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Neon Classing (was Neon Wheel Sizes)

To: "'autox@autox.team.net'" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Neon Classing (was Neon Wheel Sizes)
From: "Ryan, John - WINDD" <ryan@ctc.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:42:06 -0400
Mark Andy wrote:
> I was recently perusing www.neons.org's faq section and I also happened to
> see the stats on the '96 and '97 (I think) Sport.  I was pretty surprised
> to find that apparently you could get a SOHC with the 16:1 steering,

yep, '96 (only) 2-door sports had the "SDE" suspension

> front & rear bars

yep

> & ACR springs.

nope, but only the fronts are different, and only by 10lb/in

> I.e. identical to my SOHC sedan except for
> the hub thickness (doesn't matter for autox) and struts (doesn't matter
> since you can change the struts and run crash bolts).

yep, pretty darn close

> According to the new rule that all SOHC except the ACR are in ES, that
> seems like it'd be a pretty damn good car to have for ES.  I know I'm
> jealous anyway :-)

Contrary to my (and other's) interpretations of the August '98 FasTrack
announcement
(http://www.scca.org/news/tech/solo/tb0898.html) this car is NOT in ES.
I talked with Steve Brolliar (on the SCAC) last year at Nats and he
confirmed
this and the '99 rulebook also specifically lists this car in DS
(http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/classes/stock.html).

> Just curious as I plan to continue in DS, though perhaps with a DOHC...

SOHC is nice at North Hills, but not at Peru? :-)

Have Fun,

John Ryan
ryan@ctc.com
DS/Neon ACR


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