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RE: GT engine swap question #4

To: "Jason Elias" <jasone@willowroot.ca>, "Benn" <karhu@california.com>,
Subject: RE: GT engine swap question #4
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:49:15 -0500
Hmmmm.............an engine swap with another engine manufactured by the
same company. This raises interesting possibilities with a Saab.

Regards, Neil    Tucson, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jason Elias
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:11 AM
To: Benn; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: GT engine swap question #4

At 11:49 PM 19/04/2005, Benn wrote:

>Does the engine swap allowance for GT cars (5.E.3) negate the
requirement to
>use heads with the original number of valves and port configuration
(5.E.)?
>Example:  a Zis Zil Zim GT originally equipped with a 500cc 2-cylinder
>2-valve-per-cylinder flathead could have a V-12 5-valve-per-cylinder
DOHC 10
>liter engine stuffed into it as long as the said V-12 was manufactured
by the
>venerable Zis Zil Zim works?
>Benn

The Fairhill Millenium Falcon Toyota MR2 that holds the H/BGT and I/BGT 
records used a 20-valve four instead of the stock 16-valve, so that
would 
imply to me "yes".

J






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