Normality vs. Engine, Body and Gearbox Numbers
I ran a script that has “normalized” the engine, body and gearbox numbers. It wasn’t designed to catch errors, but to simply change all the “R.2512/9″, “R 2512 9″ and “R25129″ variants into standard “R2512-9″ formatted numbers (on XK engines), and to eliminate the non-alphanumeric characters from the other numbers. The result is the columns in the search results are considerably easier to read.
There are going to be a few XK-engined cars where the compression number was left off when the data was recorded, and yet the number ended in a 7,8, or 9…these “short” numbers will now read R251-7. Oh, well, the “pro” registrars are snickering but you can help–If you spot a clear mistake, you can correct it by using the “ADD / EDIT” button on the left.
No part of the existing number was discarded during this sweep, so at worst we now have an unintended hyphen in .001% of the XK-engined entries, but with a huge advance in readability for the rest.
