[Rich Biebel]

I have a '97 Firebird LT-1 Stocker that was once my car. A friend let me race it a couple times this year. It hooks very well and I have been in the 1.29's with it....Leaves wheels up and no body roll.....

NO WELDED in anything.....

Pete Z bolt on bars......adjustable bolt in torque arm......bolt in torque arm crossmember......STOCK non adjustable panhard bar or lateral locator if you would like to call it and there is also a reinforcement bar that is on there but I think a lot of people remove it....I have it on and have wheelie bars.....

It all needs to be checked for loose bolts or any cracking of brackets....

Both problems have been found in the past.....

I always understood Stocker rear suspension items had to be bolt on only to be legal. NO WELDING.... I wondered how these anti-rollbars or swaybars if you like to call it that could be advertised for stockers and are weld in items.......

I could go a lot further by asking how can some of the new cars be legal........Completely welded in 4 link type rear suspenions from what I recall seeing a couple years ago....and these cars are out racing and accepted.....No or NO ? Which is it.....

So NHRA Tech all of a sudden says no welding or adjustable panhard bars?

Right......

Splain this to me Lucy......