Jesus,
You are right. Replacement valve covers are illegal in SP.
I remember the SEB discussions and member input to change it. It was not
changed because SEB sentiment and member letters felt that aftermarket valve
covers made it easier to hide illegal valve train components in SP. It
became another question of where you draw the line and in the spirit of what
SP is supposed to be it was felt that an allowance for aftermaker valve
covers would do more harm than good. I agreed with this.
So... not allowing aftermarket valve covers makes it easier to keep the BSP
vettes from sneeking Jessel, etc. valve gear. In AAX they can run as BSP-V
cars which are more like vintage BP than vintage BSP cars anyway. ;-)
--Rick Brown
BP Corvette
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jesus Villarreal
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 5:27 PM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Rules -SP
Charlie, anyone else?
It was brought to my attention late last year that on V-8 cars, valve
covers are restricted to original equipment, even on Stret Prep. cars,
now I can see why in Stock, but in SP, with everything else
unrestricted, intakes, exhaust, oil pans, fans and shrouds, and smog
equipment, it seems a bit redundant, since it's only dress up parts and
offers no performance advantage, plus it helps keep oil from spilling
out if you put taller covers on. There's nothing in the rulebook that
says you can change them, at least as far as I could see, even in
Prepared, and since you can't do it unless it says so, then you can't.
If I'm not seeing this correctly, then please correct me, I've gotta be
missing something. I will be getting my '00 rule book this Sunday, and
I'm hoping to find something with reference to this.
Jesus
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