and it was Jim Stevens, Fadely, Jim Elean for Div 5 Rickey never ran NHRA S/M only time he came to NHRA was in D/MP with 2 4 barrels at INDY can not remeber if it was 77 or 78!
Heads were ported 1 inch down from valve seat and 1/4 inch intake port match.
Carbs were were never allowed to have Air Horn milled in NHRA
1975 only one 1 class A/SM in 76 it went to 3 A, B & C
In 1976 you could run Canted Valve in C/SM as Fadely Ran Div 3 that way most of the year
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Originally Posted by FED 387
The "original intent" of Super Mod was to provide an entry level set of classes to compete in Modified Eliminator without the cost of Tunnel rams/multiple trick carbs or ported heads-extensive engine/body modifications etc
These were the basic rules as I remember them
There were 3 classes of V8 engines
A--big blocks only
B-canted valve head engines-basically small block Ford
C-inline valve head engines-all other V8 engines
Following were the basic rules
All had carb restrictions
tire size restrictions
limited to a fiberglass hood no other liteweight body parts unless originally OEM factory equipped
Full interior/exterior in all cars
Tires(rear) basically had to fit in the wheelwells 10.0 or 10.5 if I remember
Engines had to fit in the engine compartment without extensive massaging of sheetmetal-Factory engine had to match body used (ford/ford) etc
Stock valve jobs NO porting/polishing of heads
Minimum weight per class restrictions
No Vegas/Pintos little cars basically ChevyII/Nova--Firebird--Camaro--Mustang---Maverick--Aspen--Volare --cudas/darts etc. type cars
That was it!!!!
Worked great until Rickie Smith, MikeEdwards and Arlen Fadely showed up with the Mavericks next thing ya know they allowed port matching then milled air horns 5 speeds etc. and ya know the rest of the story there was no more ECONO in super Modified.
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