The most on-topic off topic ever

[John Cody Forbes]

I've built 10 of them and know of at least 100 more! Really a blast. You of 
all people know how great the engine is, just immagine it in a 2900lb car 
with 51/49 weight distribution. Personally I would love to have the LT grunt 
with AWD... the LT 944's just can't get traction at less than highway 
speeds.

I have been slowly building a 5ktq race car and would love for this 944 
trickery to get the engine rule repealed so I could go LT powered on the 
5000. I WAS planning on that a few years ago when I first started stripping 
the car, but then after we took the first championship with the LT 944 they 
brought in that rule banning inter-make engine swaps. Now that I've heard 
talk that some leaders aren't happy with the rule and want it gone I think 
putting an Audi engine in a 944 would be a perfect way to 'break the camel's 
back' and get my own LT1-Q back on track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5Wz_Y38CI

-Cody Forbes

Peter Golledge wrote:
> What kind of a crazy person would drive an LT-1 powered German car.
>
> Many in P-Car crowd grimace when we run the LT-1Q at driving events.
> I can imagine the reaction to a 944 powered by a bit of 'merican cast
> iron.  ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of John Cody Forbes
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:15 PM
> To: cobram at juno.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: The most on-topic off topic ever
>
> Actually yeah, it does have the N in the right (11th) spot, good
> call! The truth of the rule is that one could protest a late model
> 944 and they should
>
> be DQ'd. There is talk of repealing the rule and one of my goals is
> to push that talk into action with this idea so we can run more Chevy
> LT1 V8 944's (our current one is grandfathered from before that rule
> existed), but I want
>
> to see it through anyways because it would be a hoot to drive ;-).
>
> -Cody Forbes
>
> cobram at juno.com wrote:
>> Does the Vin have an "N" in it for Neckarsulm?  If it does, the
>> closest Porsche factory is 50km away in Zuffenhausen, proof enough of
>> where it was assembled.  The history of these cars is pretty well
>> known, the only thing that might sink your plans is if someone comes
>> back and says the cars were assembled by Audi from Porsche parts,
>> then you're in a very grey area.  The way it's worded, if an engine
>> was outsourced,  the factory configuration of such a car would make
>> the bone stock model illegal.  Not the case with the 944, but could
>> set up a bit of a conundrum.
>>
>> BCNU,
>> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>> "God's a kid with an ant farm. He's not planning anything."
>>
>>>> I'm on a quest for as much hard documentation as I can find that
>>>> proves beyond a doubt that the Porsche 944 was manufactured by
>>> Audi
>>>> at the Neckarsulm facility.
>>>>
>>>> I'm wanting to be true to the word about a rule for a racing
>>> series
>>>> that states "All ... cars must use an engine originally built by
>>> the
>>>> manufacturer of the car's chassis...". Obviously by working to
>>> the
>>>> letter of that rule I may install an Audi 5 cylinder in my 944 and
>>>> be legal, but for ovious reasons this is going to be met with
>>>> resistance. The "VW - OOOO" (where the OOOO is four rings) stamped
>>>> into the steel of the chassis should be proof enough, but I want to
>>>> be properly armed.
>
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