Update/Backdate rule in STS...
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Update/Backdate rule in STS...
A friend of mine and I were trying to discuss the validity of this rule, and I'm confused to a certain extent.
Under the update/backdate provisions setforth in the 2003 Solo II rules,
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A. Equipment and/or specifications may be exchanged between different years and models of a vehicle if:
(1) the item is standard on the year/model from which it was taken,
(2) the years/models are listed on the same line of Appendix A (Street Prepared Classes)
The updated/backdated part or the part to which it is to be attached may not be altered, modified, machined, or otherwise changed to facilitate the updating/backdating allowance. The updating and/or backdating of engines, transmissions, or transaxles must be done as a complete unit as available from the factory, including those items required by emissions regulations for a particular configuration. Example: the Neon throttle body used on automatic transmission cars cannot be used on a manual transmission car. Component parts of these units may not be interchanged. Cars not listed in the Street Prepared sections of Appendix A may not be updated/backdated until approved by the SEB and published in SportsCar magazine
-------------------------------------------taken from http://www.moutons.org/
Take into consideration a '96 Civic hatch. It appears under CSP, Honda Civic ('96+). Would it be possible to swap in a B16A from a '98-'00 Civic Si and stay legal for STS? What about JDM engines vs. USDM engines? Would a B16B be legal for STS, installed in the above said Civic hatch?
Or are engine swaps, regardless of year/make from which it came, illegal for STS?
Under the update/backdate provisions setforth in the 2003 Solo II rules,
--------------------------
A. Equipment and/or specifications may be exchanged between different years and models of a vehicle if:
(1) the item is standard on the year/model from which it was taken,
(2) the years/models are listed on the same line of Appendix A (Street Prepared Classes)
The updated/backdated part or the part to which it is to be attached may not be altered, modified, machined, or otherwise changed to facilitate the updating/backdating allowance. The updating and/or backdating of engines, transmissions, or transaxles must be done as a complete unit as available from the factory, including those items required by emissions regulations for a particular configuration. Example: the Neon throttle body used on automatic transmission cars cannot be used on a manual transmission car. Component parts of these units may not be interchanged. Cars not listed in the Street Prepared sections of Appendix A may not be updated/backdated until approved by the SEB and published in SportsCar magazine
-------------------------------------------taken from http://www.moutons.org/
Take into consideration a '96 Civic hatch. It appears under CSP, Honda Civic ('96+). Would it be possible to swap in a B16A from a '98-'00 Civic Si and stay legal for STS? What about JDM engines vs. USDM engines? Would a B16B be legal for STS, installed in the above said Civic hatch?
Or are engine swaps, regardless of year/make from which it came, illegal for STS?
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Re: Update/Backdate rule in STS... (89STS)
I apologize for re-posting this topic. When I had first searched for it, it didn't come up, but I did another search, and I found this...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=380612
[Modified by 89STS, 1:12 PM 3/11/2003]
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=380612
[Modified by 89STS, 1:12 PM 3/11/2003]
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