Lack of integrity

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by dwydendorf

Most Stock eliminator cars never came with headers, MSD ignitions, cheater cams, reverse manual valve bodies, 8 inch converters, aftermarket shifters,traction bars, electric water pump drives, and aftermarket spools and axles from the factory but most racers all run these in stock eliminator nowadays. In case you hadn't noticed stock eliminator hasn't been stock for a long time and the new factory cars are just another addition to the list. There is no place in the paragraph about the inclusion of 50 special units the oems may produce that says anything about engines. Go and reread your rule book. It States "OEM may apply for inclusion of any special production runs into the official NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide. Special runs must include a run of 50 units of an already accepted body style, need not be showroom available. Applications evaluated on an individual basis. Acceptance will not imply precedent. "

Yes, but until recently, say the last couple of years, the overwhelming vast majority of Stock Eliminator combinations started life as a running driving vehicle purchased as a complete motor vehicle from a dealer.

You are attempting to compare parts purchased in order to make a race car out of a production car to a pile of parts sold by an OEM that doesn't even start and run, much less move under its own power or pass any sort of DMV requirement. Keep stretching and reaching, you'll never get there, but the exercise might help.