Wheelie Bars are not needed for Safety on Stockers!

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

A talk with one of the guys at ATI explained why the local big block 10.5" nitrous cars can hook on one stage of nitrous when my 350" SS Firebird would spin on the same track & tires. Stock & SS converters hit much harder than what they sell to bracket racers and small tire heads up cars. He said with my converter those small tire heads up cars would never touch the ground. But, their cars are just like ours, right? LOL

Don't know who you spoke to but you nor he can make that blanket statement!

My cars equipped with ATI converters have gone 1.28 60 foot at 3880 lbs. and 1.17 60 foot at 3144 lbs. launched of the footbrake and with less gear than a comparable stock/super stocker. Show me one B/SA stocker Chevelle or one GT/AA 4th Gen Firebird that has done the same.

Oh and I agree stockers don't NEED wheelie bars. Plenty of stockers new and old running without them. There are ways to control the front end with shocks and springs. My chevelle launched wheels up for thousands of passes without them too and on small radial slicks...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbKYio6OvKM"]THE PROOF IS IN THE PERFORMANCE - YouTube[/ame]


and this guy don't have them last I saw at ETown...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X91mgz6b7AU"]2012 COPO Camaro Testing - Victor Cagnazzi Racing, Dave Connolly and Brian Macy - YouTube[/ame]

The NHRA screwed up when they allowed you guys to run fuel cells, THAT made running wheelie bars much easier with the removal of the stock gas tank. Now the cry for allowing notches, what's next? These cars are already anything but "stock"!