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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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I was not able to find it in the GCR but the ITR class can I run with one of the headlights removed for an inlet for the air intake?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 02:21 AM
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Repeat after me. If it doesn't say you can, you can't.

"All air entering the intake tract shall pass through the carburetor or fuel injection air inlet. Air intake source shall be within the confines of the engine compartment or stock location."

"Air cleaner assemblies may be modified, removed or replaced. Velocity stacks, ram air or cowl induction are not permitted unless fitted as original equipment. Air intake source shall be within the confines of the engine compartment or stock location. Air intake hoses, tubes, pipes, resonators, intake mufflers, housings, etc., located ahead of the carburetor/throttle body may be removed or substituted. On cars so equipped, the air metering/measuring device (i.e. air flow meter, air mass meter, MAF) must be operational and shall not be modified."
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Interesting, so a AEM style intake wouldn't be allowed, but a comptech style one?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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Right, so removing the headlight is fine, plumbing a tube outside of the engine compartment, ala AEM or running a tube to the back of the headlight housing (ram air) is not.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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nono to quote jeremy again

Repeat after me. If it doesn't say you can, you can't.
Nothing up there to me says you can remove a headlight.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:24 PM
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Yeah, I wasn't reading the rule completely but more referencing the fact that even if you took the headlight out, it wouldn't do you much good since you can't plumb a hose to it anyway.
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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Thanks all. I was just seeing if I would be able to be cheap. The s2k that I am turning into a track car had a dammaged headlight and it was needed to be replaced. I was going to try and see if I would be able to get a way with just taking it out. But I found some used lights for cheap so I will not be taking it out.

Shawn
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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what about running just the lenses painted black??
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jlucas,Jan 8 2007, 03:21 AM
Repeat after me. If it doesn't say you can, you can't.
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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IF IT DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN, YOU CAN'T
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