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Originally Posted by oldskool
Yeah, I read that. So are you saying that you think the tech guys are actually going to measure the rear end at a division 4 race, when I'm just barely running my index ? I can't see a performance advantage, that would make a difference to anybody.
Again, that's just country boy thinkin. I've never raced a Stocker at the division level. But I've recently read that unless you set a National record, there are no tear downs. So, I reason that if no tear downs, certainly they wouldn't care if your rear end was a couple of inches too short. Is that a reasonable assumption ?
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I am weighing in with my first venture with a stocker at a divisional race. I put my car together with a used stocker engine, read and reread the rule book and figured I was ready. Went to the race had issues in tech, had issues at the scales, had issues in staging , had issues on the track. My intention was to go and qualify maybe go a round or two and go home. The reality is I had a car that couldn't run index,I ended up meeting every tech guy on the property, had the car checked as thoroughly as a tear down would be to verify I fit the class claimed, and became known to the racers that didn't know me.
I only bring this up because of your questioning if someone will measure a differential or not. When you are the "new guy on the block" there will be more attention paid than you can imagine. Look up the thread where Toby Lang blasted a competitor for "testing" an illegal carb during qualifying and tell me wrong parts don't matter. Wrong is wrong doesn't matter what $$ state a person is in. I am not a rich man and probably have a car that is not ideal for its class but I run it and run it hard, it took 8 years for the car to come around. Because of the effort I put in my car,If I become aware of a fellow competitor running illegal your damn right I would protest that, the same I would expect to be protested if I was illegal.
my $0.02 take it for what you will.