It definately PAYS to inquire with the rules committee before nearly ANY change
to your vehicle, a few years ago the motorcycle engine classes went from
1300cc, followed by 2000cc, and I had a 1327cc which meant I ran in the 2000cc
class, we spent an arm and a leg to by a new aftermarket block and pistons
(couldnt sleeve this block down with what was available) to get my displacement
30cc lower, came to Bonneville with a 1297cc to run in the 1300cc class and they
said guess what we changed the class to 1350cc. I attended a rules meeting 2
years ago in which overbore was discussed, the vintage engines were allowed .050
overbore, I asked why I could not and was STERNLY informed that that is what I
get for running a bike who's stock displacement is so close to the class limit,
we are running in the 1000cc class and stock displacement is 998cc meaning that
I cannot even run a well worn stock cylinder, so I again had to pay an arm and a
leg to have JE make custom stock bore pistons (they only shelf overbore pistons)
and I show up this year at Bonneville and they say guess what we changed the
rules so all classes except Prod. can run .020 beyond that which provides
maximum displacement for the class, I was so thrilled, Guess I will be making
many more calls to the tech people before I make changes or spend lots of money,
even if I think I have a grasp of what I think are the current rules
Joe :)
John Beckett wrote:
> Well I'm not trying to change any of them. Just trying to find out what some
> of the new ones are. But I sure don't like the idea. Guess my big beef is
> that they were never brought up to the general membership before being
> inacted.
>
> John Beckett
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SaltyCuda@aol.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: 200 Club Minimums
>
> > All I want to say about minimums is once they have been set, don't revise
> > them. We put our A motor on the engine stand, build a B motor because the
> > minimum was lower in B than the record in A. However, the 2-club board
> > revised the minimums, increasing the B minimum to about 5 mph higher than
> the
> > A record. We weren't aware of the change until we were on the salt, in
> line
> > for our qualification attempt. We went on to set a record in the class,
> but
> > did not exceed the new minimum. We would have been better off just
> > freshening up our A motor.
> >
> > So if you set them don't change them.
> >
> > Jim (frustrated with the system) Snyder.
> >
> > PS I got into the club in 1990, AA/Alt class. Long before minimums, in
> fact
> > we had to do it three times to get a record back then. Qualify by
> exceeding
> > the record, then the next day at 7:00 a.m. all the previous day's
> qualifiers,
> > made a run down the course and back within an hour or so, to get the two
> way
> > average. The attempt with the B motor was in '96 with my partner at the
> > wheel, Phil Grisotti.
> >
> > J
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