this should not be illegal-----you are correct it should not BUT IT IS.if the
rule book does not say you can,THEN YOU CAN NOT!!! easy to ck.at impound.
steve.cirian@us.pwcglobal.com wrote:
> Sorry to jump into this a little late, but I have been really behind in
> personal email reading due to work.
>
> I think I can shed some light on this.
>
> It is pretty common for the RX-7 to have problems with the hoses that
> control turbo operation. The solution to this is to glue them on. This
> should not be illegal for the Stock class. It would be like saying that a
> person could not re-torque any bolts on the car, or use Loctite, or
> different hose clamps on the radiator hoses.
>
> What would be illegal is converting the turbos to non-sequential operation
> (this is probably what the person meant that said the turbos did not
> operate in the standard manner). Normally they operate sequentially, i.e.-
> the primary turbo is always being fed exhaust gas, and then the second one
> kicks in later after a certain vacuum point is reached. Non-sequential
> coversion is done by re-routing the vacuum hoses to make both turbos
> operate at the same time. Definately not stock.
>
> Cheers,
>
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> Chicago Region SCCA
> '95 RX-7 TT Tri State SCC
> #95 A Street Prepared rx-7.net
>
> Anybody here want to drag Johnny a hundred yards for beers?
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