[SSGT Mustang]

Originally Posted by Mike Mans

While it sounds interesting on paper, you're talking about something that will never happen. You need a "spec head/motor" for GM/Ford/Mopar. And even if there were a $10k limit placed on this motor, how would that be enforced/policed?

Stock eliminator has aluminum headed big block combinations that CFE is welding, porting, and re-blasting to appear perfectly stock for a rough price of $10k. NHRA can't definitively tell the difference between these heads and a true stock casting - how would they tell if a spec head is still untouched? There is absolutely no such thing as a cost effective Heads Up class. There will always be competitors who push the envelope and spend more time and money to win.

Beyond the motor you still have to invest $6k in a Pro-Trans, $3k Dewco/Indy Gear Center section, $4k+ RacePak, and the list goes on and on... Budget will never have a place in going fast in heads up drag racing if you want to win.

All this talk about low cost ways for people to win and have the same thing that others who are working hard and spending more for - this thread sounds like it's a political argument... "Everyone should be able to win class and heads up races no matter their time and money investment." - Obama... lol

Mike

Outstanding post!