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RE: 1972 BMW 2002 Classing

To: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchelltx@earthlink.net>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: 1972 BMW 2002 Classing
From: "Dave Hardy" <dave2020@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 22:54:30 -0400
> If you want an STS-legal 2002, you need to start with a 1973.
> Beginning that year, BMW revised the combustion chamber design,
> fitted a 2-barrel Solex (with a different intake manifold), and
> did away with the smog pump. 1973-1974 engines had the
> designation "E12" cast into the cylinder heads (yours will have
> "121" or "121ti" if it has the correct head). Too bad you no
> longer have update/backdate in STS, or you could convert the car
> you bought. As the rules now stand, you'll have to buy a 1973 or
> later car.
> :<(

But Jay - I thought that the elimination of UD/BD was supposed to make STS
cheaper!

Dave "dead horse" Hardy
89 SM
DILYSI Motorsports - Drive It Like You Stole It!






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