First of all (IMHO) you are looking at apples and oranges. Second, you're
only concerned about the orange and it's legal to peel that. Have at it.
(IMHO again)
14.1.E has to do with the heater system as in the components that make your
toes toasty warm. You can't modify it when you legally undo the A/C.
14.10.H has to do with the exhaust system. Now, not being an expert on
air-cooled cars, I'm not sure if a heater box on such a car also is part of
what toasts your toes, but it is specifically allowed on your rear-engined
car to be removed to install your headers.
And as an aside, no, italics do not trump regular text. Italics only say
"this wording is new this year." It may not be, in whole, a new rule, as I
remember a Stock class Beetle with a header getting the hairy eyeball many
many years ago, and we finding it was legal because only cars with heater
boxes had the allowance to install a header. The rest of us in that Stock
class had to run stock manifolds. (And the Beetle, well prepared and driven,
kicked our butts too!).
--Rocky Entriken
-----Original Message-----
From: eric salem <ebsalem@radiks.net>
To: Team.net Autocross List <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:20 AM
Subject: rules question
>>From looking at the 2000 National Solo Rules:
>
>On page 96, section 14.1.e "This rule should not be interpreted to allow
>modification of the heater system."
>
>On page 107, section 14.10.H -- in italics -- "this permits the removal of
>'heater boxes' in order to install headers on such cars." Which would
render
>the heater system useless.
>
>Do italics over-rule regular text?
>
>My interest is that the heat exchangers, AKA heater boxes, on my 911 are
>rusted out and headers are much cheaper than a new OEM set of heat
>exchangers. Given the cam, head and pistons the power isn't a big change
>either way.
>
>It would be nice to be legal for my first SoloTime event. . .
>
>thanks,
>e
>'72 911
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