Fuel Sampling Valves

[rsalemi]

I HAD THE VALVE UNDER THE BED OF THE cOMANCHE FOR YEARS. nEVER A PROBLEM, even when setting a record and TECH was present. Then I sold the truck and the Div Director there told the buyer that he had to have the valve under the hood!
NOT IN THE RULE BOOK! Also no fuel leakage on hot engine!

1051 Q/SA

[MR DERBY CITY]

Over the years I have seen a few racers attempt to take a fuel sample from the rear of the car AND I have seen tech offials tell them to put the sample valve under the hood. I LIKE Uncle Robins idea ….

[Dave Gantz]

First, let me say I'm not implying anything here. Robin's idea is great. I would think you should show the official that the hose is empty before you take your sample.

[GTX JOHN]

I too run a hose down to below the headers.

[JP1738]

Gary, I am no rules snob by any stretch of the imagination, but over the winter months I love reading the rule book and any changes made over the previous year. I enjoy your deep dives into specific rules and there implications. Please keep them coming, they are always a fun read!

A portion of the reason I decided to build a stocker and compete with it this year was just to learn more about the class and everything that goes into making a fast but legal stock eliminator car. I've loved every minute of the journey and have thoroughly enjoyed learning all I can about the class both through my own research and meeting all the brilliant people who run Stock. Shoutout Mark Lewis for helping me so many times this year and being just a phone call away from a new, very inexperienced customer! Plus TStick and GUMP too for that matter.

[Cglrcng]

Yes I both run a clear hose (so easy to see by all that it is empty, and having sat out on a 2.5 decades long break and redoing the car (the rules had changed a lot), so I was forced not only take a deep dive into the rules to see what I could do (my list was long), and I have only completed half of it so far due to choosing just the most financially feasible or those things that were more likely to resolve past issues first, so it is still a work in constant progress (one step at a time).

But, I studied the lousy book almost as much as I actually worked on the car. And I still find surprises often. Finding track time is hard though out west is the hardest part though along w/our great high temp dry heat.

Rules are Black Writing on white pages (not gray areas in someone's mind). What some may want at my late stage of life is not what I am aiming for.

Following that black writing is, even if I may be leaving a lot on the table, and I know I am doing that too. But, just watching what happened at Indy in Stock kills me (top 5 on the Q sheet, Class Wally, and the race on the line after, and to be DQ'd just sucks).

It took me actually months to make a decision on NHRA approved forged replacement pistons and standing in line waiting for Ross to make and deliver them along w/ the proper ringsets, but they were both on the approved list and made and delivered with the correct dimensions and markings and paperwork.

Collecting the right parts isn't easy.