The cube limit is 358ci's. Dodge petitioned Nascar to run the Hemi, which is
actually a production engine, of course "they" said no.
As a reminder, those Toyota engines are designed similar (thanks Bill Davis
Racing) to the Dodge head/valve configurations. Toy. asked to change the
valve angles, Nascar says "yes", Dodge asked for the same configuration,
Nascar said "no". Surprised?
Engines are about the only thing "factory" anymore, before the COT, they
used production decklids and "greenhouses". Not now. It's pretty much an
all-makes IROC.
The "car of tomorrow" is now the car of today. Now Avengers, just Chargers
now. Did anyone notice on the back they say "Charger"?
Bill The Magnumguy
Philippians 4:6
http://www.mopowerstyle.net
Chapel & Magnum/Cordoba Forums
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Daytona 500
Before the advent of the COT (Car of Tomorrow; now "Today", I guess),
NASCAR did have 'identical'-universal body shapes, for the various
manufacturers, but, I recall that when the new-body Charger got approved
for NASCAR racing, the Charger was permitted, or required, to have a
slightly dipped/sloped nose, which obviously affected aerodynamics and
down force.
I recall that some teams (like, Ryan Newman's) elected to keep on
running the Intrepid body-nose profile.
Now, there are "Avenger" and "Charger" body styles/shapes being run in
NASCAR.
SO: for the COT, is there, indeed, only one absolutely-universal body
shape being run?
And, it is my general understanding that there may be certain C.I.D.
engine requirements and dimensions being mandated, but, aren't the
individual manufacturers allowed to run their own proprietary engine
designs????
If there is only one universal-engine block, and a universal body-shape,
then, there really is not any difference between the various products,
except for car set-up, and driver abilities.
Neil Vedder---btw, before the race, there was 'talk' about the Toy's
having (found) "15 HP" over that of their competitors, which provided
them with their reportedly-insurmountable advantage, and probable race
victory margin.
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