[FED 387]

I have been drag racing a looooong long time probably more years than many of you are old---I am trying hard to remember if I can remember one incident where a collector came loose from a race vehicle although I am sure it has happened at least once !!! Looking at the devices that NHRA has currently approved as well as the pictures that some have posted here on the site it seems to me that many could fabricate an acceptable device to meet the NHRA specifications at far less cost!!

$200 plus or minus is a totally riduculous amount to spend on a device that obviously costs a minimal amount to fabricate. Welding is not an acceptable solution either for many situations. What happens if you go to tear down and in some cases individual tubes wrap around steering and frame areas do you then cut the weld to remove that tube and reweld that tube together again so you can go back and race later??? Pretty soon you will run out of places to weld on !!!!

The collector location under any full body chassis is going to be an extremely difficult area for many tech inspectors to examine simply because sometimes the collector is almost up against the floor and behind the frame rail. Common sense needs to prevail here. What will be next an approved NHRA/SFI battery hold downs or a SFI approved overflow bottles or better yet SFI approved gas tanks straps to replace the OEM ones??? C'mon let the racer make up something that will do the job and get back to something else that needs immediate attention---FED387