Hemi Head Ruling - Page 3

Spyphish · 03-02-2013, 12:22 AM

Of course we are friends and the bolts (screws) in my head have me mixed up on things for sure. Shoot man, I am OLD. I guess this means you guys are RSVP for the KKFC $10k deal?? Finally get all this out in the public.

PS Just edit my story for year and hood width vs height. I apologize for being incorrect. Stephen

426Fred · 03-02-2013, 08:00 AM

I for one love this stuff. It just goes to show how passionate these guys are to be the best that they can be. If you are not looking for an advantage to get ahead of your competition, you might as well stay home. It reminds me of the early 70's ProStock racing. Dollar for dollar, if I had a choice to watch the current ProStock racing or the HEMI shoot out at Indy, handsdown I would watch the shoot out every time. How many stock and super stock racers do you see going to the lanes to see ProStock racing versus the HEMI's running? Run what you brung, lets see a 7 this year

SuperStockDodge · 02-27-2013, 10:30 PM

Two Words-Hell's Hemi

boostedf22c · 02-27-2013, 11:15 PM

It was SS/AH that sparked my interest into Superstock racing. Being around these cars made me want to build a superstock car, but I just didn't know what kind or how.

I knew I could never afford to build/race an AH car, but as an outsider looking in the cars are just amazingly fast for what they are, crazy if you ask me. And I always thought that was really cool. Plus the cars, themes, paint jobs, and the coooks that own them are a blast as well. You have to be a bit off of your rocker to build/race an AH car, which is why I get along with them. haha

As a fan of the SS/AH class I don't like seeing the car counts diminishing as the years pass, but it's not just this class, it's overall. I do however think that this class is definitely salvageable and definitely worth saving!! But it seems like they'll need some help from NHRA.

I know a lot of "original super stock" guys think that my car doesn't belong in the class, just like I feel than any FWD 4 cylinder car converted to a V8 RWD shouldn't be either. But that is why I was always interested in Superstock. So many classes, platforms and combinations and well built cars. Instead of having an attitude like "this isn't a real super stocker" maybe embrace it and grow as times change??? I have a feeling that is the only way for class racing to continue growing instead of dying off.

Just an opinion from a different point of view, and a tad off topic.

03-02-2013, 12:22 AM	#1
Spyphish Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 846 Likes: 16 Liked 679 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Hemi Head Ruling Of course we are friends and the bolts (screws) in my head have me mixed up on things for sure. Shoot man, I am OLD. I guess this means you guys are RSVP for the KKFC $10k deal?? Finally get all this out in the public. PS Just edit my story for year and hood width vs height. I apologize for being incorrect. Stephen

03-02-2013, 08:00 AM	#2
426Fred Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sewell, New Jersey Posts: 74 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Hemi Head Ruling I for one love this stuff. It just goes to show how passionate these guys are to be the best that they can be. If you are not looking for an advantage to get ahead of your competition, you might as well stay home. It reminds me of the early 70's ProStock racing. Dollar for dollar, if I had a choice to watch the current ProStock racing or the HEMI shoot out at Indy, handsdown I would watch the shoot out every time. How many stock and super stock racers do you see going to the lanes to see ProStock racing versus the HEMI's running? Run what you brung, lets see a 7 this year __________________ Fred Palumbo 1025 STK

02-27-2013, 10:30 PM	#3
SuperStockDodge Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Stickville USA Posts: 261 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Hemi Head Ruling Two Words-Hell's Hemi __________________ Sean Fischer 5864 SS/E

02-27-2013, 11:15 PM	#4
boostedf22c Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lebanon, IN Posts: 483 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hemi Head Ruling It was SS/AH that sparked my interest into Superstock racing. Being around these cars made me want to build a superstock car, but I just didn't know what kind or how. I knew I could never afford to build/race an AH car, but as an outsider looking in the cars are just amazingly fast for what they are, crazy if you ask me. And I always thought that was really cool. Plus the cars, themes, paint jobs, and the coooks that own them are a blast as well. You have to be a bit off of your rocker to build/race an AH car, which is why I get along with them. haha As a fan of the SS/AH class I don't like seeing the car counts diminishing as the years pass, but it's not just this class, it's overall. I do however think that this class is definitely salvageable and definitely worth saving!! But it seems like they'll need some help from NHRA. I know a lot of "original super stock" guys think that my car doesn't belong in the class, just like I feel than any FWD 4 cylinder car converted to a V8 RWD shouldn't be either. But that is why I was always interested in Superstock. So many classes, platforms and combinations and well built cars. Instead of having an attitude like "this isn't a real super stocker" maybe embrace it and grow as times change??? I have a feeling that is the only way for class racing to continue growing instead of dying off. Just an opinion from a different point of view, and a tad off topic. __________________ Carey Bales 316D DD/AT www.racetactics.net