> From: Mike Cobine <cobine@cig.mot.com>
> BTW, I have a question. Most Vintage groups require cars going back to the
> '60s style bodies with no flares and usually on treaded street tires, no
> slicks. What if, as in the case of mine, the car was never registered or run
> in a Production class but went off to the Modifieds and Sports Racers as a
> special? Mine never ran A or B/Prod but ASR from the beginning. Would it be
> legal to keep the flares? Could it then run on more race rubber like the
> Chevrons and such do?
The mods are usually based on *period* modifications, regardless of
what may have been done in SCCA or other clubs at a later date.
Production cars are almost never allowed on treaded tyres (same
reasons). About the only thing on slicks are F1, Can AM, and later
Winged Formula cars. (Plus some exhibition only cars) You will find
some clubs which allow some more modern mods, but I beleive they are the
exception. Some SCCA regions have vintage grids, and may allow a lot
more prod/mod type changes.
> Also, if there is so much concern for safety and thus the street tires, why
> is there not more concern over the engines that are built to 1995
> technology? I see lots of Corvettes, Camaros, and such that are 8000 rpm
> 350 engines running roller cams, billet cranks, and making 500 or so
> horsepower. This was never done in the '60s or early '70s. The Prod rules
> were very strict.
Most vintage clubs don't allow things like roller rockers, crank-fired
ignition, belt driven cams (instead of chains), Stroked cranks, etc.
Most clubs do print rules about such mods. Things like billet cranks
are a bit harder to detect. From a reliability standpoint, I wouldn't
mind on in my Frogeye, but not at that cost!
> Doc Nat Comp., Div F&C, Reg Sound, Crew
> ASR #77 '66 Corvette, 70373.2450 on CompuServe
> Chicago Reg. no longer FLA/CFR m.cobine@genie.geis.com
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