Dave, You made me get the rule book out and look it up. LOL Page 62
says A different displacement size of the same design engine may be
used provided it does not constitute an " engine swap " as definied in
section 4.n. Doug
Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>on page 66 of the 2004 rule book it says engine swaps are allowed in GT..
>Ford into a Ford, Porsche into a Porsche.. it does not make a single mention
>if the engine was ever available in the chassis or if it is of the same
>family of engines that came stock with the car. That would suggest I could
>put a Ford 460 in a Capri or a Porsche inline 4 into a 996.. Nowhere is the
>suggestion made that it has to be the same engine family or the same number
>of cylinders for that matter. If the engine was of identical construction
>but a different displacement it would not be an engine swap which is
>explicitly allowed. Why would the production rules apply in a GT class car
>they are different aren't they? A production car can seat six a GT can not.
>This guy wants to SWAP a 3 cylinder OHC engine with a 4 cylinder OHC engine
>how much of a stretch of engine swap is that? If the rule for engine swap is
>that vague it needs to be cleared up before too many people spend too much
>money doing what seems very clear. To me putting a 327 in the place of a 283
>is not an engine swap it is a change in displacement. Putting a 460 Ford
>where a v-6 used to be is an engine swap.. Sort of the definition of engine
>swap..
>Dave
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Doug Odom [mailto:dlodom@charter.net]
>>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:58 PM
>>To: Dave Dahlgren
>>Cc: Corvette Salt Racer; James Tone; BWANA343@aol.com;
>>land-speed@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Subject: Re: First car?
>>
>>
>>Dave, My understanding of the rules in the production classes is the
>>engine has to be the same design. So a C5 corvette can not use a big
>>block because it never had one installed stock. Might be wrong but it
>>will not be the first time. Doug Odom in big ditch
>>
>>Dave Dahlgren wrote:
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