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The same thing happened to at least one stock Ford at the Winternationals, They chose to say nothing about it.

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Enough of my problems, back to what everyone wants. Here is the first set of pictures. Most people put their cars away, but I did find some cars still out.

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Ken, how long has the aluminum case been in the car? Funny thing is that the aluminum spool and lightened ring gear is worth more performance than the aluminum case. Go figure!

I will say that it's nice to see that someone actually looks at these cars a little bit. There is alot of stuff out there that gets a blind eye. But to be fair to tech, nobody is perfect all the time. Do you think somebody dropped a dime on you. I'm sure that thing sticks out like a sore thumb (from in front view) when the wheels are up on the leave. I would have been intrested to see if that was the flavor of the week target check, and if they were looking at the 8-3/4 mopars

As I was planning the build on my Corvette, I found out that the man with the answers is Wesley Roberson. He can break down the rule book and explain each sentence in detail. He corrected me real quick, but very professionally. I said but it does'nt say you can't do this. His response was "if it does'nt say you can do it....you can't"! I respect his style.

Wade Mahaffey

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Sorry to Hear that Ken
With the rule written the way it is. Would it have been a big deal to let you run it for this race? I know the rules are the rules, but it does not say “No aluminum”. Plus really is there areal big performance advantage.

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YO KEN, Sorry you had to do all that. Keep up all the good reporting

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Ken,
That sucks. I would've gotten on the 2-step over that.
Chip Johnson

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ken
where did you get the gloves

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Agree with Ken that his interpretation of the way rule is currently written should have been valid for allowing it.
BTW NHRA did not allow Jenkins his interpretation of ''space between bell housing and Lenco'' either......:):):)
Keep the new parts....the rules are sometimes changed rapidly to suit the interpretation/application......
Most of all enjoy your race Ken and thank you for sharing the experience.

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Bull****, thats what it is. Your how many miles from home, PLUS you just raced at Valdosta. You've run the car like that for how many years? Guess you should have used dry ice on the manifold and told them you didnt. LOL, now we know why you can run 9:80's too. Im sure it will be fixed and since the mopars are using the aluminum centers all the fords will also. Time will tell. I'll just put this out there, why dont you order a cj rear with the aluminum center section and get someone to put the spring perches on it? Then you'll be good to go....Right?

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Ken, thanks for the heads-up. This is rather interesting, I was also told that even though the rulebook doesn't say you can't have an aluminum center, it doesn't say you can.

The rulebook doesn't say you can have any of the following non-stock parts either: aluminum spool, titanium spool, back-cut ring gear, scalloped axles flanges, or gun-drilled axles. Ironically, those are all part that have a direct effect on performance. Are we to assume these parts are also illegal?

Where is the logic?