Bring back super/mod...

[Robert Swartz]

So, what are we talking here.

Are these cars going to required to have full roll cages?

9.0-9.50 lbs - cubic in, max 366

750 cfm carb - whats the FI equivalent? It's a new world, the younger FI guys need to be included?

10.5 tire

stock or "stock type" suspension, minor inboard movement of the rear suspension for tire clearence, no FWD conversions

$500 claim for cylinder heads-let us run whatever head you want, no porting or polishing, welding, port plates, ect, my point, you blow everybody away, if I'm there, your heads are going home with me

Shortblock-stock or steel rods, any compression,stock oiling system, no externals, dry sumps, ect

allow 150lb weight break for automatics-only reason I say this, much as we would all like to see a stick only class, there are more autos out there

Just a few random thoughts on Sunday. I'm off to the track.

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

So, what are we talking here.

Are these cars going to required to have full roll cages?

9.0-9.50 lbs - cubic in, max 366

750 cfm carb - whats the FI equivalent? It's a new world, the younger FI guys need to be included?

10.5 tire

stock or "stock type" suspension, minor inboard movement of the rear suspension for tire clearence, no FWD conversions

$500 claim for cylinder heads-let us run whatever head you want, no porting or polishing, welding, port plates, ect, my point, you blow everybody away, if I'm there, your heads are going home with me

Shortblock-stock or steel rods, any compression,stock oiling system, no externals, dry sumps, ect

allow 150lb weight break for automatics-only reason I say this, much as we would all like to see a stick only class, there are more autos out there

Just a few random thoughts on Sunday. I'm off to the track.

Some food for thought with the 150 lb weight break for autos-

Randy has suggested making the driver use the clutch pedal to shift gears in the man trans (and I think it is a good idea) and only allowing a single disk clutch. Imo a good liteweight 3 speed automatic could probably run as fast as the clutch car in that set up, probably quicker in the eigth mile without the weight break....and I would expect , at least in the beginning, some of these races will be held at eigth mile only venues.

Also, the people that choose to run the automatic will probably have 2 complete liteweight trans @ $4000 each and a pile of converters at $800 each.....the investment will be too high for many people to make the switch to a manual trans, and if an auto trans and converter company ends up sponsoring the class well......

Maybe 50 lbs reduction for a glide would be a good start. But I think the focus should be on making the class unique- drivers using the clutch pedal, and higher rpm small blocks.

Automatics can race anywhere, anytime. Make the Super Modifieds a unique place for manual trans cars.