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Originally Posted by Aaron Keown
Being in this buisness I can definately see both sides of this argument,and both have valid points.One thing is for sure,if N.H.R.A. ever did decide to do something like this they need to give everyone a couple of years notice.
We have built a few engines that can run factory heads or take the 5 h.p. hit and run the world/dart iron head and I probably don't have to tell you which one everyone picks,and who can blame them.My point is as long is there is a h.p. advantage to the factory heads people will continue to build and run them.
The thing that really sucks when these kind of things come up is that while you make things more reliable for one group of racers ,you force a whole other group to make the decision to stop racing.Do this kind of thig enough times and you end up with nobody to race.
On a closing note,do you really want to be remembered as the guys who took the last stock part out of super stock?I honestly could'nt tell you if that would be a good thing or a bad thing to be remembered for,but it is something that probably will be looked upon as a real turning point,be it for better or worse.
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Aaron, you are missing my point; nobody is trying to stop the guys that want to spend the money to find the old heads and then take the risk that they will hold up after all the welding and grinding, because they think that they are getting a HP break. But why not give the rest of the other guys a choice. I know you guys build a lot of older model small blocks, so what do you do when you can't find those heads anymore,tell the guy to build a newer motor combo or quit racing? They say that there are replacement heads for some of the combos available from dart or motown, so how is that any different than the aluminum head except for the material the head is made from. My point is that NHRA had better do something or you WILL begin to lose the 60&70 engine combos.