> Glenn Trunnell wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have a list or know where I can obtain a list of the factory
> > installed options on 76-79 Spitfires? SCCA rules allow the use of factory
> > options for autocrossing, but not dealer installed ones.
>
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Doug Mitchell wrote:
> You aren't going to get much help. The Spitfire option list
> was pretty sparse. Hardtop, Tonneau, and Overdrive were the
> only factory installed options. The radio was installed at the
> dealerships, as was any badge bars.
Also among dealer-installed options would have been such items as Koni
shocks. So far as I know, these are legal in "stock" Solo II classes. I'm
not sure what current rules say about wheel width; stock was 3.5" <1970,
4.5" from 1970-79, and 5.0" from 1979 on.
> Between you and me, most tech inspectors don't know what was
> or wasn't factory on the Spit. You can get away with some
> modifications. One that comes to mind is the camber compensator
> as that is allowed in the GCR.....
At one time ISTR that camber compensators or other axle movement limiting
devices were supposedly REQUIRED on swing-axle cars. Sometimes I was
quizzed about the lack of same on my Mk.3 Spitfire at SCCA Solo II events
in the 1970s, but I was never actually kept from running. But the
compensator really isn't necessary on the 1971 and later "swing-spring"
Spitfires.
Mind you, I have no idea what current GCR's state for stock Spitfires.
It's a moot point with me; on the rare occasions that I do autocross
nowadays, it's invariably with the Hardly Boys RaceSpit 4, an ex- GP SCCA
car with some cutting-edge suspension technology (ok, it's really more
like the Kastner manual and the "V" parts list, circa 1968). :-) But it
still works pretty well!
--Andy
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