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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => SCTA Rule Questions => Topic started by: v-r-r on March 02, 2015, 11:00:23 PM

Title: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 02, 2015, 11:00:23 PM
So if you got a wild hair and chopped/sectioned a mid-60s coupe and decided to make a landracer out of it instead of a street hot rod, what would be the class most easy to fit into? 
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: SPARKY on March 02, 2015, 11:04:41 PM
Comp coupe most likely
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 02, 2015, 11:45:50 PM
A Comp Coupe can be sectioned?  I've been figuring on being stuck with time only --
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: SPARKY on March 03, 2015, 08:31:18 AM
you are right---faulty sr memory  sorry  :-D
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: dw230 on March 03, 2015, 12:23:03 PM
No sectioning allowed for class. TO if you have a skinny car.

DW
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 03, 2015, 10:21:09 PM
That's for any class?  Was a horizontal section, not vertical.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: RichFox on March 04, 2015, 10:24:14 AM
Easy way to answer these questions is to buy a rule book and learn it. No sections in any class.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: SteveM on March 04, 2015, 11:42:43 AM
Horizontal section, as in chopped top?

Perhaps there is a problem with terminology.

I'm in agreement - buy a rulebook.  It will answer your questions.

Steve.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 04, 2015, 05:41:41 PM
Easy way to answer these questions is to buy a rule book and learn it. No sections in any class.

Why is there a SCTA Rule Questions forum?
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 04, 2015, 05:42:33 PM
Horizontal section, as in chopped top?

Perhaps there is a problem with terminology.

I'm in agreement - buy a rulebook.  It will answer your questions.

Steve.

Chopped and sectioned, as in the top is chopped and the body is sectioned.  It's common custom hot rod terminology.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: Dynoroom on March 04, 2015, 05:59:28 PM
Then sorry to inform you, as has been already been said, there are NO classes that allow sectioning of any kind in the SCTA.
You will run time only.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: RichFox on March 04, 2015, 06:01:46 PM
Easy way to answer these questions is to buy a rule book and learn it. No sections in any class.

Why is there a SCTA Rule Questions forum?
Because some people like to ask questions better than getting the answer for themselves. however, any answer you get here is only an informed, (or not) opinion. If you are at all serious about building an LSR car you really need to cough up the $10 and get a rule book. Then if you still have questions, and you will, you can inquire here, or email the people who can give you an official answer. Their contact information can be found, guess where? The rule book.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on March 04, 2015, 06:35:22 PM
Why an SCTA rules topic?  How about - because there are times when someone doesn't understand a rule and feels that asking on this Forum for some information or background or experience.  We all pretty well know that we can't get rules rulings here -- but lots of times we can find out something that makes it worthwhile to have asked.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: dw230 on March 04, 2015, 06:55:18 PM
Sometimes there is a guy here who has 50+ years experience and has been involved with writing the rule book most of those 5 decades.

DW
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: dw230 on March 04, 2015, 07:01:35 PM
Rule 4.Y defines sectioning as removing a horizontal piece of the body and rejoining. Standard Hot Rod terminology. There is no class which uses a production body that allows rule 4.Y.

Jeff Brock has a Buick in build stage that is chopped, sectioned AND narrowed. Still no class to run in.

DW
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 04, 2015, 07:12:40 PM
Why an SCTA rules topic?  How about - because there are times when someone doesn't understand a rule and feels that asking on this Forum for some information or background or experience.  We all pretty well know that we can't get rules rulings here -- but lots of times we can find out something that makes it worthwhile to have asked.

Of course.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 04, 2015, 07:14:57 PM
Easy way to answer these questions is to buy a rule book and learn it. No sections in any class.

Why is there a SCTA Rule Questions forum?
Because some people like to ask questions better than getting the answer for themselves. however, any answer you get here is only an informed, (or not) opinion. If you are at all serious about building an LSR car you really need to cough up the $10 and get a rule book. Then if you still have questions, and you will, you can inquire here, or email the people who can give you an official answer. Their contact information can be found, guess where? The rule book.

It was a rhetorical question.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: v-r-r on March 04, 2015, 07:16:26 PM
Rule 4.Y defines sectioning as removing a horizontal piece of the body and rejoining. Standard Hot Rod terminology. There is no class which uses a production body that allows rule 4.Y.

Jeff Brock has a Buick in build stage that is chopped, sectioned AND narrowed. Still no class to run in.

DW

Time only it shall be.  I really only care about speed anyway.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: Stan Back on March 04, 2015, 07:35:18 PM
Just know then, that if you decide to run Time Only, you must build to the safety specs of a class record it sorta fits in, or an estimated speed that it might go.  And then, you may face Speed Limits imposed due to your level of safety equipment.  So build for that, if you can figure it out.  Otherwise, just build for the highest standards and you'll, probably, be okay.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: BasementBorn on March 04, 2015, 07:42:03 PM
Rule 4.Y defines sectioning as removing a horizontal piece of the body and rejoining. Standard Hot Rod terminology. There is no class which uses a production body that allows rule 4.Y.

Jeff Brock has a Buick in build stage that is chopped, sectioned AND narrowed. Still no class to run in.

DW

I don't have a rule book in front of me and am more of a bike guy so am not that versed in the car sections but theoretically, could he run under a streamliner class?  I realize he probably wouldn't want to because its apples and oranges as far as aerodynamics so he might as well be running TO but could he run it that way? I know it's probably a dumb question, just curious.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: Stan Back on March 04, 2015, 07:45:48 PM
5.A ". . . Modified production bodies are forbidden. . ."
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: BasementBorn on March 04, 2015, 07:48:11 PM
Figured there was probably a rule like that. Thanks Stan.
Title: Re: Chopped and Sectioned Coupe
Post by: SteveM on March 05, 2015, 09:33:29 AM
 :dhorse:

Buy a rulebook.