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Thanks bro...ya thats my dad. He lost his battle to cancer in 2008. I actually built this car for him to race. And now that hes gone I race it for him. He wanted it to be a 396/375hp combo but we were on a time frame to build the car because cancer was quickly killing him. He was able to race a week before he died.

Dont you feel special for posting that pic

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See, here is what you don't seem to grasp. NO, it is NOT okay for any of those things to happen. Not at all. It has been FORCED upon us by NHRA, we never wanted it, we never said it was okay. So your argument that since that stuff is okay, then crate motors should be okay, doesn't hold water, not even a drop. NONE of it was okay with the vast majority of racers, it is just okay with NHRA, Ford, and Chrysler. So you expect us to say that, since NHRA has already screwed us, again, and screwed up the class, we will be just overjoyed to let them add something else that we don't want. That's a pretty ludicrous expectation. It's like telling a rape victim that, since she's already been raped, she should be okay with three or four more to step up and take their turn, too.

Let me spell it out for you, so you can grasp it. No, the things that you listed were NOT okay with the racers, and no, adding crate motors on top of all of the other things we did not want, is not okay.

Can you grasp it now?

In case you don't get it, the vast majority of NHRA class racers are sick of having things forced upon them, from higher fees for everything, to absurd schedules, reduced contingency payouts, stagnant purses, and the new underfactored cars. So don't expect them to want to have your crate motor program forced upon them., either. There's a reason car counts are down, and local grass roots combo programs are springing up. The racers are fed up.

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Yes, Its ok to run a VW in SS, but in case you havent been reading the message board. It isn't ok with the majority of people to allow Ford and Dodge to scheme the system by putting cars in the guide that were never produced. Same goes for your Crate. You built it knowing well and good that NHRA doesn't want you, now you want in. You keep making reference to old guys needing to give it up, but I bet I'm younger than you and I get that the basis of STOCK (Not bracket II) is that it was once a car that was available off the show room floor. I might not know what car came with what, but it sure intrest me to find out when I see it at the races. I walk right by a CM. I guess I didn't grow up thinking that everyone gets a trophy and rules should be changed to accommodate an outcast.

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1, Yes ,now you've got it.

2, If you DID want to get into an internet war with me, you'd have to read,write and spell past a 4th grade level.

3, VW's belong in Modified Eliminator, along with the rest of the hood scoop cars, if you want my opinion.

4, Blower, Turbos are fine with me if they came with the car in sufficient quantities and are rated properly.
If you think I'm in favor of Crate Motors of any kind in Stock, you've got the wrong guy.

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Wow, whole lot of animosity here.

1) Chipper if you can't find the parts (I'm in Elmsdale, i agree there are no parts around here...anywhere!) then either get them sent up from the states or build something new enough that the junkyards do have it. Run Class in the Miramichi or greenfield, Sydney or travel to an IHRA track in the states.

2) Crate motors still have all the spec's to follow that stockers do, just different rules/spec's.

3) NHRA will never add crate motors so what's the argument about?

4) I'm from Canada and would take offence to some of the stuff posted but I know it's in the "heat of posting". Don't even start with the "we beat you" or we'll come down and burn down the whitehouse again LOL!
This is a classracing site, relax on the politics.

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Didn't mean any disrespect. He and Ed look very similar in my opinion.

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Jumpin' Jeezus, must be somethin' wrong with my computer! I punched up Class Racer and got www.catfight.com.:D Pat6868

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not one stocker came off the showroom floor and ran low 11s high 10s etc. If you think you can slap a CM car together and be competitive, go for it. Mike gave a pretty good example of the differences between a CM and a "real" stocker. To ad to that you still have rules and regs to live by. It's not bracket 2 as you refer to. No 9" fords in any GM CM car. Now I do agree that the CM cars should have a engine combo that is close to what was avail in that body style. IE 350 in camaro etc. But for you NHRA elitists that turn your nose down at these cars stop and take a min to look at one and see what they are all about. Bash on

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I don't think I ever implied that these cars were running 10's off the showroom floor. Only that they were available with the engine/trans combo that is in the race car that runs 10's with stock parts. Thats the difference between a real stocker and a bracket car. Stock is part muscle car show, and should stay that way. Throwing whatever engine you please into whatever body you have is a bracket car, no matter how nice its built.

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I am glad you finally got it.