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CLASS
8, 9, 10
These
are vehicles with a steel tube spaceframe chassis, either home constructed
or professionally built, divided into three classes by the application
of an engine capacity and/or engine type limit. The specials are
built to withstand a collision or roll over, but are not fitted
with nerf bars, bumper bars etc; as deliberate contact is definitely
not allowed. There are unlimited tuning modifications allowed, the
engine / gearbox / transaxle / axle types are free according to
each class cc limit and specification. Class 8 are mainly fitted
with motorcycle engines up to 1300cc, class 9 must be fitted with
car type engines from 1421cc upto 2070cc with vauxhall 2.0 SOHC
& DOHC and normally aspirated cosworth's being very popular.
Class 10 has a minimum engine capacity of 2071cc and has no upper
limit this class mainly consits of big V6 or V8's and twin motorcycle
powered machines. All of the special classes are very popular with
the spectators for their noise and action. Most are geared to achieve
speeds of 100 Mph +
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