Sports Sedan Forum

Is there any logical reason this should not be allowed in a sports sedan.

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No, why. I'd imagine its a 5 litre engine, so no problems at all.

Something to do with "production based engine" I would think.
The Aurora engine is a motorsport specific specification from memory.

toranaracer.

Could you call it a ford? is the cam/crank position and bore spacing the same?

Something to do with "production based engine" I would think.
The Aurora engine is a motorsport specific specification from memory.

toranaracer.

I agree with your interpritation but in reality
Is that along the lines of " it all depends on what sports sedan positions you hold at the time" ??
I have never wanted to be a member of the old boys club, lets all move along towards creating
"COMPETITION, RIVALRY & RECOGNITION".
To Achieve this C.R.R. starts with a level playing field .
C.R.R. is missing in sports sedans at the moment !

[quote]Something to do with "production based engine" I would think.
The Aurora engine is a motorsport specific specification from memory.

toranaracer.

I agree with your interpritation but in reality
Is that along the lines of " it all depends on what sports sedan positions you hold at the time" ??
I have never wanted to be a member of the old boys club, lets all move along towards creating
"COMPETITION, RIVALRY & RECOGNITION".
To Achieve this C.R.R. starts with a level playing field .
C.R.R. is missing in sports sedans at the moment !

Ricey, didn't we have this discussion at a meeting a few weeks ago and decided to put a proposal to the NSSC that they be allowed?
Anyway, besides it's $24,500 for a 5 litre piece of s*** engine. Why would you even buy it when you could buy a Nascar engine for less with much more horsepower...

AND!!!! is the fact that we can't at the minute use that engine stopping anyone right now build or run their Sports Sedan? i'd think not..
How about before we even worry about changing anything, lets just get some cars on the track ffs before there are no tracks left for us to run at....
And look, add 40k to the price of that engine and you can buy one of the best Sports Sedans in the country.
Even discussing this "issue" I think is pretty irrelevant..IMO!

gazzz I disagree
moving to a better place requires discussion and Sports sedans is greater than Victoria, Queensland
I believe have rejected the inclusion of these readily available motors, and the only
non production motor currently allowed is the r5 or the chev block with the lifter bores bored
out of the original centre lines

Gazz you would have to agree that decisions made today generally don't show up at the track for YEARS.
Now is the time to guide sports sedans in years to come. I know of no one more committed to getting cars on the track today than you. but the foundations for the future are important also.

You're right about the future. But like I said haven't we already discussed this as a rule change and we all agreed it would be a good idea or did I miss something?

Yes it was discussed at the Victorian state level and agreed it was a good idea. but also
As I said, the idea of allowing NASCAR and V8SC motors was discussed and rejected by the Queensland Sports sedan association,
The most outspoken person against the idea in Victoria is on the rules committee, So its not looking good for the proposal to
succeed without open and honest discussion about the pro's and con's at a national level, and that is here.

The same holds true for the proposed changes to the weight table, i'll save that for another thread.

So back to the original topic
is there any good or logical reasons this motor shouldn't be allowed