Titanium Valves Allowed in S/S?

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Stephen & Horace Johnson

alum heads are legal for some combo's.

Stephen I know that you get my point. Ed

[Jim Hanig]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

If we keep going like this why don't we just say run whatever you want and NHRA can just check cubic inches. I'll say it again Comp here we come. I predict after this gets thru aluminum heads are next.

they already have them in ss. FOR some engines Jim Hanig

[FINESPLINE]

I believe the beginning of the problems in super stock was allowing the porting of heads. Without the porting the valvetrain problems go away. In stock the camshaft rule changed the game. Those two rules changed grass roots racing. ----They say you can never go back but if S/SS is to survive it deserves a really good look at its history. --------John

[Myron Piatek]

Just to elaborate on what FINESPLINE said, and I'm not saying that I agree with the ongoing "allowances" being made across the board either. But for what it's worth, this has been happening for a long, long time - from the original Pro Stock evolving from Super Stock to todays Stockers being allowed many things that were not allowed on Super Stockers in the '70's. Even today's Super Stockers are much more sophisticated that the early Pro Stockers, not to mention faster. i.e.: SS/AH. I guess NHRA did make a good decision in the the right direction in the '70's when Stockers reverted back to more "stock" parts. But we see how long that lasted. I don't know what can be done. Just pointing out that history keeps repeating itself.

I am guessing, however, that a big reason NHRA continues these changes is to keep the aftermarket industry busy and involved in drag racing.

[Alan Roehrich]

Every illegal part they make legal is just one more part they don't have to pay someone to look for. It's easier to declare it legal than it is to look for it in a 60-100 car field.

It's like every other rule change in the past, it leads to the next one, and the next one, and the one after that. Give them titanium valves and they'll just spin their engines tighter, and they'll find something else they need to take advantage of the new found RPM. If they weren't already allowing porting, welding, and epoxy, there'd be no need.