Super Stock Weight Breaks

JRyan · 12-27-2007, 01:04 AM

Wow,

I knew we should have bought that car when you had it for sale. That's a lightweight piece for one of those cars. Our BOSS 351 (D/S) weighs 3550 with 1/2 tank of gas (stock tank) and 75 lbs. of ballast with a 200 lb. driver. It was 2005 lbs. on the front, and 1545 lbs. on the rear. Of course it still has the heater in it and hasn't been stripped at all (even though it's been a Stocker since 1977), but that's still 200 lbs. lighter than ours empty. We don't want to mess with ours, as we plan to restore it at some point.

As far as the weight goes, you can either add enough to go a class lower than the natural class (SS/IA in your case), or remove enough to make it one class higher than the natural class. How you attach the ballast is what NHRA is looking at if you go down a class. It looks as though you could easily run SS/IA with the 280/305 combo in your car.

Jerry

12-27-2007, 01:04 AM	#10
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Super Stock Weight Breaks Wow, I knew we should have bought that car when you had it for sale. That's a lightweight piece for one of those cars. Our BOSS 351 (D/S) weighs 3550 with 1/2 tank of gas (stock tank) and 75 lbs. of ballast with a 200 lb. driver. It was 2005 lbs. on the front, and 1545 lbs. on the rear. Of course it still has the heater in it and hasn't been stripped at all (even though it's been a Stocker since 1977), but that's still 200 lbs. lighter than ours empty. We don't want to mess with ours, as we plan to restore it at some point. As far as the weight goes, you can either add enough to go a class lower than the natural class (SS/IA in your case), or remove enough to make it one class higher than the natural class. How you attach the ballast is what NHRA is looking at if you go down a class. It looks as though you could easily run SS/IA with the 280/305 combo in your car. Jerry