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And lest we forget: thanks to the Z/28, a ZL1 can now be driven off a GM dealer lot with Recaro seats and Z/28 rims/rubber  |
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No, fully GM OEM. If a Z/28 guy/gal damages a rim they buy a replacement wheel at a GM dealer and that's still considered OEM - isn't it? It is GM, so, OEM and not BBS, CCW or another aftermarket firm.
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If you can't check it off on the order form, it isn't OE
for your specific trim even if it is OE on another.
You can probably pass some of the "picker of nits" designation on through to Chevy if it matters any.
Perhaps the definition of "stock" that the SCCA has used for years applies here. It's intended to create a level playing field for competition where people are inclined to want to use "interpretations" in any possible sense favorable to them, so it ought to be good enough to clear up the discussion here.
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Originally Posted by excerpts from SCCA Solo Rules, Stock Category
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Originally Posted by excerpts from SCCA Solo Rules, Stock Category
. . . series produced with normal road touring equipment capable of being licensed for normal road use in the United States, and normally sold and delivered through the manufacturer’s retail sales outlets in the United States. <snip> Except for modifications authorized below, Stock Category cars must be run as specified by the factory with only standard equipment as defined by these Rules. This requirement refers not just to individual parts, but to combinations thereof which would have been ordered together on a specific car.
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SCCA's stock category allows wheels to be changed, but their width(s) must remain the same as stock for the model in question. Z/28 wheels on a ZL1 would not meet this requirement.
Just to add a pertinent and entirely true story - about six years ago I wanted to get my car built with the wheels and tires from that year's GT500 - an inch wider on the wheels. Our salesman said he couldn't do that, so I went to his boss who wouldn't budge either. As it happened, that dealership could also source Ford Racing parts, including FRPP's GT500 wheels, and I could have made it happen that way but I still wouldn't really have had a fully stock GT. It's no different at a Chevy dealership for Z/28 parts on a ZL1 now than it was for me at Ford for GT500 parts on a GT back then.
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You guys stay up way too late for me, and this site is randomly refusing to recognize blank lines for the purpose of separating different thoughts. Grrrr.
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