[X-TECH MAN]

I agree.....I have a friend who won a couple of IHRA Q/R National events about 10 years ago (S/C for you NHRA guys) who could barely run 8.90 at around 153 mph with a 400 small block chev. with iron heads. He might have had $3500 in the engine. He would still be racing today except for a nasty divorce......UGH ! I dont think he ever ran an 8.89 during the whole time but ran everyone under against him and just drove the tree while running flat out. He didnt even have a delay box or any kind of throttle limiting devise so it can be done if the cars are built to run the number and use very little weight and a bolt type throttle stop. Its the big engines and 1000 + HP for high MPH that requires the electronics and if the track is just a little off and not 100% or maybe your tires are on the down side of the usual number of runs you get you can have problems. I was wondering how a 9 inch tired upper class stocker could have run on the track last Sunday? That would have been interesting to know.