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Originally Posted by casper
no where in the rule book does it say these ammendments are mandatory , so why is there a need to spend money ? my stocker still has stamped rockers, and will retain it's factory bench seat andcast OEM crank. Is it the fastest in it's class ? nope.. does it stand a chance against the new cars ? nope.. Do I enjoy racing it ? yes.. will I continue to race it ? yes .. I really think some people are just chronic complainers.
Mike Pruss 6688 SS/HA F/S
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Mike, I do agree with you as my old junk has stamped rockers and factory seats too, however I just replaced the original bar in the car and made some "enhancements" (don't you just love the new NHRA terminology) to the new configuration. I'm a very tall person and took this opportunity to try and re-engineer everything including the factory seat mounting and giving me more legroom. When locating the crossbar and door bar I would have liked them to be not as visible from outside the car but to keep everything to fit me by the rule book they had to be higher, just visible from the outside. The new seat rule appears to allow for example a Kirkey seat which is not a fat seat like factory and could have provided more legroom and lowered me more in the car placing the bars where I would have liked to see them. Not to mention they have an integral headrest and I wouldn't have had to fab in a headrest that looks very "add on". Keeping safety in mind I also added a backrest support bar for the factory lowback seat because the crossbar location would have provided marginal support. I would have given the Kirkeys consideration at that time for fitment not to mention the weight saving. Having said that I still like the factory appearance. So much so that as I put everything back together I'd like to relocate all the ignition components that are currently passenger floor mounted just to clean that up and retain " factory appearance " (again, don't you just love NHRA terminology). Now as you said too I do enjoy what I have and I'm long overdue getting back out there!