it won't fit the trailer if
>it's any longer) how much dash, if any, do I have to retain? Everything I
>removed was either flamable or sharp, and I have gained no real weight or
>aero advantage by scrapping it. I'd have had to cut it to pieces to fit it
>around the roll structure anyway to get the leg room I need. Safety has
>always been my first consideration, but it's become even more important to
>me after this past weekend.
>
> Does the SCTA rule book say anything specifically about dashes? For the
>next few years anyway, what does the the ECTA rules committee want to say
>about it?
>
>Chuck "ask before you weld" Rothfuss
>
>
>
>at 09:06 PM 7/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Chuck
>>
>>Are you going to run in /GT or /MS? Cause in /MS you don't need a dash
>>anyway.
>>
>>JB
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
>>To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>>Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 9:51 AM
>>Subject: Re: Pro class interior
>>
>>
>>>Ed, Rich, List,
>>>
>>> The comments I've seen so far are exactly what I was looking for and
have
>>>answered some of my questions. The one that's still nagging me is
>>>specifically about bolt-in dash assemblies. Since this light weight
frame
>>>serves no purpose but to support the flamable vinyl cover and to house
the
>>>defroster, heater, and stock gage cluster, can it be deleted without
being
>>>considered gutting? Having a glove box and defroster ducts sure isn't
>>gonna
>>>make anybody faster, but I'd rather not argue this while sitting in the
>>tech
>>>line. My plan is to mount all gages on a pod above the steering column
and
>>>run the roll cage structure through where the dash had attached. Tech
>>>inspectors?
>>>
>>>Chuck
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>My second question (which might start a fire on the list) is about Pro
and
>>>GT car dashes. I noticed that Lionel's truck has a hunk of stock dash,
>>>while some of the Pro cars seem to have complete interiors. (with A/C,
>>glove
>>>box and headliner) If my dash assembly unbolts from the firewall can it
be
>>>trashed and still pass tech? No way that removing the big hunk of vinyl
>>and
>>>thin metal frame is gonna make me any faster. It will however, remove a
>>>fire hazard and give me leg room at the front of the roll structure.
>>>
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