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Re: Appearance kits: sp legal?

To: Justin Hughes <ka1ult@channel1.com>
Subject: Re: Appearance kits: sp legal?
From: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:51:04 -0700
Justin Hughes wrote:
> 
> > Swapping the facia itself would be an "update/backdate" issue and legal
> > for SP (or not... since Saturns are STILL not specifically listed in
> > CSP, nothing is on the "same line").  I don't remember if brake ducting
> > is legal or not.
> 
> Now that my memory is refreshed on update/backdate (which would permit me to
> put '77 BMW 320i vented rotors on my '83 320i for SP), I believe a bit more
> firmly that this swap would fall into the same category.  Considering how
> short and relatively slow (compared to a track) most courses are, I don't
> see that brake ducts would give any significant autox advantage.  That's an
> entirely different story on the track.

Not that brake ducts really matter at all for autox, but they are legal
in SP.

> > (Honda guys are just as bad... still don't know how someone can tell
> exactly what
> > year a Honda is at a glance.
> 
> Me either - it's impossible for me to tell an EX, DX, HX, WXYZX apart other
> than the badge on the back (the Si is more of a giveaway).  Yet the Honda
> enthusiasts (not "rice boys") among us can probably tell us all the
> differences, just like we can run down the list of Saturn's year to year
> tweaks.

I don't particularly think of myself as a Honda guy at all. But I've
gotten pretty good at identifying Honda CRX's by year, trim package, and
have a decent understanding of the internal goings on in those little
buzz-boxes. 

"Know thine enemy". Sometimes it pays to know about the Hondas even if
you don't drive 'em... :-)
 
-Josh2

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Joshua Hadler    '74 914 2.0 CSP/Bi - Hooligan Racing #29 - CONIVOR
                 '87 Quantum Syncro - aka stealth quattro

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