Anyone running a Pro Stock style engine/modern head..
 

I am in the midst of building a new truck for .90 racing. liekly mostly S/ST as its a steel truck. I am looking at engine options right now just curious if anyone has tried to run a Pro Stock cyliner head in one of these cars? Talking modern DRCE type stuff here not old 18 degree stuff like the big chief etc...Thinking of possibly doing a larger cube deal with a modern head. My buddy who is an engine builder thinks its very doable but I am a tad more skeptical so seeking any real world experience before I make a decsion

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Al,

I think you know a lot of the Comp guys, is the 700+ CI engine Ryan Priddy runs a DRCE?

Bill

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Are you bored? Or just looking for a new challenge? Lol

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Looking to try something different, maybe :)

I know Priddy and the Mountain View guys for sure. But they are in a different style racing than I'm talking about. Just curious is anyone out there has tried it? FWIW this would NOT be in 500" form

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I understand that for sure but I thought it might be an example of the larger cube engine with a modern head you were after.

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I personally never got real involved with any form of bracket racing but years back just playing around we built a "low buck" bracket car engine--- rebuilt a junkyard 500 CI Cadillac with ALL STOCK PARTS for less than probably maybe a thousand dollars tops--- never ran it over 4900- 5000 RPM almost totally stock maybe an electronic ignition and some type of carb change don't remember--- tons of torque low maintenance ran a whole year didn't change the oil didn't change the plugs NOTHING maybe 250 passes--- never took the valve covers off--- totally foolproof -- won a bunch of money and just sat back and watched all the other racers thrashing and all--- do not see why you need the latest trick of the week or $10,000-$50,000 plus Reher Morrison engines or any builder to race-- all you are doing is running a .90 number whatever that number might be---do it he cheapest most efficient way you can--my 2 cents --FED 387

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Al,
years ago Donnie Pedan was running a 737 5" bore motor in SG, he was running 194 mph in SG, was there and saw it with my own eyes. Go big brother!

Nick

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Nick,
Who do you feel are the BIG mph cars in S/G now-a-days in any division?
Just curious....

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Over the years, I have seen many times where someone in a fast top sportsman car will put a throttle stop on their car and run a couple races with it. Then brag about how fast they were. To me that's not a super gas car. Can it cut a light to be competitive? Can you come half way close to dialing the car?
With all the reliable power available to us now, 180 mph in a legit super gas car is not all that uncommon anymore. I'm not even sure I could name off all the guys going that fast. There's becoming a lot of them!

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Well I am just going back to S/ST so don't need t worry about 180 :) I was just curious if anyone was dong this at all let alone with success. Like you say making A run with alot of MPH is not what I am after. Looking to go back to what I had, a dialable, predictable relatively maintenance free dea, that can run decent MPH..

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Steve Williams is one of them (SG)

McManners in top alcohol dragster few years back and was there to witness in baytown 8.91 @ 225 mph (and both my eyes were open too) :)

Jeff Jackson S/ST

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180 is extremely rare air. I did an informal look at 1-2 races per division and only saw 3:

Flatum - D6
Sikish - D3
Unruh - D5

Sikish and Unruh were both at St Louis in October, and I know I was up some MPH from usual at that event.

Williams and Cappiello were pretty close and would do it in the correct air.

Anything over 175 is way on the high end of the class.

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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed---
3427 Rocky Clark
E3 2.048 9.907 183.59
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.007
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Hack ) 0.001 9.900 0.000
E1 (K Brannon ) 0.004 9.937 0.037
Qualified: #15 9.937 0.037

This was Clark at Norwalk July 4th, 2015