In my case, Pistons, Wrist Pins, Rods, Cases, mechanical fuel injection
systems and/or Weber carbs.
Could one be made that was totally OEM, yes. Could the combination of
used and new parts pass the update/ backdate rule. Maybe. Would that
motor cost in the tens of thousands, yes. Admittedly, there are many
other flavors of 30-plus year old cars in worse shape than a 911 owner.
Unfortunately these aftermarket parts are in many ways enough better to
not meet the spirit of 14.11.
For instance, say my '72 originally had 8:1 compression. The OEM pistons
are on a two year back order, but the popular aftermarket piston weighs
a third less and has compression of 9.5:1, is in-stock and costs a third
less. Does that meet the spirit of 14.11?
Is the resulting hot-rod fun, Sure. Are true slicks fun, ohh sweet
mother of god yes. And the Prepared communities are full of great
people.
I'm not suggesting that SP should change for the few folks goofy enough
to still play with old cars, just that Prepared isn't as screwed up as
it seems. Locally we've got more FP cars than ESP, BSP or CSP cars, CP
cars are 10% of our events, a few DP & EP cars come out regularly too.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Hollis [mailto:awhollis@swbell.net]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:05 PM
To: eric@mail.brown911.com; autox@autox.team.net;
'Evolution-Discussions@Yahoogroups. Com'
Subject: RE: [evolution-disc.] Please comment on the August Fastrack
>> From: Eric Salem [mailto:eric@mail.brown911.com]
> Okay now I gotta jump in here. I run in FP. The car is completely
> street legal and should be an ASP car. The ONLY reason the car is in
> FP is that the parts to build an ASP motor for my '72 911 are no
> longer available. Certainly there are other cars like mine, i.e., all
> the old british & italian cars, that couldn't possibly build an SP
> legal motor.
Ummm...14.11 is your friend.
You can build your motor with aftermarket parts that are as similar as
possible to the originals. This is one of the original premises for SP;
having a place where older Stock category cars could play when the
manufacturer went belly up of stopped stocking parts. And Porsche has
about as good an aftermarket as any.
What specifically is not available?
--Andy
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