Dan, I know the reverse port config has been around a long time. The
point I was making or trying to make is what materials are used to make
the change. Vintage cast iron? New modern iron? Brazing methods? seems
to me that if such a mod is allowed then it should be made with the same
kind of tools and materials that it was originally done with. What about
use of vintage gaskets? What parts are allowed to be non vintage? How
about a modern cast aluminum or machined head? That certainly isn't
vintage. Now draw a parallel to todays repop motor blocks. Many block
and engines that are not manufacturer specific. A windsor Man O War
block for my 5.0L may have the same dimesnion as that of the original
for bore but most everything else has been improved with better and
stronger materials. By the way is nitrous allowed in vintage racing?
Heck, it was used by the Germans in WWII so that line of reasoning would
make it allowable. It just seems screwy to me.
Makes me glad I am not a part of trying to keep it all together, lol.
mayf
dan warner wrote:
> Well Mayf,
>
> Instead of asking questions like "What exactly defines what vintage
> is?" you might try to read the rulebook. Take a look at section 2.A.1.
>
> And, for your education, the reverse port configuration for the
> flathead V8 was used before the war in oval track racing. History is
> an interesting thing.
>
> DW
>
>
> --
>
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