Question regarding the Rolex 24

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 01/24/2015 at 20:41 • Filed to: Rolex 24

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Now this might sound stupid but are any of these cars street legal?

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > JR1 01/24/2015 at 20:43

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Nope.

OPPOsaurus WRX > JR1 01/24/2015 at 20:46

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kinda

http://m.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

XJDano > JR1 01/24/2015 at 20:46

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I doubt they have signaling apparatuses, so no.

Will with a W8 races an E30 > JR1 01/24/2015 at 20:48

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Everything is street legal in Michigan!!!!

quarterlifecrisis > JR1 01/24/2015 at 20:51

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As others said...not even close.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > JR1 01/24/2015 at 20:53

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Maybe if you swapped out tires and added turn signals. Could you just use hand signals in lieu of actual blinkers?

StingrayJake > JR1 01/24/2015 at 21:11

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The GT cars might look similar to their namesake, but in reality they are purpose-built race cars. It's like stock cars in NASCAR.

Ryanator122 > JR1 01/24/2015 at 21:21

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They still meet the same crash requirements. I'm guessing you'd need to tone down the noise, and fit real tires instead of slicks. And airbags

That said, they are production frames but none have VIN numbers. The closest is probably the 911 America, which is a fancy Cup car, which is a GT3 RS with expensive gearbox, shocks, and no airbags

Ryanator122 > XJDano 01/24/2015 at 21:22

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They do!

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > JR1 01/24/2015 at 21:25

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Everything is streetlegal in Indonesia, as long as it has lights, numberplates, and weighs less than 40 tonnes.

TheBaron2112 > StingrayJake 01/24/2015 at 21:37

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It's actually nothing like that.

StingrayJake > TheBaron2112 01/24/2015 at 21:41

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Oh? To which part are you implying I'm wrong? That they're basically purpose-built race cars or that it's like NASCAR?

JR1 > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 21:43

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Yeah I figure it might work then. I just wish it was like the 60s right after the race drive it on the street!

For Sweden > StingrayJake 01/24/2015 at 21:47

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He's saying that the starting point for the GTLM and GTD cars are road cars, while stock cars never have such road-car origins.

TheBaron2112 > StingrayJake 01/24/2015 at 21:50

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That it's like NASCAR. NASCARs are a tube frame with a formulaic engine, all built from the ground up. The GT cars start essentially as their road counterparts in body and in engine block and are modified from there.

No part of a Camry or Fusion exists on the corresponding NASCARs.

StingrayJake > TheBaron2112 01/24/2015 at 21:53

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Ok you're right. NASCAR is a far cry from their namesakes (hell do they even still look like their namesake like the Monte Carlos did?) while there's quite a bit more in common with GTLM/GTD and their namesakes.

TheBaron2112 > StingrayJake 01/24/2015 at 21:58

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Yeah, that's really all I mean. And even then, GT racers like you say are purpose built. The shape is there, the shell is there, the block is there. Everything else is usually pretty different.

That said, I think you could run a GT racer on the street if you check all the boxes.

StingrayJake > TheBaron2112 01/24/2015 at 22:00

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It would probably be road legal in the UK. That's for sure.

TractionControlOff > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 01/24/2015 at 22:30

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I've thought about this, because the thought of a road-legal DP Corvette is intriguing to me (Zora, I know...). If you based the chassis on a Factory Five kit or something, perhaps it's possible. Then again, it wouldn't really be a DP Vette then...