Ed, I believe the "stock tank" rule in production is to keep underside of
the car stock as well as the outside. Perhaps the rule could be amended to
allow cutting the top out of the tank and making the space available for
use.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>
To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: NOS Question
> Dan thanks for the prompt response. I am really having a tough time
finding any
> space to mount a bottle.............. No room in front of the radiator, no
room
> in the back. Now if we could just get rid of the "stock tank location"
rule there
> would be plenty of room back there. I wish I had brought that up at an
earlier
> time for consideration by the rules committe, because I see no reason for
this
> rule. Maybe I am missing something here, but the spirit of the Production
Class
> is to preserve a stock appearance (for aero and other reasons) - the
location of
> the fuel tank (and or fuel cell) does not appear to me to have any effect
on the
> performance (unless I strap the bottle to the roof)
> Thanks again for the input,
> Ed
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