Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Phil Stracchino]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 01:12:21PM -0400, Mike F wrote:
> Honestly, the fact that each team builds its own cars becomes almost
> a moot point. The regulations are so strict that the cars might as
> well be exactly identical, and any competitive advantages come either
> from slight production variations, bending the rules or driver skill.

As witness the many times a team chief has later on admitted having had
a ringer engine in their winning car and frantically swapping it out for
a rules-legal engine before the post-race tech inspectors arrived ...

> > The other thing to consider is that the GM engine a NASCAR racer gets
> > bears about as much resemblance to the GM block you see when you open
> > your hood as the Chevy Monte Carlo you see going round and round at
> > the track bears to the Chevy Monte Carlo in the local dealer's
> > showroom.  It might share the same basic block casting and MAYBE the
> > same castings for the heads, but that's *it*.
> 
> It's worse than you think. I don't think any of the cars NASCAR cars are
> styled after are even _available_ with a V-8.

Good point.  Particularly now that GM killed off the F-body.


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