Quote Originally Posted by Greg Amy View Post
....Edit: James, just to clarify: I'm not saying you can use the intake from a JDM engine to build an STL engine, I'm saying you can use the parts from the JDM engine to build a compliant STL engine as long as the parts are exactly the same. Axe/Handle/same axe.

Happy Turkey Day!

- GA
Happy Turkey Day: Greg, Chip, Kirk, Andy, and anyone else who might be lurking this thread

Quote Originally Posted by Chip42 View Post
the point of the USDM only engine rule is compliance enforcement and staying away from small run homologation specials which we colonists rarely get.

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happy Turkey day everyone - I'll be racing this weekend, in a way underbuilt MR2 on street tires having fun and getting passed.
So you're inclusive of Frankenstein type motor builds, as long as the net parts are equivalent to a USDM target. When you mix and match parts, what's the motors original intake manifold and throttle body? And how do you spec and control this? Net-Net, we end up down the same garden path the Mazdaspeed turbo allowance took us.