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well i finally got it done, and it's loaded. i'll be testing tommorow. for the first all star race . i'm excited to back racing after a long layoff. i can't believe the amount of great support i had with this project. i have specialy thank John Cannata , Kenny Richard, Al Mark , Bob Bruneau, Eric Lourie and specially Marc Lebreque for letting me use his truck too get my license renewed.there's many more i'm forgeting but this is the core group that put much of there time in

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All the excitement and no pics!:(

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sorry i had to resize the photos but here they are.

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That's sweet!!! ;)

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Awesome looking truck. Good luck with it

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That is an absolutely gorgeous truck! Get it in some sunlight and let that thing shine!:D

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Very nice! Good luck with future passes!

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What those guys said. I don't even like the trucks normally, but that is beautiful!

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Looks great. Can we use fab 9 housings in SuperStock now?

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Awesome Truck!!!! What engine combo are you running?

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Love it!!
Dave - That was going to be my question, too. What is the rule regarding fabricated housings? I thought that was a no-no. I don't have my rulebook handy, so hopefully, someone can clarify.

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have rule bok handy. It states.....entirely custom fabricated rear-end housing prohibited.
My question was how does that hood pass tech??

Very nice truck though hope it hauls a**

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Marky , best of luck ! The truck looks awsome . It was great to see you back in the seat and excited last week . Sure wish I could run a cowl hood in SS/GT like you Blankedy blank modified trucks !

Marc

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Very clean Mark! Can't wait to see it in person. Are you going to make it to Epping this weekend?

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I think if you look around, there a few cars running SS/GT and using a cowl hood...in NHRA

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That is not a fabricated housing. Mark puts all the bracing on a factory 9" then has it powdercoated. I have the same rear from him in my nova. The truck came out beautiful. Good luck today!

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Wow! That's an amazing job then. There must be added bracing along the back of it too?? Looks completely fabricated...even the fill plug on top!!
Doesn't look like the housing is rounded in the back at all either. ???

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Beautiful truck. As for the housing - we all know that you cannot run a fabricated housing. And, if you think they won't check - NHRA made me change the one in my GT/B Beretta and also checked our FJ Smith Firebird - came to the conclusion that his housing wasn't totally fabricated and let it pass.

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I think it has to have the factory pumpkin, the tubes are not original I believe. Gonna have to take a pic of mine to compare. My first time out last year I was questioned by a couple of racers. Passed tech everytime. I am going to have to ask him, don't want to put my foot in my mouth.

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Larry - I sure think a guy would want to avoid any "grey" area as much as possible. If there's ever any question, they usually send you home to think about how to correct it! :-) That truck is eye-popping...hope all goes well.

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Mark, It looks great, see you Saturday

Others-It is a SS/TB which is a modified truck, not a GT truck and the rearend rule and hood rule are different i believe.

Dave

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Truck is beautiful....is Mark the Mark Markow of CT....he does excellent work if it is....worked on my camaro...great guy to do business with.

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Beautiful workmanship but I asked and was specifically told NO "fabbed" housings in SS Modified. That would seriously piss me off if that's not the case. Oh well, too late now.
Jay

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Jay (and others) I'm not disagreeing with any of you...
But, IF this housing is truly a "Fab'd Housing" (which it's hard to tell from this small thumbnail photo)...
My opinion is there's so much "bogus bs" in stk / ss anymore, a fab'd housing in a super stock modified vehicle should be considered a non-issue. There are lots more serious infractions out there than this.

Larry

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let me clear some stuff up. yes i'm mark from markow race cars. and the truck was built as a modified . a cowl hood is allowed , as well as the fab housing. the fab rear is not legal for s/s or gt . but anyway the rear in the truck is legal it,s not a fully fabbed housing. is was built from a stamped ford center available thru strange eng. the back cover as well as the tubes were changed and it's got plenty of bracing on it'. from what i was told in the past by nhra the only part of the rear that needs to remain original is stamped surface where the 3rd member bolts too . hope that clears it up. i,m not trying to cuase any conflict . just want to have some at the track with all my freinds and customers

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Just out of interest, what does the truck run? It would be entertaining to have the truck on truck run at the allstars events this weekend......of course I am going to be getting a sizable headstart!

See you this weekend.

Eric
Stk 1883

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Mark, the truck is beautiful, can't wait to see it in person. Best of luck with it!

Eric, now there will be at least 3 trucks at this weekends ASRA race.

See you all Saturday,
George

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i tested at epping and was having transmission issues .i had a problem with it slipping thru high gear. but it still was able to go a 9.60 at only a124mph i had to lift at a 1000ft when it went on the chip. the computer showed 1500+slippage in high gear. had the converter and trans checked today and we found some issues with the trans and the converter checked out ok. so i'll find out this weekend. see you there.

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Thanks for clearing that up. It's too bad that when two NHRA Tech officials are asked about using a Fabbed housing they both tell me NO and then apparently it's just fine. So, the only part that has to be "stock" is the mounting ring? What a joke! Wish they would have told me that. Could have saved a lot of work cleaning up and bracing the old turd I started with. Oh well. NICE work by the way!

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Check page 128 in 2009 Rulebook which is different than page 116. Looks like anything after Modified Stock is allowed a fabricated rear. IMO but that maybe too gray!

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I agree, very nice looking piece!

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Saw the truck at the ASRA race @ NED & at the LVD divisional.
Pictures really don't show the craftsmanship and attention to detail that MM incorporated into this vehicle!
That thing sounds as good as it looks!

Congratulations on building a vehicle that not only looks good but runs good!

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thanks guys. i'm glad everyone likes it.

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Now that's a gorgeous ride!

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That's very nice ! Hat's off to you and your craftsmanship, and the attention to the details !