RE: Prepping an 8v for AutoX

[Night Shadow <soltwede@ucsub.colorado.edu>]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Ian Overholt wrote:

> I am 90% sure that swapping the head is not DSP legal.  Here's my reasoning: 
>   If you've got to use an engine code that was available with the car 
> originally and you can't do headwork, then it follows that you can't swap 
> another head on that wasn't sold with you engine.

> I didn't see if anyone responded to your question about the Neuspeed rear 
> stress frame from your earlier post.  Triangulation is not legal for DSP.  
> There is one exception to this and that is the upper stress bar in the 
> front.  But the Neuspeed bar in the rear is not DSP legal.  The 16v lower 
> stressbar is not DSP legal on an 8v car, either.  Triangulation is not 

AHEM! Yes it is.  Because many 8vs came with that bar stock.  And the 16v
stress bar does NOT triagulate, your missing one side.

> allowed for this reason:  If you can triangulate your car, then you can take 
> the car to the extreme of an entire tube frame car.  In other words, you can 
> replace the car's unit body frame with tubes and fiberglass body panels and 
> get a big weight savings.

Good point here.

Eric



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