[Land-speed] Some classification Questions (non turban, religion or political related)

[drmayf]

Was just sitting here pondering my navel and and some odd thoughts came 
to me. You know they are odd because they are mine, lol... All have to 
do with car propulsion method classifications..

for instance, my car is a BFMS with a C motor (barely). How would the 
classification go if I wanted to stick a small diesel in it? No, not 
planning on it, just curious. Lets say the diesel was 2.5 L displacement 
if that matters...

and, what if I wanted to convert it to electrical propulsion? Would that 
be a ??? Example?  Assume the car weighs 2500 lbs if that matters.


similarly, steam?  
I know Ford run the hydrogen car but it was really electrically 
motivated. The hydrogen only provided the electricity so what class was 
that car in. To my dim thinking that should have been some kind of 
electrical designation.

I know there is a spot in the rules that say someting like  a 
supplemental engine has to contribute to the propulsion of a car before 
it is considered for cubic inch displacement...but wouldn't a gas or 
diesel generator drivng electric propulsion be directly connected 
especially if no batterys are involved anywhere?

Comments? Thoughts?

lets see if we can scare up a meaningful discussion...

oh one final odd one... and it has to do with elec drives. HP is hp when 
it comes to over coming the aero issues and rolling resistance. So it it 
takes 500 hp to go 200 mph wouldn't the elec motor also have to produce 
that same amount of power? And if running off a generator in the car 
wouldn't that also have to have very significant hp as well?


mayf